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11 09, 2017

West Asian economy – Safavids and Ottomans

By |2019-09-05T06:36:50-07:00September 11th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on West Asian economy – Safavids and Ottomans

A man making paper West Asia entered the 1500s AD in a very powerful position in world trade. Iran, together with the Central Asian state of Uzbekistan and the Mughal Empire, dominated the Silk Road, and the Silk Road [...]

23 07, 2017

Medieval Islamic pottery – Islamic art

By |2018-04-23T15:22:28-07:00July 23rd, 2017|Art, Islam|Comments Off on Medieval Islamic pottery – Islamic art

A tin-glazed plate Just about the time of the Arab conquests (about 600-700 AD), potters started to use metal-based glazes on their pots. So Islamic pottery looks very different from the Roman pottery that came [...]

11 06, 2017

A day in Mesopotamia – food, costumes, activities

By |2018-04-07T17:04:22-07:00June 11th, 2017|Crafts, West Asia|Comments Off on 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 [...]

11 06, 2017

Mesopotamian plate project – West Asia

By |2020-04-16T12:08:42-07:00June 11th, 2017|Art, Crafts, West Asia|Comments Off on 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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