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14 09, 2017

Who were the Hittites? West Asian history

By |2019-09-05T05:39:53-07:00September 14th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on Who were the Hittites? West Asian history

Hittites: musicians in long and short tunics (1500 BC, modern Turkey) History of the Hittites The Hittites were Indo-European people. They seem to have moved south from the Caspian Sea into southern Turkey around 2000 [...]

14 08, 2017

Thanksgiving becomes a national holiday

By |2019-11-18T07:50:21-08:00August 14th, 2017|North America, Religion|Comments Off on Thanksgiving becomes a national holiday

Sarah Hale, who made Thanksgiving a national holiday Thanksgiving in the 1700s In the 1700s, most of the thirteen colonies had public Thanksgiving feasts at least once a year. Sometimes people held them more than [...]

8 08, 2017

Cherokee food – What did Cherokee people eat?

By |2019-09-14T06:38:15-07:00August 8th, 2017|Native American|15 Comments

Cherokee food: Corn on the cob The Three Sisters People who lived in the Cherokee nation were mostly farmers. They ate mainly corn and beans and squash (the "Three Sisters") that they grew in their fields. More about the Three [...]

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