Medieval economy – Europe
Medieval economy: A carpenter works in his shop. Collapse of trade After the fall of Rome, people in Europe used money less than they had before. Instead they mostly lived on what they [...]
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Greek slaves: What was it like to be a slave in ancient Greece?
Greek slaves: An enslaved woman playing a kithara. You can tell she is a slave because she has short hair. What did Greek slaves work at? In ancient Greece, most [...]
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Classical Greek history
Classical Greece: the Pnyx, where the Athenian Assembly met Democracy in Athens In 510 BC a man named Cleisthenes (KLICE-then-eez), who was an aristocrat (a rich, powerful man) in Athens, [...]
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Ancient Greek coins from Thebes
Silver coins from ancient Thebes Why are Thebes's coins different? Each Greek city-state minted their own kind of coin, just like countries mint their own coins today. Coins help to [...]
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07, 2017
Ancient Greek coins
Ancient Greek coins: an Athenian silver coin with Athena's owl How Greeks minted coins Beginning around 600 BC, each Greek city-state minted (made) its own kinds of coins. (They got [...]
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07, 2017
Greek economy in the classical period
Classical Greek economy: Sailors rowing trading ships (Athens ca. 550 BC) Greek mercenary soldiers The trends of the Archaic period in Greece continued into the Classical period, about 500-400 BC, [...]
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06, 2017
Who invented money? History of money
History of money: A Lydian gold coin What is money? Money is an agreement between people. It is an agreement that this much of something will be worth this much bread, [...]
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06, 2017
Ming Dynasty China – Chinese History
Hung-Wu Emperor (National Palace Museum, Taipei) When did the Ming Dynasty get started? After the Hungwu Emperor threw the Mongols out in 1368 AD, he established the Ming Dynasty. But [...]
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Great Wall of China – Qin Dynasty China
Chinese emperor's chariot and horses in a model When did the Qin Dynasty start? The Qin (or Ch'in) Dynasty is the one which gave its name to China. The first [...]
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Silk Road and Silver – Chinese economy
Ming Dynasty Farmers reaping millet or wheat: the Chinese economy What did most people work at? Just like in earlier times, most men and women in Qing Dynasty China were [...]
