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ECONOMY

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Ancient Farms and Farming

What is usury, and why did people think it was so bad?

THE ENVIRONMENT

Africa's Jungles and Deserts

The Flooding of the Black Sea

Climate Change and the development of early farming

AFRICA BEFORE 1500 AD

The Great Bantu Migration

Islam and East Africa

Rome and Carthage

HEALTH AND MEDICINE

The Four Humors: Earth, Air, Water and Fire

How long did people live back then?

The Black Death

FOOD AND COOKING

Poor people's food in Roman times

Cups and plates and the potter's wheel

Rice: where does it come from?

RELIGION AROUND THE WORLD

The Five Pillars of Islam

The Story of Noah and the Rainbow

Greek Sacrifice

MYTHOLOGY

The Trojan Horse

Perseus and Medusa

The Epic of Gilgamesh



  POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

What is an Oligarchy?

Athenian Democracy

The Fall of Rome

ART AND ARCHITECTURE

The Baptistry at Florence

The Parthenon in Athens

Greek Black-Figure Pottery

SPORTS AND COMPETITIONS

Roman Gladiators

The Olympic Games

Medieval Tournaments


ANCIENT INVENTIONS


Papyrus and paper

Glass and glass-blowing

The magnetic compass

LITERATURE

Enhuedanna of Mesopotamia, first known author (and she's a woman!)

Thucydides, Greek Historian

Terence, Roman playwright

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Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

Buddhism

Lao Tsu and Taoism

FASHION & STYLE

What the Greeks wore

Spinning and Weaving by Hand

Foot-binding in ancient China


Where cotton comes from

 
WOMEN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD

Eleanor, Queen of Aquitaine

Hatshepsut, Pharaoh of Egypt

Zenobia of Palmyra
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The Persian Wars

The Punic Wars (Rome and Carthage)

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