Introduction: How Do We Know What Happened?
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What is History?
What is Archaeology?
Chapter 1 The Earliest People
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The First Nomads
The First Nomads Become Farmers
Chapter 2 Egyptians Lived on the Nile River
Two Kingdoms Become One
Gods of Ancient Egypt
Chapter 3 The First Writing ..
Chapter 4 The Old Kingdom of Egypt
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Making Mummies
Egyptian Pyramids
Chapter 5 The First Sumerian Dictator ..
Chapter 6 The Jewish People
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God Speaks to Abraham
Joseph Goes to Egypt
Chapter 7 Hammurabi and the Babylonians ..
Chapter 8 The Assyrians
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Shamshi-Adad, King of the Whole World
The Story of Gilgamesh
Chapter 9 The First Cities of India
The River-Road
The Mystery of Mohenjo-Daro
Chapter 10 The Far East -- Ancient China
Lei Zu and the Silkworm
The Pictograms of Ancient China
Farming in Ancient China
Chapter 11 Ancient Africa
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Ancient Peoples of West Africa
Anansi and Turtle
Anansi and the Make-Believe Food
Chapter 12 The Middle Kingdom of Egypt
Egypt Invades Nubia
The Hyksos Invade Egypt
Chapter 13 The New Kingdom of Egypt
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The General and the Woman Pharoah
Amenhotep and King Tut
Chapter 14 The Israelites Leave Egypt
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The Baby Moses
The Exodus from Egypt
Chapter 15 The Phoenicians
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Phoenician Traders
The Founding of Carthage
Chapter 16 The Return of Assyria
Ashurbanipals Attack
The Library of Nineveh
Chapter 17 Babylon Takes Over Again!
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Nebuchadnezzars Madness
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Chapter 18 Life in Early Crete
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Bull-jumpers and Sailors
King Minos and the Minotaur
The Mysterious End of the Minoans
Chapter 19 The Early Greeks
The Mycenaeans
The Greek Dark Ages
Chapter 20 Greece Gets Civilized Again
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Greece Gets an Alphabet
The Stories of Homer
The First Olympic Games
Chapter 21 The Medes and the Persians
A New Empire
Cyrus the Great
Chapter 22 Sparta and Athens
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Life in Sparta
Life in Athens
Chapter 23 The Greek Gods ..
Chapter 24 The Wars of the Greeks..
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Greeces War with Persia
The Greeks Fight Each Other
Chapter 25 Alexander the Great
Philip and His Son
Alexanders Invasions
The Death of Alexander
Chapter 26 The People of the Americas.
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The Nazca Drawings
The Heads of the Olmecs
Rabbit Shoots the Sun
Chapter 27 The Rise of Rome
Romulus and Remus
The Power of Rome
Chapter 28 The Roman Empire...
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The Roman Gods
The Roman Builders
The Roman Gladiators
The Gladiator School
Chapter 29 Romes War with Carthage
Chapter 30 The Aryans of India
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Life on the Ganges River
The Castes of Ancient India
Siddhartha
Chapter 31 The Mauryan Empire of India
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The Empire United
The Jakata Tales
Chapter 32 China -- Writing and the Qin
Calligraphy in China
Warring States
The First Emperor and the Great Wall
The First Emperors Grave
Chapter 33 Confucius ..
Chapter 34 The Rise of Julius Caesar
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Caesar is Kidnapped
The Consuls of Rome
Caesar and the Senate
Chapter 35 Caesar the Hero
Caesar Fights the Celts
Caesar Crosses the Rubicon
Caesar and Cleopatra
The Death of Caesar
Chapter 36 The First Roman Prince .
Chapter 37 The Beginning of Christianity
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The Birth of Jesus
Jesus Crucified and Resurrected
Chapter 38 The End of the Ancient Jewish Nation
Chapter 39 Rome and the Christians
Nero, the Evil Emperor
Christians in the Catacombs
The Emperor Is a Christian!
Chapter 40 Rome Begins to Weaken
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The British Rebellion
Rome Divided In Two
Chapter 41 The Attacking Barbarians
Attila the Hun
Stilicho, Roman and Barbarian
The Coming of the Visigoths
Chapter 42 The End of Rome
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The Last Roman Emperor
The Gifts of Rome
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