Web Sites (1 - 10 of 1131): Ancient Civilizations

Ancient Civilizations * - Bringing ten early civilizations into the classroom, these ten posters trace the rise and fall of great empires from the rise of Sumeria through the splendor of ancient Egypt. Each full-color poster co...
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Ancient Civilizations * - Ancient civilizations of the middle-east. Explore ancient Athens as one of three characters: a Princess, a Merchant, or a Scholar. Different situations arise for each one, and your task is to choose the correct path to get out of trouble! Along the way yo...
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Ancient Civilizations seen through CG * - [ Karakorum | Dadu(Beijing) | Aztec | Venezia | map | Egipt | Shi huangdi ling | Mesopotamia | Rome ] Click on the icon. This is Qaraqorum, the capital city built by Ogodei, the second emperor and son of Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongolian Empire....
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World Civilizations Reader * - This outstanding reader of selections from the world's great literature, philosophy, and historical documents contains many otherwise unavailable translations, either in the public domain or provided free to nonprofit educational users by the editors at
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Ancient Adventures * - Interactive, online, learning-adventures for ancient history. My name is Jay D'Ambrosio, and I teach an Ancient Civilizations course in a western Pennsylvania middle school. I have created several pieces of historical fiction in a Choose Your Own Adventur...
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Exhibits Collection -- Collapse * - Explore the fall of civilizations through four examples: the ancient Maya, Mesopotamia, the Anasazi, and the medieval African empires of Mali and Songhai. Learn about important concepts in archeology such as interpreting evidence and dating artifacts.
Source/Host: Annenberg Media Learner     .   .

China: Overview Page * - History of Ancient China Overview of Dynasties: Ancient China through 221 C.E. Overview of Dynasties: Post-Classical Era, 220-1911 C.E. Religions and Philosophies of Ancient China Mythologies of Ancient China Literature and Art of Ancient China Earl...
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Nubia * - this text-heavy site has a lot of information about this area from which some of Africa's greatest civilizations emerged.
Source/Host: BYU     .   .

Ancient Calendars * - Celestial bodies — the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars — have provided us a reference for measuring the passage of time throughout our existence. Ancient civilizations relied upon the apparent motion of these bodies through the sky to determine seasons, mon...
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Writing in Ancient Egypt * - learn about different scripts used in ancient Egypt and challenge yourself by trying to translate hieroglyphs! There is also info about the Rosetta Stone.
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