History of sheep – Ancient sheep and goats
History of sheep: Scythian man milking a sheep (Ukraine, 400 BC) Why are sheep important? Sheep are an important part of the economy of North Africa, Europe, and West Asia [...]
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06, 2017
History of Baskets – Who invented baskets?
History of baskets: Baskets from ancient Egypt (now in the Louvre) Who invented baskets? Chimpanzees don't weave baskets. But people probably learned how to make baskets very early on, soon after [...]
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06, 2017
Weaving project – West Asia project
An easy way to weave with construction paper The best way to understand weaving is to weave something for yourself. You can do this with just strips of paper. Take a piece [...]
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06, 2017
What is wool? History of wool – Clothing
A sheep in a pasture The most interesting thing about wool is that sheep didn't always have wool, or not enough to notice. When people first started hunting sheep, they [...]
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06, 2017
History of weaving – Early hand weaving
When was weaving invented? History of weaving: Warp on a loom Weaving was probably invented much later than spinning, around 6000 BC, in West Asia. History of spinning West Asian [...]
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06, 2017
Women in early China: swimming to foot-binding
Early Chinese women: A Chinese woman playing polo (T'ang Dynasty, 700s AD) China has always been influenced by the cultures to its south - India and Southeast Asia - where [...]
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06, 2017
Slavery in ancient China
An enslaved woman dancer from the Han Dynasty Slavery in Stone Age China Some people in China were probably forced into slavery as long ago as the Stone Age. Probably slavery [...]
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06, 2017
Eastern Zhou Dynasty – Ancient Chinese History
Eastern Zhou man fighting a dragon (ca. 300 BC) Central Asian cavalry attacks In 771 BC, skillful fighters from the northwest invaded Zhou Dynasty China; they may have been the [...]
