Category: History
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Keeping Track Of History – Timelines
Did Alexander the great rule first or king Napoleon? Did Indus Valley civilization exist before or after the Mesopotamian civilization? Did Thomas Watt live around the same time as Einstein? How does anyone remember these baffling before and after questions of history? Aren’t they so tricky? With so many events in thousands of years of…
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Stones Make Fire
Eve was a chirpy and playful ten year old. She never went to school. For her, it was all play no work. Wonder why? She lived in different times. She was one of the early humans that lived millions of years ago. She lived in the stone age. Where did she live? She lived in caves with her…
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Tick Tock Tick Tock – The Clock
Time is forever and it keeps moving. But, when was the first time that humans thought of measuring time? Almost 7000yrs ago, the Hindus (Aryan Civilization) gazed at the sky and measured the time by looking at the position of stars or the Sun. The Egyptians thought of measuring time 6000 years ago. They used…
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Schools of the Past
Have you ever wondered how the schools in the ancients times appeared or what their method of teaching was. By schools of the past we mean the schools of Romans, Greeks or middle ages. Surprised? Hmm. Even those kids had to go to school. Do you want to know what those kids studied? They did…
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The History of Transport
Transport is the way in which things are carried from one place to the other. Today, the sight of a man travelling to space is quite normal but it has taken a long time for humankind to travel like this. How did people and things travel many years ago? Think. Earliest humans had no fancy transport to travel.…
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How the Earth was Made?
And God created Earth… Our Earth. It is a very special planet. It is so unique that its presence just feels like a miracle, none of the other planets of our Solar system are that special. The rest of the space that we have explored so far only shows a possibility of another planet like…
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Indus Valley Civilisation
The Indus river is a very important river in Asia. It is a large river that flows mainly through Pakistan. Five thousand years ago, a group of people came and settled on the banks of river Indus. Why on the banks of a river?? Food was the biggest concern for people in ancient times and…
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The LightHouse
On a foggy day, when you hear a whale snoring, It is probably a foghorn blaring, Beware! you are reaching the shore, When the fog fades away, you will get the lights galore. What is a lighthouse? Is it a part of a light show? Or a different kind of traffic light? Well, it is…
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History of Farming
Today, everybody knows that farming is the most important activity that humans need to do in order to survive. However, that was not true 12,000 years ago. Humans then were hunters and gatherers. They hunted the animals and gathered plants. Like nomads, they moved from one place to another when food supply was diminished. They could…
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Ancient Greeks
Greeks lived very differently thousands of years ago than they do today. About 2,500 years ago, Greece did not have any one king ruling it. Instead, it was divided into the small city states. Each city states were lead by a government. The two most powerful city states were Athens and Sparta. Most of the…
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All about National Anthems
William is from England. He is preparing to watch his favourite sport on television. It is a soccer match between the football teams of England and Scotland. Just before the game starts, all the English players line up to sing God Save the Queen, the national anthem of the United Kingdom. It was customary. The…
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The Journey of Bread
The French Baguette, Italian Ciabatta, German Pumpernickel or Indian Naan all have something in common. Can you guess what? Yes! They are all breads, main part of our diet, and full of carbohydrates. Did you know that breads have been around for almost 30,000 years? The breads have been a part of humans ever since…