Early Mandan history – Native Americans
Shawnee state forest in Ohio - where the Mandan were living in 500 AD - Mandan history Who are the Mandan? The Mandan are relatives of the Sioux people. Around 500 AD, [...]
Shawnee state forest in Ohio - where the Mandan were living in 500 AD - Mandan history Who are the Mandan? The Mandan are relatives of the Sioux people. Around 500 AD, [...]
Iroquois longhouse - where Iroquois people lived What is an Iroquois longhouse? Most people who lived in the Iroquois nation lived in longhouses. An Iroquois longhouse is just what it sounds [...]
Sanchi stupa, 250 BC - Mauryan architecture New Buddhist buildings When people in India began to follow the Buddhist religion, they needed new kinds of buildings that reflected Buddhist ideas. The [...]
Archaic Greek economy: A black-figure vase showing a blacksmith at work (Athens, about 550 BC) Not much trade in the Dark Ages During the political collapse of the Greek Dark [...]
Abrigo del Ciervo, Spain, ca. 6000 BC: Early European economy Hunting and gathering The first people in Europe lived by hunting and gathering; they probably had both dogs and bows [...]
Remains of a wooden temple (Ukraine, ca. 4000 BC) When modern humans first arrived in Europe from Central Asia about 45,000 BC, they weren't building houses yet, and they lived [...]
Charcoal history Why use charcoal? Charcoal is a certain kind of half-burnt wood. People use charcoal for fires because it burns hotter and cleaner than wood (less smoky), and more [...]
Diagram of a carbon atom Where does carbon come from? When a star has changed all of the hydrogen atoms into helium, it begins to convert the helium atoms into [...]