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Here is a wealth of information organized by the topics we'll study this year.

Iceman of the Alps

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Oetzi the Iceman

Facts about Oetzi

Women Warriors

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Is this nine year old girl related to an ancient women warrior?

Learn about Meiramgul's amazing warrior women ancestors
 

The Dawn of Civilization

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Scientists think Lucy, an early Australiopithicus, looked like this.

A virtual trip to the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. with a graphic showing relationships among early human species. Check it out.

 

Washington State University Presentation on Human Prehistory

Surf from apes to men and see what archeologists have learned in between.

 

Anthropology 3 Courseware

A college level class... and you won't have to pass the final exam!

 

Cave Paintings of Vallon-Pont d'Arc

The world's first known artists record the animals of their time.

 

The Agricultural Revolution

See how agriculture changed the way humans lived.

 

 

Ancient India

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The Hindu god Brahma riding on a goose.

Visit the website of the British Museum
These guys played music on rocks, making them the world's first rock musicians.

Ancient Israel

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The menorah is the symbol of the Jewish faith

Learn the history of the early Israelites.

Mesopotamia
 
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History is divided into the time before and the time after writing

Check out some art produced by ancient Mesopotamians.
Learn how farming helped to build the world's first great civilizations.
Visit the British Museum and learn about "The Land Between the Rivers".
See how agriculture turned into art in some of the world's first gardens.

Ancient Africa

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Nubian Archers from the Nubian Museum in Aswan, Egypt

Maps about this and that. Maps about then and now. Maps about just about anything African. And then some more maps...
 
Many African topics and links.
 
This timeline has some interesting facts and links.
 
Look at and read about African Art
 
Information on games, recipes, drums, dance and more.

Ancient Rome

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A scene from an ancient Roman school

Pages and pages of Ancient Roman topics.
Topics on Ancient Rome geared for kids.
More useful information and some good maps.

Ancient China

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This site is beautifully presented with lots to see and do.
This site has art, maps, pictures and research topics about Ancient China.
The "Great Wall" we know today wasn't built until around A.D. 1500, but there were very impressive early versions.

Egypt

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The Pyramids at Giza

Everything the magazine has to offer about Ancient Egypt.
 
A beautiful site with great information.
 
Mummies, how they are made, and a hieroglyphics phonic chart.
 
OK... These folks were weird!
 
See what ancient Egyptian artists were up to.
 
Write your name in hieroglyphics.

Ancient Americas

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Examples of ancient art with a map showing the location where the items were discovered.

Ancient Greece

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Click on this map to see it full size.

This is a new addition to this wonderful internet museum.
 
Lots of topics and pictures.
 
Another good site with info on Ancient Greece.