INTRO How do we know what happened?
What Is History? What Is Archaeology?
From Early Hominins to Us; Early Modern Humans (Cro-Magnons); Lascaux
From Early Hominins to Us; Early Modern Humans (Cro-Magnons); Lascaux
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Family tree; archaeological dig; seeds from around the world
Fouilles archéologiques: sur les traces de l'homme Mysteries of Çatalhöyük Mozaik 3D - Location of origin of livestock and crops, Archaeological excavation Khan Academy - Measuring age on earth and Half-life and carbon dating |
CH. 1 The Earliest People
The First Nomads; The First Nomads Become Farmers
From Nomads to Farmers
From Nomads to Farmers
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Prehistoric hunter's game bag
Smithsonian - Human evolution timeline and Human family tree Visite virtuelle - Grotte Chauvet Visite virtuelle - Grotte Lascaux Eduplace Map - Early Human Migration to 10,000 Years Ago Mozaik 3D - Human evolution, Homo erectus, The spread of Homo sapiens, Glaciation, Wooly mammoth, Paleolithic cave, and Neolithic settlements Nova - Dawn of Humanity (H. naledi) and Becoming human BBC Earth - How the Earth Changed History and Walking with Cavemen |
CH. 2 Egyptians Lived on the Nile River
Two Kingdoms Become One; Gods of Ancient Egypt
King Narmer Unites Upper and Lower Egypt; Early Dynastic Period; Le Mégalithisme en Europe
King Narmer Unites Upper and Lower Egypt; Early Dynastic Period; Le Mégalithisme en Europe
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Model of the Nile planted with barley; Ancient Egypt Toob figurines; Egyptian Senet game app
Egyptian gods and goddesses Mozaik 3D - Ancient agriculture in the Nile Valley and Stonehenge |
CH. 3 The First Writing
Hieroglyphs and Cuneiform
First Writing: History Begins
First Writing: History Begins
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Make a cuneiform tablet & a hieroglyphic scroll: How are they affected by water and heat?
Penn Museum - Write your name in cuneiform and in Egyptian hieroglyphs Hieroglyphic typewriter |
CH. 4 The Old Kingdom of Egypt
Making Mummies; Egyptian Pyramids
The Old Kingdom of Egypt; Pyramids and Mummies; the Great Pyramid
The Old Kingdom of Egypt; Pyramids and Mummies; the Great Pyramid
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Sand-cube step pyramid (moon sand)
BBC - Pyramid builder U. of Chicago - Making a mummy Nova - 3D Virtual tours Mozaik 3D - Pyramid of Djoser, Egyptian pyramids Manchester University - Egyptian number system game PBS - Pyramid with David Macaulay Engineering an Empire Ep. 2 - Egypt Secrets of Archaeology Eps. 3 & 4 - Pyramids Designed for Eternity and The Cities of the Pharaohs |
CH. 5 The First Sumerian Dictator
Sargon and the Akkadians
Sumerian Civilization Emerges; Sargon of Akkad; Warren Field, Scotland; Les Migrations des Peuples Indo-Européens à la Fin du Néolithique; The Sumerian Renaissance; Oldest Known Law Code: The Code of Ur-Nammu; Gilgamesh Legend Composed; The End of Sumer
Sumerian Civilization Emerges; Sargon of Akkad; Warren Field, Scotland; Les Migrations des Peuples Indo-Européens à la Fin du Néolithique; The Sumerian Renaissance; Oldest Known Law Code: The Code of Ur-Nammu; Gilgamesh Legend Composed; The End of Sumer
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Quatr.us - Who were the Indo-Europeans?
Mozaik 3D - The city of Ur, Ziggurat of Ur, Mesopotamian inventions |
CH. 6 The Jewish People
God Speaks to Abraham; Joseph Goes to Egypt
The Early Origins of the Jewish People
The Early Origins of the Jewish People
CH. 7 Hammurabi and the Babylonians
Hammurabi's Code
Hammurabi of Babylon
Hammurabi of Babylon
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Ziggurat made from moon sand
Hammurabi's code - You be the judge Musée du Louvre - La stèle de Hammurabi Mozaik 3D - The city of Babylon, 6th century BC |
CH. 8 The Assyrians
Shamshi-Adad, King of the Whole World; The Story of Gilgamesh
Shamshi-Adad, King of Assur
Shamshi-Adad, King of Assur
CH. 9 The First Cities of India
The River-Road; The Mystery of Mohenjo-Daro
Indus Valley Civilization
Indus Valley Civilization
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Making mud bricks with varying proportions of mud and buckwheat hulls
Mozaik 3D - Granary in the Indus Valley Scientific American article - 200-Year Drought Doomed Indus Valley Civilization The Story of India Episode 1: Beginnings The Ancient World: A Global Perspective Ep. 6 The lost civilization of the Indus Valley |
CH. 10 The Far East: Ancient China
Lei Zu and the Silkworm; The Pictograms of Ancient China; Farming in Ancient China
The Early Peoples of the Yellow River Valley; The Legendary Origins of Chinese Civilization;The Xià Dynasty: Emerging from Legends; The Shāng Dynasty: The Beginning of Chinese Civilization
