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10 09, 2017

Ancient history timeline: 10,000-4000 BC – the Stone Age

By |2018-04-19T15:03:06-07:00September 10th, 2017|History, West Asia, When|4 Comments

Ancient history timeline: Building at Gobekli Tepe in what is now  Turkey (ca. 9000 BC) Beginning of farming Around 10,000 BC, with the end of the last major Ice Age, people all [...]

9 09, 2017

Aztec gods and rituals – Central American religion

By |2019-02-07T06:27:10-08:00September 9th, 2017|Central America, Religion|Comments Off on Aztec gods and rituals – Central American religion

The Aztec god of seeds, Xipe Totec (ca 1500 AD) Who were the Aztec gods? Aztec people were polytheistic - they had many gods. That's the same as like the people of China, India, or Africa at [...]

9 09, 2017

Who were the Zapotec? Central American history

By |2018-04-12T08:53:16-07:00September 9th, 2017|Central America, History|Comments Off on Who were the Zapotec? Central American history

A Zapotec head The Zapotec civilization, like the Maya, grew up in the region that had been ruled by the Olmec, after the collapse of Olmec power about 500 BC. The main city [...]

9 09, 2017

Who were the Maya? Central American history

By |2019-12-11T18:58:33-08:00September 9th, 2017|Central America, History|Comments Off on Who were the Maya? Central American history

Maya royal palace at Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico (600s-700s AD) When did they get started? When the Olmec rulers began to lose control of their country about 600 BC, new leaders came forward and [...]

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 [...]

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