West Asian environment – Mesopotamia and Iran
Snow in Afghanistan Afghanistan West Asia is a dry place, where it's always hard to get enough water and there are a lot of fights over water. The easternmost part [...]
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Black Sea – West Asian Environment
Black Sea coast (from Turkey) The Black Sea was originally a fresh-water lake. In the Stone Age, many people lived around the edge of this lake. But around 7000 BC, as the [...]
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Before 10,000 BC – World history timeline
Sibidu Cave, South Africa. People lived here from about 77,000 BC until about 38,000 years ago. In the early years of human history, beginning with the earliest humans about two million years [...]
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08, 2017
Traditional Native American origin stories
Rocky Mountains Some Native people don't agree that their ancestors came originally from East Asia. These Native American people believe that their ancestors were always in North or South and Central America. There's no [...]
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Archaic North America – Native Americans
Archaic North America - the glaciers melted with the end of the Ice Age When did the Archaic period begin? After the Paleo-Indian period, came the Archaic period. The Archaic started [...]
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08, 2017
American geography and environment – Native Americans
North American environment: The north Most of North America was (and is) just not very good for people to live in. That's why not that many people lived in North [...]
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06, 2017
Silurian period – Fish get jaws
Silurian period: Trout swimming When was the Silurian period? The beginning of the Silurian period was about 443 million years ago. Some environmental problem at the end of the Ordovician [...]
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Quaternary period – modern times
The Quaternary Period includes today - big cities and all When was the Quaternary Period? The Quaternary period began about 1.8 million years ago (1,800,000 years ago), coming after the [...]
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Bering land bridge – Native Americans
Bering Strait - today there's ocean, but long ago there it was the Bering land bridge Ocean levels were lower During an Ice Age, when the world is colder, more [...]
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06, 2017
Farming and famine – Climate change
Climate change: Hunters, bison and aurochs Cave painting from Lascaux, ca. 15,000 BC Climate change and human evolution Climate change encouraged the evolution of the first humans, who probably evolved [...]
