World History
Pages through the Ages. Created by 5th-graders at Oak View Elementary School in Fairfax, Virginia, this site explores the geography, government, daily life, religion and technology of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome.
From the site:
The prehistoric era is also called the Stone Age. The Stone Age is divided into two parts -- the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age. The Old Stone Age started about 2 million years ago and ended about 10,000 years ago. The New Stone Age was the last 5,000 years of the era. We know about the Stone Age because researchers have found artifacts like tools, skeleton remains and cave paintings.
The people who lived then were known as nomads. They survived by hunting and gathering. The hunters got meat from the deer and the gatherers collected plants and berries. The deer were very important to these people. Other than food, they used the hides for clothing and blankets, and the bones for tools. They constantly moved around following herds of deer.
Since the people wandered around following the deer, they did not have permanent homes. There were no villages, so they did not know what farming was. Although they used their cave paintings to communicate, the nomads didn't have language like we know it today. They had trouble growing socially and culturally until they learned how to share their ideas.
- Prehistoric Clam Bakes
Around 164 thousand years ago, some humans were having clam bakes on the shores of Africa. This is reported in an article by Will Dunham titled For early humans, a beach party and clam bake in S.Africa. Dunham wrote, "For early humans, one of the first...
- Four Stone Hearth
While perusing the excellent Cliopatria History Blogroll, I found another good history related carnival. It is Four Stone Hearth, an anthropology blog carnival. Here is a description from the site: The Four Stone Hearth is a blog carnival that specializes...
- Why Only Some Became Farmers: A Global View
Why Only Some Became Farmers: A Global View. Noel Broadbent, Goran Burenhult, and Moreau Maxwell discuss the sweeping changes associated with adoption of food production and offer an explanation why these events only took place independently in a few...
- History Of Zimbabwe
History of Zimbabwe. This is a brief overview to the history of the African nation of Zimbabwe. From the site: Archaeologists have found Stone-Age implements and pebble tools in several areas of Zimbabwe, a suggestion of human habitation for many centuries,...
- Reflections On Prehistory
Reflections on Prehistory - Offers an overview of prehistory ranging from topics on early hominids to regional discussions of prehistory in the Near East and the American Southwest. From the site: Humans evolved in the context of a world system....
World History
Pages through the Ages
Pages through the Ages. Created by 5th-graders at Oak View Elementary School in Fairfax, Virginia, this site explores the geography, government, daily life, religion and technology of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome.
From the site:
The prehistoric era is also called the Stone Age. The Stone Age is divided into two parts -- the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age. The Old Stone Age started about 2 million years ago and ended about 10,000 years ago. The New Stone Age was the last 5,000 years of the era. We know about the Stone Age because researchers have found artifacts like tools, skeleton remains and cave paintings.
The people who lived then were known as nomads. They survived by hunting and gathering. The hunters got meat from the deer and the gatherers collected plants and berries. The deer were very important to these people. Other than food, they used the hides for clothing and blankets, and the bones for tools. They constantly moved around following herds of deer.
Since the people wandered around following the deer, they did not have permanent homes. There were no villages, so they did not know what farming was. Although they used their cave paintings to communicate, the nomads didn't have language like we know it today. They had trouble growing socially and culturally until they learned how to share their ideas.
- Prehistoric Clam Bakes
Around 164 thousand years ago, some humans were having clam bakes on the shores of Africa. This is reported in an article by Will Dunham titled For early humans, a beach party and clam bake in S.Africa. Dunham wrote, "For early humans, one of the first...
- Four Stone Hearth
While perusing the excellent Cliopatria History Blogroll, I found another good history related carnival. It is Four Stone Hearth, an anthropology blog carnival. Here is a description from the site: The Four Stone Hearth is a blog carnival that specializes...
- Why Only Some Became Farmers: A Global View
Why Only Some Became Farmers: A Global View. Noel Broadbent, Goran Burenhult, and Moreau Maxwell discuss the sweeping changes associated with adoption of food production and offer an explanation why these events only took place independently in a few...
- History Of Zimbabwe
History of Zimbabwe. This is a brief overview to the history of the African nation of Zimbabwe. From the site: Archaeologists have found Stone-Age implements and pebble tools in several areas of Zimbabwe, a suggestion of human habitation for many centuries,...
- Reflections On Prehistory
Reflections on Prehistory - Offers an overview of prehistory ranging from topics on early hominids to regional discussions of prehistory in the Near East and the American Southwest. From the site: Humans evolved in the context of a world system....