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Links to Sixth Grade History Web Sites |
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Shows the influence of Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam |
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| A neat site that gives information about many aspects of Sumerian life, including women, art, religion, commerce, etc. | |
| A good site that covers the writing, history, and cities of Ancient Sumeria. | |
| An outstanding site especially designed for students in middle school. It covers most topics about Sumer. | |
| The History of Ancient Sumeria (Sumer) including its cities, laws, clothing, kings, religions, culture and contributions, etc. This site is maintained by the World History Center --a credible organization of College Professors. | |
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This website tells the story of ancient Mesopotamia now present-day Iraq — a story shared by all humans. |
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| A middle school teacher created website about general facts about Mesopotamia. | |
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Explore the collapse of four ancient civilizations, including Mesopotamia. Are there common reasons for such collapses? Written in student friendly text with links to related and valuable resources. |
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| A neat site about all aspects of daily life in Mesopotamia. | |
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Explore Ancient Egypt's mysteries and lore. |
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Explore the ancient pyramids through text, video, diagrams, and photographs. |
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Travel through the many layers of the mummy of Nesperennub. |
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This page has in-depth articles, multimedia (games, virtual tours and animations), timelines, and short biographies of historic figures. |
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Discover the secrets of Egypt’s most fascinating ruler in this museum exhibit. |
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Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Egyptians Multimedia Website .. |
This beautifully designed site on Ancient Egypt explores 3000 years of history through photos and clear brief text. Information on history, the City of the Dead, and language are featured on the homepage. There is a keyword search to a wealth of other information. |
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This is an extensive look at the people, traditions and architecture of Ancient Egypt. Great aid for preparing school reports |
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This site contains information about ancient India through pictures and text. |
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Text and photographs about Buddha and Buddhism |
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Read one of the greatest adventure stories of all time. |
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An overview of Shiva with an explanation of Hinduism |
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This contains a series of linked timelines that depict world, regional, and cross-cultural history from ancient to modern times. |
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Very clear explanations of historical events throughout time plus a great set of printable maps |
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An expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive lifelines, timelines, and maps |
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This site describes how some fruits and vegetables were used during ancient and modern times. |
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This fascinating site gives the history of specific foods from ancient to modern times. |
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This site shows how to write names in ancient languages. |
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Provides an introduction to both anthropology and archaeology |
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Covers the three million year evolution of humans |
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Index of human fossil finds alphabetically, by type, and by location |
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Updated September 4, 2009