Weaving project – West Asia project
An easy way to weave with construction paper The best way to understand weaving is to weave something for yourself. You can do this with just strips of paper. Take a piece [...]
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06, 2017
Make a clay seal – Mesopotamia project
Clay seal project: A cylinder seal and square seal from ancient Mesopotamia What is a clay seal? The people of ancient Mesopotamia had many baskets which had been sealed with [...]
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06, 2017
A day in the Islamic Empire – Activities, food, costumes
Islamic archery contest If you're a teacher, parent, or day camp counselor thinking of spending a week or so on ancient Islam, here's some ideas other people have found useful: [...]
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06, 2017
What is wool? History of wool – Clothing
A sheep in a pasture The most interesting thing about wool is that sheep didn't always have wool, or not enough to notice. When people first started hunting sheep, they [...]
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06, 2017
Zhou Dynasty China and the Assyrians
A Zhou Dynasty bronze tripod How were the Western Zhou like the Assyrians? How were they not the same? The Western Zhou dynasty ruled China at about the same time [...]
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05, 2017
Barrel vault – History of Architecture
Roman baths of Cluny in Paris - barrel vault Making an arch into a roof Once you've built an arch, you know how to make a doorway or a window [...]
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05, 2017
History of Islam
The religious faith of Islam, as it was practiced between about 650 and 1500 AD, was closely related to Judaism and Christianity. Like Jews and Christians, Muslims believed that there was only one God, [...]
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05, 2017
History of Christianity
History of Christianity: One of the earliest images of Jesus, from St. Callisto catacomb in Rome (ca. 250 AD) Empires and Christianity Around the time of the beginning of the [...]
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05, 2017
Who is Tanit? An African goddess
A Phoenician moon goddess The goddess Tanit was a goddess of the moon The goddess Tanit came to Africa from her home in West Asia with the Phoenicians, about 800 BC. [...]
