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.

According to the story, the warrior Beowulf is a Geat who lives in the area now-known as southwest Sweden.

Many scholars believe Jewish scribes were trying to save their sacred texts by hiding them in thecaves of Qumran.

The Anglo-Saxon attacks are harsh and frequent; Britons are not able to stop them.

Between 1360 and 1382, John Wycliffe and his Oxford associatestranslatethe Vulgate New Testament into English.

Xerxes has an army, the "Immortals," consisting of exactly 10,000 men at all times.

TheYeti,orAbominable Snowman, a largeape-likecreature that inhabits theHimalayanregion, may be myth or truth.

Ying Zheng, China's first emperor unifies seven warring states even though they fight for their independence.

Ying Zheng unites China and becomes Qin Shi Huang-Di (the First Emperor of China).

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