History of sheep – Ancient sheep and goats
History of sheep: Scythian man milking a sheep (Ukraine, 400 BC) Why are sheep important? Sheep are an important part of the economy of North Africa, Europe, and West Asia [...]
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What is irrigation? Farming History
Irrigation farming: an irrigation canal in Mali (Africa) Dry farming (without irrigation) Often people farm in a place where enough rain falls during the year (and at the right times) [...]
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History of farming
History of farming: A field of wheat When did people start farming? People did not farm as a major way of getting food until around 12,000 BC. About that time, [...]
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A day in Mesopotamia – food, costumes, activities
Molded bricks form an archer at ancient Susa, in Iran If you're a teacher, parent, or day camp counselor thinking of spending a week or so on ancient West Asia [...]
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Assyrian reliefs – West Asian project
Siege of Nineveh When the Assyrian kings of what is now Iraq and Syria (ancient Mesopotamia) built their great palaces in the 700s and 600s BC, artists carved long stories [...]
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Mesopotamian plate project – West Asia
Mesopotamian plate, made by kids at Laurelhurst School, Portland Oregon Mesopotamia is where the pottery wheel was invented West Asia was not the first place on earth where people began [...]
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Make a cuneiform tablet – Mesopotamia project
Cuneiform tablet, made by kids at Laurelhurst School, Portland Oregon About 3500 BC, people in West Asia began to use writing. Because nobody had invented paper yet, these people wrote [...]
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Making molded bricks – Mesopotamia project
Molded bricks project: A bull from the Ishtar Gate, Babylon (600s BC) Why molded bricks? Architects in ancient Mesopotamia (West Asia) didn't have much good stone to carve, but they [...]
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Bicycle races – Central Asia projects
Kids having a bike race - A bicycle race can stand in for a horse race on Central Asia day Horse race or bicycle race? In ancient Central Asia, people loved [...]
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Playing backgammon – West Asia projects
A backgammon board made by kids at Laurelhurst School, Portland Oregon Beginning about 3000 BC, backgammon was one of the most popular games in ancient Mesopotamia and elsewhere in West [...]
