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16 08, 2017

Challenges and disabilities in the ancient world

By |2019-05-13T08:57:23-07:00August 16th, 2017|Medieval, Romans, Science|Comments Off on Challenges and disabilities in the ancient world

(Bosch, the Ship of Fools) - medieval disabilities Were a lot of people disabled in the past? In the ancient and medieval worlds, many more people were physically and mentally [...]

9 06, 2017

How to make a compass – China Activities

By |2019-04-21T15:23:29-07:00June 9th, 2017|China, Crafts, Science|Comments Off on How to make a compass – China Activities

Early Chinese compass (reconstruction) - a compass project Who invented the compass? Chinese scientists invented the first compasses, around the 200s AD, near the end of the Han Dynasty. Science in [...]

9 06, 2017

How to make Chinese coins – Ancient China project

By |2018-04-18T09:54:00-07:00June 9th, 2017|China, Crafts, Economy|Comments Off on How to make Chinese coins – Ancient China project

Replica Chinese coins, made by kids at Laurelhurst School, Portland Oregon People in China began to use cowrie shells for money about 1800 BC. But by about 400 BC, they [...]

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