Build a timeline depicting the rise of Turkish empires in Anatolia. Presented is a sequence of the events leading up to the rise and establishment of new empires that renewed the Muslim civilization. Time span covered starts with the...

This resource is amazing. It is a full project including teacher notes, handouts, procedure, and worksheets. It introduces learners to the GAP project, a social environmental group working to bring irrigation, assistance, and increased...

Ancient Hebrew history comes to life through this online western civilizations tool, which follows history in detail from ancient origins to modern-day. Chapter two covers ancient eastern cultures, including beginnings of Hebrew...

Tenth graders are introduced to the rise, structure, accomplishments and fall of the Ottoman Empire. They listen to a class lecture, participate in discussion, conduct Internet research, construct a timeline, write an essay and take a test.

High schoolers examine life in Babylonia during the time of King Hammurabi. They read and discuss excerpts of the Code of Hammurabi, participate in a simulation of advisors to the king, complete an online interactive activity, answer...

Fifth graders use the internet to research the history of cultures throughout the world. In groups, they disucss the meaning of various symbols and view Tenochtitlan as a center of power and wealth. They use everyday materials to...

Students create a mural depicting modern life. In this ancient civilizations lesson, students view images of wall painting from ancient civilizations showing aspects of their daily life. Students discuss the ways our life today is...

For this water scarcity worksheet, students respond to 11 short answer questions about water resource sharing after they read assigned textbook pages and the included article.

In this Roman Empire worksheet, students complete a map activity in which they label and color civilizations, countries and physical features as instructed. There are no maps included.

A history of the ancient theaters in Anatolia.

An article covering the history of western Anatolia and the Eastern Aegean during the early Bronze Age.

Check out this site for a description of Byzantine architectural ruins found throughout the former Byzantine Empire, particularly modern Anatolia and Ankara (Turkey).

This site from the Turkish Odyssey looks at the discovery of bronze and what it meant to the people in Mesopotamia. Talks about the Hittites, Hattians, and Assyrian Traders.

An outline of the Bronze Age in ancient Greece and Turkey, from Dartmouth College.

The Yoruk are an ethnic-tribal grouping found widely throughout Turkey but primarily along the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts. The Yoruk are not linguistically distinct from most of the rural populations among whom they live. They speak...

Wikipedia provides detailed information on the ancient civilization of the Hittites, controlling Anatolia and north-western Syria.

Taken from lecture notes at UCLA, this site provides a brief summary of the origins of the Ottoman Empire.

The 53 m high tomb built in ad 1006 for Qabus Ibn Voshmgir, Ziyarid ruler and literati, near the ruins of the ancient city of Jorjan in north-east Iran, bears testimony to the cultural exchange between Central Asian nomads and the...

An illustration of Mithradates VI on the face of a coin. Mithradates VI was king of Pontus in northern Anatolia (now in Turkey) from about 119 to 63 BC. Mithradates was a king of Greek and Persian origin, claimed descent from Alexander...

Discusses the begining of World War I but from a Turkish perspective. Includes a section about a Turkish college at this time.

An image of Cleopatra VII.