Alexander the Great and the Greek Empire

Anglo-Saxon Art: To see what the British Museum describes as one of its "greatest artistic treasures," click on "national treasure" and, especially, "turn its pages" in the second-to-last paragraph.

Arthur, King of the Britons, and his Knights of the Round Table

Attila and the Huns: Who was Attila? Who were the fifth-century Huns? How was it possible for them to create an empire extending from the Urals (in today's Russia) to the Rhine (in today's Germany) when the best means of transportation, at the time, was riding a horse?

Black Death: Scourge of the Middle Ages. Because the plague was so bad and so widespread, people thought it was "the end of the world."

Cuneiform: Writing of the ancient world is deciphered in the 19th century

Crucifixion: A Roman Form of Punishment

Egyptian Mummies: In the Predynastic Period, Egyptian people were buried in sand-filled desert pits. Those natural conditions were perfect for mummy-making. Later, using bitumen tar - called "mum" - to coat linen strips with which they wrapped bodies, Egyptians created a mummy-making process. Scholars believe about 70 million Egyptian mummies may have been made over a 3000-year period.

Etruscans: Ancient people of Italy

First-Century Israel: Ruled by Rome

Ghana: The Ancient Empire: How did the ancient empire of Ghana begin? Where was it located? Listen to the story of how early settlements became commercial centers, growing wealthy from Saharan trade. Click on "West Africans" in the first quote of this chapter. The audio clip is from the BBC series The Story of Africa - as told by Africans.

Hadrian's Wall

Hammurabi: Living in the area we now know as the Fertile Crescent, this ancient king created a code of laws which survives to this day (in the Louvre)

Hieroglyphics: Deciphered by means of the Rosetta Stone inscriptions

Jurassic Period: A time of dinosaurs

Navajo Nation: During the 19th century, after living in North America for thousands of years, the Navajo people were forced to make a "long walk" from their ancestral homelands. Many died as a result.

Neanderthals: Who were the Neanderthals? Where did they live? Did they know how to make fires? Did they have a "civilization?" What did they look like? When were they first rediscovered?

Olympics: Games of the Ancient World

Pompeii: Death of a city

Roman Games: Keeping the public under control

Troy: The Story of Achilles, Hector and The Iliad

Umbrians: Ancient people of Italy

Vikings: Sailing their ships to Britain and elsewhere, Viking raiders looted monasteries and carried treasures back to Scandinavia. Scholars now believe Vikings were the first Europeans to explore North America. From their settlement in Greenland, they sailed south to Newfoundland - a place they called "Vinland the Good." Learn the saga, follow their journey, see their reconstructed sod homes and write with Viking Runes.