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Native
American Cultures - Provides information and links to ancient
civilizations such as Machu Picchu, Mayan locations such as Chichén
Itzá and Chiapas Highlands, and other cultures in North and
South America before Columbus.
First Nations Histories
- Good research site. Extensive source of information on many
North American tribes, including histories, location, populations,
name origins, languages, sub-nations, bands, cultural information,
and addresses to tribal offices. Mostly text, very few pictures.
Trail of Tears
- Information, links, maps, and pictures from when U.S. government
policy forced the Cherokee Nation to march from their homes in Georgia
a thousand miles to Oklahoma.
Native American
Navigator - Access point to more Native American information.
Needs teacher guidance. Links to maps and other sites
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Ancient
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Ancient
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Ancient Egypt
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Art - Egypt - learn about the rules ancient Egyptians
followed when presenting a piece of artwork. From the Detroit Institute
of Arts.
McClung
Museum - Ancient Egypt - see the museum's collection
of both original artifacts and replicas arranged by subject categories
such as history, daily life, religion, and writing.
Ancient
Egypt - this awesome site explores what life was like
in Ancient Egypt. Learn about the pharaohs, pyramids, temples, gods
and goddesses, and much more.
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.
Ancient Egypt
in the Virtual Classroom - great resource which includes
lots of information, pictures, and links to other informative sites.
Virtual Egypt -
explore this huge multimedia resource about ancient Egypt including
interactive maps, mummies, pyramids, hieroglyphics, gods, pharaohs,
games, and much more!
Mark Millmore's Ancient
Egypt - learn about Egyptian pyramids, kings and queens,
and hieroglyphs.
Mummies of Ancient
Egypt - read all about what mummies are, how they're
made, who they were, and what the Ancient Egyptians believed about
the afterlife.
Timeline of
Ancient Egypt - this timeline from the Theban Mapping
Project shows the dates for the different periods and kingdoms and
a detailed list of the rulers in the New Kingdom.
Ancient
and Modern Egypt on the Worldwide Web -Gander Academy
had assembled a comprehensive site with Egyptians topics.
Mysteries
of Ancient Egypt, - a great site for information, also
has timelines
Egypt
and the Ancient Near East--Web resources for young people
and teachers.
AWebquest
Activity: Was it Murder? The Death of King Tuttankhamun, the Boy King
Webquest:
Digging Into an Ancient Civilization
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Ancient Greece
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Ancient
Greece: The Persian Wars - learn a bit about the wars
and how they affected Ancient Greece.
Ancient
Greece - follow the story of the war between Athens and
Sparta in 430 BC as seen by two families, one in each city-state.
Ancient
Greece: Language - check out the Greek alphabet and find
ancient Greek literature. Includes the full text for the Iliad and
the Odyssey by Homer, and a sample of Plato's work.
Electronic
Passport: Ancient Greece - middle school unit exploring
the cradle of western civilization including its philosophers, mythology,
city-states, and the Peloponnesian War.
Voyage
Back in Time: Ancient Greece and Rome - designed to introduce
students in grades 3-5 to the civilizations of ancient Greece and
Rome.
Maecenas:
Images of Ancient Greece and Rome - excellent collection
of photographs from Leo C. Curran of lots of classical buildings and
locations in France and Italy.
Ancient
Greece - Olympia - describes this ancient city with photos
of the ruins.
Map
of Ancient Greece - compare how the Greeks mapped their
civilization with how it really looked.
Investigation
of Ancient Greece - check out this report by a fifth
grade class. Includes info on the culture and events of that time.
Daily
Life in Ancient Civilizations - all about daily life
in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, India, and China. Contains original
stories and games, as well as homework help galore.
Ancient
City of Athens, The - photographic archive of the archaeological
and architectural remains of ancient Athens in Greece.
Ancient
Greek World Index - brief but thorough explanations of
life in Ancient Greece based on an exhibit at the University of Pennsylvania's
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Includes pictures taken of
the exhibit.
Real
Story of the Ancient Olympic Games - learn about the
original games in Olympia and find out what has, and has not, changed
over time. See a model of the Sanctuary of Zeus and a map of ancient
Greece too!
Ancient Olympics
- compare ancient and modern Olympic sports, tour the
site of Olympia as it looks today, or read about the athletes who
were famous in ancient times.
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Ancient China
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China
- from ancient China to the various imperial dynasties, get lots of
details, pictures, and a cool timeline here. From EMuseum.
Compass:
China, 220 BCE - find out the ancient Chinese origins
of this navigation device and see a photo from the Smith College Museum
of Ancient Inventions.
Visions
of China - this in-depth special on the People's Republic
of China covers its past and future, looks at the Dalai Lama, communism,
and China's ancient dynasties.
World
Map of Ancient Civilizations - locate ancient civilizations
from Central and South America, Europe, Egypt, the Orient, and China
on a map and learn a little bit about each one.
Daily
Life in Ancient Civilizations - all about daily life
in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, India, and China. Contains original
stories and games, as well as homework help galore.
Lost Tribes
of Israel - search for ancestors of these ancient Jewish
tribes in Africa, China, and Japan with NOVA experts. Learn about
the Y chromosome and family trees too.
History
of China - China's history from the ancient dynasties
to the People's Republic with an easy to follow timeline.
NOVA Online
- Mysterious Mummies of China - get "wrapped up"
in this site that peers back in history for a view of a perfectly
preserved 3,000- year-old mummy and examines the science of mummification
and the evolution of modern language.
Secrets
of Lost Empires - NOVA crews examine amazing feats of
ancient engineers and architects including medieval war machines,
Egyptian obelisks, the Easter Island stone monoliths, Roman baths,
and rainbow bridges of ancient China
East
Türkistan History - offers current and ancient history
about China's lagest province, also known as Xinjiang. Learn about
the native Uyghur Turkic people considered to be descendants of the
ancient Huns.
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Ancient
Mesopotamia
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The
Code of Hammurabi--description of code with a complete
translation of the code and laws available
Introduction
to Mesopotamia--A terrific collection of material, from
Nancy Mautz, a teacher who believes that "it is impossible to
properly study History without examining the creative products of
the times."
Ancient
Mesopotamia -lots of information about the cradle of
civilization.
Mesopotamia
9000 - 500 B.C - time line of events for the history
and culture of Mesopotamia during this time period.
Electronic
Passport: Mesopotamia - middle school unit about this
region in the Middle East's Fertile Crescent. Read about the Sumerians,
Assyrians, ancient calendars and writing, plus other related topics.
Collapse:
Why Do Civilizations Fall?- examine the possible reasons
behind the collapse of civilizations such as the Maya and Mesopotamia
in this interactive exhibit from the Annenberg/CPB Project.
Mesopotamia
Glossary: Cuneiform
Find out about the earliest writing in Mesopotamia, invented by the
Sumerians.
Mesopotamia
(Ur) - computer-generated images of what the city of
Ur might have looked like.
Nippur
Expedition - learn about this archaeological dig 100
miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, to research Nippur, for thousands of
years the religious center of Mesopotamia.
Ziggurats - includes a map and diagrams of the Ziggurats of Ur, Babylon,
and Uruk in Mesopotamia.
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Ancient India
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