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![Food & Agriculture in Ancient Greece](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/163.jpg?v=1713838506)
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Food & Agriculture in Ancient Greece
The prosperity of the majority of Greek city-states was based on agriculture and the ability to produce the necessary surplus which allowed some citizens to pursue other trades and pastimes and to create a quantity of exported goods so that...
![A Brief History of Tobacco in the Americas](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13399.jpg?v=1719067263)
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A Brief History of Tobacco in the Americas
The history of tobacco use in the Americas goes back over 1,000 years when natives of the region chewed or smoked the leaves of the plant now known as Nicotiana rustica (primarily in the north) and Nicotiana tabacum (mostly in the south...
![Roman Mills](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/955.jpg?v=1710067630)
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Roman Mills
The Romans constructed mills for use in agriculture, mining and construction. Around the 3rd century BCE, the first mills were used to grind grain. Later developments and breakthroughs in milling technology expanded their use to crushing...
![Ancient Egyptian Taxes & the Cattle Count](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5875.jpg?v=1718942163)
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Ancient Egyptian Taxes & the Cattle Count
The gods of ancient Egypt freely gave their bounty to the people who worked the land, but this did not exempt those farmers from paying taxes on that bounty to the government. Egypt was a cashless society until the Persian Period (c. 525...
![Viking Age Greenland](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8493.jpg?v=1618731027)
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Viking Age Greenland
Greenland was drawn into the Viking Age and settled by Norse Vikings in the late 980s CE, their presence there lasting into the 15th century CE. Despite its ice-riddled geography, the Norse managed to carve out a living for themselves in...
![Pax Romana - Web Quest](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/11717.jpg?v=1709734863)
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Pax Romana - Web Quest
This activity has been designed to fit a 20-minute slot for your class and is suitable for both online and classroom teaching, as well as homeschooling. Students have to complete a web quest, based on multiple articles (also available...
![Pax Romana Emperors - Web Quest](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8688.jpg?v=1709734866)
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Pax Romana Emperors - Web Quest
This activity has been designed to fit a 20-30-minute slot for your class and is suitable for both online and classroom teaching. Students have to complete a web quest and record their answer in a table It is part of our Economy...
![Meiji Restoration](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16569.jpg?v=1667726403)
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Meiji Restoration
The Meiji Restoration was a political event that took place in Japan in 1868. In it, the Tokugawa family, a warrior clan that had ruled Japan for more than 260 years, was overthrown by a group of political activists who proclaimed that their...
![Tyre](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13419.jpg?v=1721503983)
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Tyre
Tyre (in modern-day Lebanon) is one of the oldest cities in the world, dating back over 4,000 years, during which it has been inhabited almost continuously. It was one of the most important, and at times the dominant, city of Phoenicia, whose...
![Greek Dark Age](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/3393.jpg?v=1701682563)
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Greek Dark Age
The Greek Dark Age (c. 1200 to c. 800 BCE, overlapping with the Iron Age, c. 1200-550 BCE) is the modern-day term for the period in Greek history following the Bronze Age Collapse when the Mycenaean Civilization fell and the Linear B writing...