Ancient Civilizations
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The Mystery Of Ancient Civilizations!
The earliest civilizations dating back thousands of years still astonish us with their achievements in architecture, science, art, and techniques. Built on the ruins of 10,000 years of advanced cultures such as the Greek, Roman, Mesopotamia, Mayan, Indus, Egyptian, and others - Today's achievements and knowledge is primarily attributable to these Ancient Civilizations through archaeology and written records.
Around the fifth millennia BC (5000-4500 BC) the civilization of Sumer emerged in a swamp region in Mesopotamia. Our knowledge regarding the history of these Sumerians is not yet complete, but writings give evidence to prove that Sumeria was the earliest civilization discovered so far, of populistic, merchant city-states (First parliament consisting of two-chambers). Trade and inventions from the Sumerians accelerated development of Mesopotamia and probably India and Egypt.
Ancient Origins Of The Olympic Games
Professor Jeremy McInerney
Although the modern version of the Olympic Games has been around for over 100 years since its revival at the 1896 games in Athens, the Olympics have a rich and exciting history that goes back to ancient Greece. A crucial aspect of Greek culture, the ancient Olympics emphasized the ideas of heroism and honor.
Olympic Games Lecture 1
Olympic Games Lecture 2
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Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas
Marshall C Eakin
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the Pre-Columbian inhabitants of North, Central, and South America, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples.
Native Peoples Of The Americas Lecture 1
The Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas Lecture 2
Conquistadors and The Incas Lecture 3
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Download [lecture 2] - 30.20min 6.78MB
Download [lecture 3] - 29.40min 6.64MB
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Cuneiform was extremely complicated, scribes had to train for years to be able to use the Cuneiform for the various languages of Sumerian, Akkadian and Aramaic. But having it allowed greater communication and record keeping for scientific, administration, literary, religion, and governmental uses."
Recently, archaeologists have uncovered what are believed to be the world's oldest perfumes in Pyrgos, Cyprus. The perfumes date back more than 4,000 years. The perfumes were discovered in an ancient perfumery. At least 60 stills, mixing bowls, funnels and perfume bottles were found in the 43,000-square-foot (4,000 m2) factory. Four of the perfumes have been re-created from residues found at the site."
