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Prehistoric Culture
Make prehistoric culture easy for your class to understand with this well-composed presentation. It provides timelines for the Neolithic, paleolithic age, and the agricultural revolution. Images and information on two prehistoric sites...
Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society: A Short History of Wisconsin
This collection of five essays on the history of Wisconsin is not as short as its name might indicate. It spans from the prehistory times of First Peoples up to the present, highlighting key events and people, and supplemented by many...
University of Chicago
Teach the Middle East: The Neolithic Revolution
In this article you will learn about the chronology of the Neolithic Revolution. Stages include the Paleolithic age, a time of nomadic hunter-gatherers roamed the globe and the Epipaleolithic age, when sedentary hunter-gatherers...
DOGO Media
Dogo News: 'Super' Stonehenge Discovered
Read about the discovery of a massive stone monument complex near the Stonehenge site. Includes video.
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Libcom: Climate, Class, and the Neolithic Revolution
This is the first in a series of articles about food under global warming. This article takes a long view of the relationship between climate, agriculture, and class society.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Power Point: Hammurabi's Code
PowerPoint slideshow from Tom Richey on ancient Mesopotamia and Hammurabi's Code.
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Art History Worlds: Early River Valley Civilizations
Why did the first complex, politically centralized civilizations materialize along rivers? Find out here by taking a close look at the Nile River civilizations, Mesopotamia, the Harappan civilization and the Xia, the Shang, and the Zhou...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: World History Connected: Cynthia Stokes Brown: What Is a Civilization, Anyway?
A comprehensive article accounting the definition and defining characteristics of a civilization to better understand the early civilizations.
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Angelfire.com: The Neolithic Revolution
Read one man's perspective of the Neolithic Revolution, or the development of mankind from hunter-gatherer to a more urbanized civilization.
Tom Richey
Slideshare: 8 Features of a Civilization
Scroll a slideshow featuring characteristics of civilizations to aid in understanding the early developments like Mesopotamia or Sumer.
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Ancient greece.org: History of Greece: The Stone Age
A brief article regarding the history of the stone age.
Other
Hallado en Cantabria Un Friso De Arte Rupestre Anterior a Altamira
Article from the Spanish newspaper El Pais about the discovery of prehistoric paintings in a cave in Cantabria. (Published Aug. 28, 1997)
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Art History: Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England
Article discussing the construction and the significance of Stonehenge. Includes links to additional information, images, and an animation.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Aegean Prehistoric Archaeology: Troy Vii, Trojan War
This detailed, scholarly article examines archaeological evidence and draws conclusions about the reality of the Trojan War.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Lesson 7: Western Anatolia and the Eastern Aegean in the Early Bronze Age
An outline of the Bronze Age in ancient Greece and Turkey, from Dartmouth College.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Art History: The Neolithic Revolution
Article discussing some of the significant changes and achievements that marked the beginning of the Neolithic era. Includes links to additional information and images.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Paleolithic Art, an Introduction
Humans make art. We do this for many reasons and with whatever technologies are available to us. This essay describes some of the earliest forms of art made by humans.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Our Earliest Technology?
Made nearly two million years ago, stone tools such as the handaxe are the first known technological invention. View a picture and read the description of this early stone tool.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lascaux
The Caves of Lascaux are the most famous of all of the known caves in southwestern France because of what is contained inside - painted and engraved walls. These cave paintings have shown the very human need to communicate in the form of...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Camelid Sacrum in the Shape of a Canine
This fascinating and unique prehistoric sculpture of a dog-like animal was discovered accidentally in 1870 in Tequixquiac, Mexicocan. Anthropologists are not certain of this object's original meaning for either the artist or the people...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Apollo 11 Stones
The Apollo 11 Stones remain the oldest examples of figurative art from the African continent. Their discovery contributes to our conception of early humanity's creative attempts, before the invention of formal writing, to express their...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Origins of Rock Art in Africa
Personal ornamentation and engraved designs are the earliest evidence of art in Africa and are inextricably tied up with the development of human cognition. View pictures and read about prehistoric art in Africa.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Anthropomorphic Stele
Archaeologists believe that the Ha'il stele was probably associated with religious or burial practices, and was likely used as a grave marker in an open-air sanctuary. While we do not know who produced the stele,we continue to be...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ambum Stone
The Ambum Stone is prized above all others not only for its age-it is one of the oldest of all sculptures made in Oceania-but also for its highly detailed sculptural qualities. View pictures and read about the history and mysteries...
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