Welcome to the Ancient World

Welcome: Welcome to the Ancient World
Description: As an historian you are to explore the civilizations of the ancient world, you will try to answer questions about how people lived thousands of years ago. Your task is to study the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China, and Greece.
Grade Level: 9-12
Curriculum: Social Studies
Keywords: archeology, artifacts, history, radiocarbon dating, oral history, primary and secondary documents, geography, cartography, hunter-gatherer, fossil, Mary and Louis Leakey, Neolithic period (Old Stone Age), Paleolithic (New Stone Age), Mesopotamia, Cradle of civilization, The Fertile Crescent, Egypt, hieroglyphics, cuneiform, ziggurat, pharaohs, pyramids, mummification, Yellow River Valley (Huang He River - China's Sorrow), Shi Huang Di, India, Indus River Valley, Mohenjo-Daro, Aryan, Sanskrit, Hinduism, Buddhism, Vedas, Caste, Mauryan, Ashoka, city-state, polis, Aegean Sea, oligarchy, Athens, philosopher, Aristotle, Alexander the Great, Sparta, democracy.
Author(s): Chloe Wu