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The First Settlement of the Americas (c. 15,000 Years Ago)

Biological and cultural roots of the Native Americans Dental morphology, genetics, and archaeology show that the biological and cultural roots of the Native Americans lie...

The Dark Ages of the Ancient Greeks

What do we mean by Dark Ages ? The Greek Dark Ages were characterized by a gradual, though severe, decline in material culture. Mycenaean pottery...

List of The 10 Largest Empires in History

X. The Portuguese Empire The Portuguese Empire , also known as the Portuguese Overseas, was one of the largest and longest-lived empires in world history and...

The Best Rock Used for Tools, Before and After the Discovery of Metal

Use of stone Most people know that stone “arrowheads” were made from a kind of rock called flint, but otherwise have no idea about the relationship...

The First Human Immigrants – USA, Australia, Japan and More

How do we know that humans migrated The first proof we have that our ancestors crossed a substantial body of water is the presence of...

The Inventions of Archimedes That Are Still in Use Today

The Archimedean screw While in Egypt, Archimedes invented the device that is mostly closely associated with him by name, the Archimedean screw. This is a helix...

The Usage of Cast iron in Ancient China and Why it Was Important

The iron of the early Iron Age The iron of the early Iron Age could not be melted and cast. Pure iron melts at 1535°C...

The Mystery of the Famous Ancient Iceman Ötzi

Who was The Iceman Ötzi and how was he found One spring day about 3345 BCE a man near what is now the border between Italy...

How Did the Egyptians Build the Pyramids?

One of the Seven Wonders of the World The Great Pyramid of Khufu was one of the Seven Wonders of the World to the ancients...

The Invention of the Calendar and its Use Throughout History

The first quantity that people could measure The first quantity that people could measure with any degree of accuracy, and on which all people could...

The Mathematics Used From the First Civilization of the World

Mathematical knowledge of the ancient world Because baked clay tablets with cuneiform symbols impressed are easily preserved, especially in a dry climate, much is known...

Why Wasn’t the Steam Engine Used From the Ancient Period?

Western civilization in Antiquity Western civilization in Antiquity forms a continuous society with different state organizations stretching from the time of Homer and Hesiod in...

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