Mrs. P's Index of Civilization Resources and Links
Civilization
In the beginning, human beings spent most of their time finding food.
As families grew into households, humans developed more efficient ways to hunt and gather food.
At the end of the day, the humans within a shelter shared a meal.
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Civilization Links
| Map of Mexico; Continent; World |
Civilization Links
| Skyscrapers Pix and information on skyscrapers around the world! | The Mohawks Who Built Manhattan | Learn about Labor Rights |
Ancient Civilizations of the World
Sumer (Sumeria)
5300 BC - 1940 BC
| Wikipedia: Sumerian Civilization |
China
~5000BC - 1912AD
Features: Architecture, inventions, the calendar, written language
Virtual Museum of Ancient China |
Egypt
3150 BC to 32 BC
Features: Architecture, inventions, the calendar, written language
Ancient Egypt |
Wikipedia: Ancient Egyptian Religion |
Nubia/Kush
South of EgyptBC to
Features: Central Government, Gender Equality, Slave Class
| Wikispaces
Ancient Kush |
Nubia Links |
History of Kush/Ethiopiaby Geo AbrahamsThe great Queen mothers of the ancient African city of Meroe in the Kingdom/Queendom of CUSH/KUSHITE Ehtiopia during the Metoritic period is my subject for this Hue-man historical month... if you are going to tell a story ... tell it from the start! |
African Queen Mothers
These QUEEN MOTHERS OF kUSH Kanadake/ kdwe ( chandaces) are todays featured historical facts.
AmanerinasAmanerinas was a manly Queen mother female warrior with one eye. |
Amanishakhete |
| Nawidemak |
| Maleqereabar |
Norte Chico~3000 BC to 1800 BCThe newest discovery is what is believed to be the oldest civilization on the American continents. |
| Map of Peru; Continent; World |
Indus Valley
~2600 to 1900 BCE
| Wikipedia: Indus Valley Civilization |
Phoenicia
1550 BC to 300 BC
| Phoenician Encyclopedia |
Greece
1100BC to 146 BC
Features: Architecture, government (direct and representative democracy), and sports
Ancient Greece for Kids |
Trojan Wars 300 |
Rome
753 BC to 476 AD
Features: Architecture, government (direct and representative democracy), and sports
| Print and Color Ancient Rome | Wikipedia: Ancient Roman Civilization | Mythology of Ancient Rome |
Inca
~ 200 BC to 1532 AD
| Ancient Incas |
Maya
~2000 BC to 900 AD
| The role of women in Pre-Columbian Societies |
Aztecs
1325 AD - 1521 AD
Mexico, North America
| Ancient Aztecs Woodlands-Junior |
Mali
xxxx AD - xxxx AD
Features: oral tradition (storytelling), government (kings), and economic development (trade)
| Ancient Mali Civilization for 3rd Grade |
Mapping History
or click on: TimeMaps Video Tour
World History Maps
| Time Maps of the World | History of Conflicts Interactive World Map |
History of Religion World Map |
World Map Time Zones |
World Atlas Explore your world |
Timemaps | Vimeo Time Maps |
| National Geographic Dynamic Maps |
This Dynamic Planet World Map of Volcanos |
UC World Map Global Inequalities |
Interactive World K Bears |
1000 Years of War 1000-2000 Time Lapse World Map |
European Borders 1500-2000 Time Lapse World Map |
Nuclear Blasts 1948-1998 Time Lapse World Map |
University of Texas: Maps | CIA Factbook Maps: Maps | Enchanted Learning: Maps | National Geographis: Xpeditions: Atlas | About Geography: World Map (Mining Co Com) Maps |
Palio-History
History of Hominids and Early Man | |
| Until we can go back in history and learn about the beginnings of mankind, we will have to make do with scientific assumptions based on the study of fossils of the pre-humans (Hominids), and Early Man. Science dates the beginnings of man with discovery of fossils that can be carbon-dated, and measured to determine the characteristics and life-style of early humans. | |
| Early Man was different from other primates. Man walked on two legs. He carried tools in his arms. Man developed smaller teeth and a larger brain. His head was attched to his backbone in an efficient way for walking on two feet. | |
| The earliest human beings were omnivores. Man's diet consisted of both plants and animals. Man used fire for cooking and warmth. Man used tools to kill and butcher meat. | |
| Mankind had learned how to form a working group for hunting and gathering food. The earliest humans built simple shelters from the elements. As Mankind migrated, he developed skills and characteristics for survival in his environment. | |
Timeline For Human Innovations |
Lucy Wasn't Alone! |
Inventions
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While we do not know the names of those who invented the most basic tools that separated mankind from the animals, we do know that creativity and intelligence were essential to the inventive mind. With that in mind, we can explore some of the more recent inventions recorded in our history. Click on thes links to learn more. | |
History of Inventions |
Famous American Inventors |
History of the Internet
| What is now the internet began a few decades ago. Computers used by military began to communicate with one another, and their techie masters sent electronic mail along with the communication packets that could travel over telephone lines. Educational institutions developed their own computer centers, and communicated with the military, and other educational institutions. Again, humans were hanging their own mail onto the machine data being transferred. There are limits to how much machines can say to other machines, but humans can out communicate machines any day... and those little packets of email transfered with data became big packets, then bigger packets, and still bigger packets of electronic mail. |
| Electronic Mail grew from those early packets. The military built Arpanet and made the connections deliberately complicated to provide security for national communications case of nuclear attack. Bitnet was the educational network that began linking up universities. FredMail linked up computers in K-12 schools in California with software that transferred the precious packets by night. Bulletin boards began to flourish in urban centers and with hobbyists. The Cold War kept the routing complex, even as the number of users and what they used it for mushroomed. As education and commercial networks developed, they pulled in disabled community giving new life and hope to homebound and bed-ridden folks. |
| Originally, electronic mail was sent from one individual to another. Collaborations emerged, and the technology to group folks with common interests were begun. The UUnet Usenet Newsgroups were some of the earliest Electronic Discussions. Newsgroups still exist, and in fact encompass many more subject areas than before. You can find a Usenet Newsgroup to discuss almost anything. |
| As the Bitnet software developed, Mailing List Discussion Groups were formed usually on university networks that could subscribed to by anyone with an electronic mail account. Although the topics tend to have more decorum than topics inthe newsgroups, there are many parallel topics, and many Mailing Lists are also piped out to the Newsgroups. |
| As fast as communications among users of the Newsgroups and Mailing list became, and as stable and predictible as the networks became, the users wants more. They wanted graphics. They wanted point and click. They wanted music and video. They wanted live chats. Today, all this and more make up the World Wide Web also known as the Internet. |
| Growth of the Internet 1998-2008 |
History of the Internet
| Growth of the Internet 1998-2008 |
President Dwight Eisenhower
Warning about the Military Industrial Complex
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