Ancient Places and/or Civilizations Chapters

The very land we call "ours" once belonged to others. How did ancient people live on that land? What was important to them? Are we more alike than we are different? Explore this collection to find answers.

CIA agent, Tony Mendez, creates a plan and leads a rescue mission for six U.S. diplomats in Tehran.

Triceratops was a plant-eating dinosaur with huge horns and weighed around 5 tons.

After lying low for a while, Jesus leads a procession into Jerusalem for Passover.

In Norse mythology, trolls are supernatural and dangerous beings.

T-Rex is an extinct, meat-eating dinosaurfirst found in 1902 by Barnum Brown.

Learn about Umbria and Tuscany, the regions in the center of Italy.

Vatican City is the center of the Catholic Church and is the smallest city-state in the world.

The Raptor is agile and can inflict serious damage with its "sickle"claw.

Mt. Vesuvius's first "pine tree" eruption is now termed a "Plinian" event.

Alexander proves himself fearless and wise in India.

Vikings invent the longship, which they use to sail long distances to new places.

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