An ancient and surprising underground city where thousands of people lived.😲🤯 Although the Derinkuyu underground complex, located in Turkish Cappadocia, gained popularity in the 1970s, when Swiss...

Exodus Route Map

The Orontius Finaeus map was found in 1960 by Charles Hapgood and it too, apparently shows the continent of Antarctica along with the accu...

When you look at a map of the world, what do you see? Probably the continents and the ocean, right?

A map indicating the possible routes of Indo-European migrations.

Here we are at Hammurabi's Code and reading all about his code. I really like how "Story of the World" includes some of the actual laws. Only nine, though. There were certainly a good deal more than that. However, nine were quite enough. After reading each law, we talked about whether it was "fair" to the mind of my 6 year old. The one that really appalled him (and rightly so) was "If a doctor operates on a patient and the patient dies, the doctor's hand will be cut off" and he also had strong opinions about laws that involved "accidents", for the consequences seemed to him to be rather severe, in that case. So, he was more than ready to come up with some of his own laws, that would be even better than Hammurabi's. We wrote them on lined paper first. When you work with kids, you find that their viewpoints of the world are naturally tinged toward their own ideas of justice. Justice does matter to them. But they have their own ways of handing it out. This is obvious, but I will mention it anyway: Don't laugh at your kids ideas here. Keep a straight face. Listen, and let them write their own ideas down. They certainly don't have to "get it all right" on this activity. Sure, you can talk it over, to confirm what they are really saying, but try not to direct it too much. You might even be surprised at the good sense they show. Also, if they get tired out with writing, help them along. When they are this young, the idea is to let this be an enjoyable task which helps them experience creating their own laws. As you might be able to see, I took over the writing for him at number 4. Did I chuckle over this with my husband later, when my son couldn't hear? Yes, I definitely did. But, do you see #4? I did not lead him into that. He came up with the idea himself. I supplied the words "city-state" and "enforce", but his plan was to have someone (he said judge) to be in charge of each city to make sure everyone else followed the laws that he put in place. With number five, you'll probably chuckle, as I did. I think he was trying to offer mercy to those erstwhile murderers, by giving them an extra month, and at least that was more than Hammurabi offered. Speaking of offering, I want to share this Stone Tablet that I created for this activity with you. It's in my store, in a Free Product that has Glimmercat posing in a Sumerian crown with Hammurabi's carved stele held close: It contains a total of 4 pages: this cute cover, my usual Read-Me copyright page, this nice stone tablet printable: And a suggestion page for how to use it. This packet is yours for free download, right here: If you wish to print it out...go for it. And if you would be willing to share a picture of YOUR finished product in the comments, that would be absolutely lovely! Here's my son with his finished Code and a pretty proud smile over his finished product: If you enjoyed this blog post, check out one of our activities for studying Ancient Egypt. We cover: The Food Egyptians Ate, the varied and fascinating Ancient Egyptian Gods, the Egyptian Writing System (Hieroglyphs), How to Make Papyrus, and even about Egyptian Clothing Styles.

Roughly 200,000 years ago humans migrated from the East Africa Rift area into different parts of Africa. At around 60,000 ago humans migrated out of Africa to the rest of the world, making it to the tip of South America about 10,000 years ago.

If you’re a visual learner like we are, a good image helps you bring data to life. But if you ever stumbled across a great one, you know it can genuinely change how you see the world. And maps have that power. They are a surprisingly effective tool for understanding the world and giving us a peek into its secrets. By allowing us to explore novel places from the comfort of our own homes, they can even unlock our inner adventurer that’s been deep in winter’s sleep.

A map illustrating the rapid spread of the 14th-century plague pandemic commonly known as the

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The Caucasus Region is considered the birthplace of wine and is still producing wines with rare and fascinating grapes, often using ancient techniques

The question of how people first came to North America is as complicated as when they arrived. With new evidence comes new theories and the dates are being revised constantly.

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British business finance and lending research publisher BusinessFinancing UK has put together a thoroughly researched map that shows the oldest companies

There are two broad language families: Indo-European and Uralic. The Indo-European languages are native mainly to Europe. Some languages (English, Spanish, Portugees) ​spread throughout the world in the colonial era. The Uralic languages are spoken by about 25,000 people, mainly in Northern Eurasia.

Looking for ideas on how to teach the Fall of Rome? Hook your students with a game, doodle notes, and a map activity!

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