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Ancient Civilization from the British Museum is a beautifully done interactive site looking at different civilizations from China to America, and everything in between (including Ancient Africa south of Egypt).

The material is presented as six themes covering religion, technology, trade, writing, building and cities. Each section has an overview write-up, then students can see examples by picking a highlighted area from the map. The sub-sections include illustrations and examples so when they talk about pyramids, for example, they can a explore an interactive model of a pyramid, with a more detailed map of Ancient Egypt to provide background.

In addition, if students click on the clock at the bottom of the screen, a time line will appear. Clicking on the globe at the bottom brings up all the civilizations covered on the site.

It’s a really robust site with great information in nice digestible bites for kids or adults who want something more engaging a dusty old book to learn from. -ALICE MERCER

Ancient Civilization from the British Museum

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Photo credit: David Paul Ohmer on Flickr.