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List of Ancient Civilizations in Mesoamerica (central America)
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Ancient America – The Olmecs
While people were settling down and building empires in the old world, which usually refers to Europe,Asia,India and Africa, people were doing the same type of thing on the American continent. For example, while the Egyptians were building their pyramids, the Maya were too. Anthropologists believe that people have lived in the Americas for at least 20,000 years. The popular belief is that ancient people walked across the Bering Strait between modern Russia and Alaska. They might have done this because of the Ice Age. During the Ice Age, so much water was frozen that the levels of the seas were lower, causing land to show that would normally be submerged. Continue reading
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The Celts Part Two
While history states that Celtic women were also soldiers, there hasn’t been a lot of archeological data to support that. The burials of Celtic warriors uncovered are so far only of men. When Julius Ceaser invaded Gaul he wrote that only about 25% of the Celts bore arms. The basic Celtic military gear was a set of spears (one to four). The spears could be nearly 2 meters long with spear heads up to 50 centimeters long. They carried shorter throwing spears and also a large shield. Usually the shield was made of wood and leather but there have been bronze shields found. They also wore trousers, shirts and a mantle or coat. The Celtic noblemen also carried a long sword and wore gold rings around their necks called torcs. The fancier the sword hilt and torc the richer or more well off the noble.
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The Celts Part One
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The Persian Empire a Forgotten Empire
The Ancient Persian Empire was founded by Cyrus, who was later known as Cyrus the Great. Two powerful groups of people were joined, the Medes and the Persians. Their homeland is in what is now known as Iran. Those ancient rulers built their capital city Persepolis. By 530 BC, Cyrus the Great had conquered territory that spread into Lydia (which is now Turkey), Babylon (which is now in modern Iraq). By the time of Cyrus’ death, the Persian empire had conquered all of the Babylonian Empire which stretched all the way to the Mediterranean sea.
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The Persian Empire – Zoroastrianism
Today’s post is a homeschool ancient history lesson about the Persian Empire and the religion known as Zoriastrianism.
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The Persians
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A modern Volcano to illustrate Ancient History
Eyjafjallajokull, the Iceland volcano
Ancient Crete Part 3 – The Demise of the Minoans
Ancient Crete Part 3 – The end of the Minoans
In the early 1900s Sir Arthur Evans, a British archaeologist excavated the ruins at Knossos. It appeared that the city was destroyed by a huge natural disaster, like a volcano. Many believed that the volcano wiped out the Minoan civilization instantly but did it really? The people on Crete had suffered city destroying catastrophes before and rebuilt. Why not this time?
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Ancient Crete Part 2
The climate on Crete was and comfortable had fertile soil. The earliest settlers were able to reap good harvests and didn’t have to work too hard at sheltering themselves from bad weather. Also, they were isolated and didn’t have to fight off constant invaders. These and other conditions allowed the people of Crete to thrive and develop their culture.
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