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Updated November 20, 2008

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Activities: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Activity 1: Thinking About Archaeology

*The Archaeology site for Section 1 is no longer available, but we're searching for a good substitute.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ancient Egypt: http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/department.asp?dep=10

McClung Museum, Ancient Egypt: http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/permanent/egypt/egypt.shtml

Activity 2: Mesopotamia Web Sites

Mesopotamia: The Fertile Crescent: http://www.mrdowling.com/603mesopotamia.html

Why Do Civilizations Fall?: Mesopotamia: http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/mesopotamia.html

*Ancient Mesopotamia: http://www.ed.psu.edu/k-12/edpgs/su96/meso/mesopotamia.html

Activity 3: The Indus Valley: An Advanced Civilization?

*Daily Life in Ancient India: http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/Indialife.html#Top

The Ancient Indus Valley: http://www.harappa.com/har/har0.html

*Virtual Tour of Mohenjo-Daro: http://www.harappa.com/indus/1.html

Activity 4: Egyptian Art and Daily Life

Detroit Institute of Arts: http://www.dia.org (type Egypt in the search window)

McClung Museum: http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/permanent/egypt/egypt.shtml

*Ancient Egyptian Art: http://www.carlos.emory.edu/egyptian-nubian

Activity 5: Comparing Ancient Greece and Rome

The Ancient Greek World: Daily Life: http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html

*Ancient Greece Unplugged is no longer available.

*Daily Life in Ancient Rome: http://rome.mrdonn.org/dailylife.html

History of Plumbing (Rome): http://www.theplumber.com/eng.html

*Ancient Empires: http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200

Activity 6: Polynesian and Micronesian Navigation

Map: http://www.harper.cc.il.us/mhealy/g101ilec/pacific/par/parpol/parpolfr.htm

Ancient Navigation: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/easter/civilization/navigation.html

*Celestial Navigation Before 1400: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~feegi/astro.html

Activity 7: The Mayan Calendar

The Mayan Calendar: http://www.webexhibits.com/calendars/calendar-mayan.html

*The Mayan Date Calculator is no longer available.

Mayan/Aztec Calendar Systems page:  http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/dpalfrey/dpaztec.html.

*(Section 5: The Ancient Maya page is no longer available).

Activity 8: China's Silk

Silkworm Information: http://insected.arizona.edu/silkinfo.htm

*History of Silk: http://www.silk-road.com/artl/silkhistory.shtml

The Cleveland Museum of Art: When Silk Was Gold exhibit is no longer available.

Daily Life in Ancient China: http://china.mrdonn.org/index.html

Medieval Sourcebook: Procopius: The Roman Silk Industry, c. 550: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/550byzsilk.html

Activity 9: African Trade

Trade in Ancient Africa: http://www.mrdowling.com/609-trade.html

*On The Line - Sahara: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/explore/nature/deserts/sahara.htm

Activity 10: A Modern Medieval Castle

Castles of Britain: Castle Learning Center: http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castle6.htm

What Are Castles?: http://www.castlewales.com/castles.html

Life in a Medieval Castle: http://www.castlewales.com/life.html

*Ian’s Land of Castles is no longer available.