Women in Severe style Greek sculpture
Severe style: Athena But just as in the Archaic period, all Greek Severe Style sculptors carved women with their clothes on. Women also did much less moving around, and had [...]
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What is a republic? Definition – representative government
Hasdrubal, a Carthaginian general Definition of a republic In a republic, instead of voting directly about what they want to do, as in a democracy, people instead vote for people [...]
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What is oligarchy? Rule of the few
Aristocrats fighting on an Athenian vase from the 500s BC Definition of oligarchy Oligarchy means the rule of the few, and those few are generally the people who are richer [...]
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When did people start riding horses?
Riding horses: Assyrian archer on horseback, ca. 650 BC Riding horses Near the beginning of the Iron Age, about 800 BC, people in Central Asia began riding horses more instead of [...]
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Music in ancient Egypt
Egyptian music and musicians The earliest Egyptian music People in Egypt, like other people in Africa, have probably been playing music since the early Stone Age, long before there is [...]
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What is silk? Ancient Chinese clothing
Silkworms and silk history Silkworms make silk People make silk from the cocoons of silkworms. Have you ever seen a butterfly cocoon? It is just like that. You have to [...]
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What is hemp cloth? Chinese clothing
Wild hemp plant - for hemp cloth, oil, or medicine Where does hemp grow wild? Before people ever thought of using it for anything, hemp grew wild all over Central [...]
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People in ancient China: Women, families, slaves, school
People in ancient China: Rich men hunt, but other people work in the fields (Han Dynasty, about 100 AD) Differences between people in ancient China People in ancient China always [...]
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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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Schools in ancient China
Ancient China education - a Chinese school (actually from the 1500s AD) Most kids in ancient and medieval China never got a chance to go to school at all. They [...]