The Early Peoples of the Yellow River Valley; The Legendary Origins of Chinese Civilization;The Xià Dynasty: Emerging from Legends; The Shāng Dynasty: The Beginning of Chinese Civilization
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Bronze casting: piece-mold vs. lost-wax methods
Google Arts & Culture - Ritual ding Metropolitan Museum - Neolithic period in China Eduplace - Interactive map of Ancient China Engineering an Empire Ep. 11 - China Where did it come from? - Ancient China: Agriculture The Ancient World: A Global Perspective Ep. 12 - Civilization Dawns in China: Shang and Zhou and Ep. 22 - Shi Huangdi: First Emperor of China CCTV 9 Playlist - The Dawn of Civilization and Bronze Age |
CH. 11 Ancient Africa
Ancient Peoples of West Africa; Anansi and the Turtle; Anansi and the Make-Believe Food
Sahara Desert Forms
Sahara Desert Forms
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CH. 12 The Middle Kingdom of Egypt
Egypt Invades Nubia; The Hyksos Invade Egypt
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Mozaik 3D - Clothing in Ancient Egypt, Ancient Egyptian house, Ancient Egyptian sailboat
Where did it come from? - Ancient Egypt: Modern Medicine |
CH. 13 The New Kingdom of Egypt
The General and the Woman Pharaoh; Amenhotep and King Tut
The New Kingdom of Egypt; Thutmose I; Hatshepsut; Queen Tiye; Amenhotep IV; Tutankhamen
The New Kingdom of Egypt; Thutmose I; Hatshepsut; Queen Tiye; Amenhotep IV; Tutankhamen
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Clay model of Queen Hapshetsut's obelisk at Karnak
National Geographic - Tutankhamun forensics Mozaik 3D - Tutankhamun's tomb TimeMaps - New Kingdom of Egypt Mummies Alive Ep. 4 - The Pharaoh's Secret (Seqenenre Tao and the Hyksos) Dessin animé - Papyrus (XIXe dynastie, vers 1200 av. J.-C.) Great Courses Living History - Ramesses II : Heartbeat of History |
CH. 14 The Israelites Leave Egypt
The Baby Moses; The Exodus from Egypt
The Exodus
The Exodus
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CH. 15 The Phoenicians
Phoenician Traders; The Founding of Carthage
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Phoenician glass-blowing - melting sugar to cast 'glass'; blowing polyvinyl acetate 'glass' balloons
Mozaik 3D - Bireme Secrets of Archaeology - Ep. 15 - Sailing with the Phoenicians |
CH. 16 The Return of Assyria
Ashurbanipal's Attack; The Library of Nineveh
The Assyrian Empire Spreads; Ashurbanipal and the Library of Nineveh
The Assyrian Empire Spreads; Ashurbanipal and the Library of Nineveh
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Make a Lego Assyrian siege tower
The British Museum - Assyrian collection in 3D (with lamassu) Lord Byron - The Destruction of Sennacherib The Russian State Orchestra - Mussorgsky: The Destruction of Sennacherib |
CH. 17 Babylon Takes Over Again
Nebuchadnezzar's Madness; The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Fall of Nineveh; Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylon
The Fall of Nineveh; Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylon
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Babylonian hanging garden
Sketchfab - Model of the Hanging gardens of Babylon in 3D Mozaic 3D - City of Babylon PBS clip - The lost gardens of Babylon |
CH. 18 Life in Early Crete
Bull-Jumpers and Sailors; King Minos and the Minotaur; The Mysterious End of the Minoans
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Minotaur's maze
The ruins of Knossos virtual tour Mozaik 3D - Knossos Palace, Daedalus and Icarus TimeMaps - The Minoans LiveScience - Mysterious Minoans Were European, DNA Finds 3D reconstruction of the palace at Knossos (clip) Secrets of Archaeology Ep. 22 - Secrets of the Island of Minos Modern bull-jumping - La course Landaise (clip), La course Landaise (reportage) |
CH. 19 The Early Greeks
The Mycenaeans; The Greek Dark Ages
The Mycenaeans take over Crete; The Greek Dark Ages; The Late Bronze-Age Collapse
The Mycenaeans take over Crete; The Greek Dark Ages; The Late Bronze-Age Collapse
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Building a corbeled arch
Mozaik 3D - Treasury of Atreus and Mycenae Engineering an Empire Ep. 3 - Greece Secrets of Archaeology Ep. 27 - Mycenaeans: The Civilization of the Heroes |
CH. 20 Greece Gets Civilized Again
Greece Gets an Alphabet; The Stories of Homer; The First Olympic Games
The End of the Greek Dark Ages: Archaic Greece; Ancient Greek Architectural Orders
The End of the Greek Dark Ages: Archaic Greece; Ancient Greek Architectural Orders
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Greek columns in clay; writing with a stylus on a clay tablet (opening lines of the Iliad)
Mozaik 3D - Types of ancient Greek columns, Greek pottery, Ancient Greek merchant ships, Trojan horse, and From the Stone Age to the Iron Age BBC Ancient Worlds Episode 2 - The Age of Iron Dessin animé L'Odyssée |