Elementary Ancient World History
3rd - 5th grade

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Using Story of the World - Ancient World History as a spine, some of the topics we will discover together are: 

• The earliest nomads and the beginnings of agriculture

• Ancient Mesopotamia (Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians)

• Ancient Egypt (Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms)

• The Hebrews and the Ancient Near East

• Ancient India (Indus Valley, Aryans, early Hinduism and Buddhism)

• Ancient China (Shang, Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasties)

• Ancient Africa beyond Egypt (Kingdom of Kush, early African cultures)

• The Minoans and Mycenaeans

• Ancient Greece (city-states, Sparta and Athens, Persian Wars, Golden Age)

• Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic world

• The Rise of Rome (Roman Republic)

• The Punic Wars and Roman expansion

• The Roman Empire (Julius Caesar, Augustus, Pax Romana)

• Life in ancient Rome (government, military, daily life)

• The birth and spread of Christianity

• The fall of the Western Roman Empire

• Early peoples of Northern Europe (Celts, Germanic tribes)

• Ancient Japan and early Asian cultures

• The Americas in ancient times (early civilizations such as the Maya)