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2 10, 2017

Who built Great Zimbabwe? Central African history

By |2019-08-22T23:46:16-07:00October 2nd, 2017|Africa|Comments Off on Who built Great Zimbabwe? Central African history

Central Africa in the Middle Ages: Great Zimbabwe Iron comes to Central Africa Besides South Africa, central Africa is the most isolated part of Africa. For many years, the people who [...]

9 08, 2017

Mississippi People – Native Americans

By |2020-04-29T06:48:56-07:00August 9th, 2017|History, Native American|Comments Off on Mississippi People – Native Americans

A Mississippian warrior Why were the Mississippians powerful? About 800 AD, the old Hopewell people seem to have developed what we call the Mississippian culture. People living near the Mississippi river got new kinds [...]

6 06, 2017

Tang Dynasty Chinese Pottery – Medieval China

By |2018-08-08T07:11:45-07:00June 6th, 2017|Art, China|Comments Off on Tang Dynasty Chinese Pottery – Medieval China

T'ang Dynasty cup (Musee Guimet, Paris) Who invented porcelain? About 700 AD in China, plain white porcelain pottery first begins to appear, like these cups and these bowls. What is [...]

1 06, 2017

Cooking pots – Copper science project – Chemistry

By |2019-04-24T16:50:44-07:00June 1st, 2017|Chemistry|Comments Off on Cooking pots – Copper science project – Chemistry

Copper-bottomed cooking pot: a science project Why do pots have copper bottoms? Because heat and electricity are closely related, copper is also a good conductor of heat. This is why [...]

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