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1. Jomon: Visit the Jomon people of stone age Japan! Weave a basket, decorate a clay pot, own your own stone arrowhead, and enjoy a tasty snack of chestnuts.
2. Uruk: Visit King Gilgamesh in the first city in the world. Enjoy Sumerian mythology, bake cuneiform cookies, make a personal seal, and learn about the art and history of Ancient Uruk.
3. Indus Valley: Tour the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro in Ancient India. Learn an ancient dice game, make beautiful bird calls using a 3,500 year old toy, discover the fun of henna tattoos, and see the first unicorns in history!
4. Egypt: Enjoy Egypt at the time of the Pyramid of Giza! Mummify an apple, decorate a sarcophagus, play the world’s first board game, read a 4000 year old Cinderella story, and make an ancient dessert.
5. Australia: Enjoy a sweet, six-legged snack as you learn about the Aboriginal people of Ancient Australia. Decorate a returning boomerang, read an aboriginal creation story, mix paint from ancient pigments, and recreate 40,000 year old cave art.
6. Babylon: Visit Hammurabi’s Court in Ancient Babylon! Choose your own adventure as you explore Hammurabi’s Code, make your own soap, and learn how to create a cylinder seal.
7. Pharaohs: Meet the “heretic king” Ahkanaten and his son Tutankhamun in ancient Egypt. Make a working sundial, paint a papyrus scroll, and have fun exploring the Egyptian Gods’ family tree.
8. Israelites: Enjoy daily life with the Israelites under King David’s rule. Craft and light an olive oil lamp, blow a ram’s horn trumpet, learn the historic significance of cheese and then make some to enjoy!
9. Olmecs: Meet the Olmec people of Ancient Mesoamerica. Carve an animal out of soapstone, make a ceremonial mask, whip up some ancient hot chocolate, and learn more about the world’s first organized sport.
10. Phoenicia: Sail to the merchant civilization of the Phoenicians! Make papyrus, learn the art of dyeing fabric, and write your name in an ancient script.
11. Scythians: Ride the steppes of Ancient Russia and Asia with the Scythians! Sew a warm wool hat, learn the art of gold leaf, and discover the origins of Amazon warriors and centaur monsters.
12. Alexander the Great: Watercolor Alexander’s empire, own your own action figure, and find out why you’re glad we have modern medicine!
13. Athens: Study with Plato in ancient Greece, learn the allegory of The Cave, construct a mobile with Plato’s geometric solids, and enjoy stickers featuring some of Plato’s most quotable quotes.
14. Mauryan Empire: Meet the man whose change of heart brought peace to the Mauryan empire in Ancient India! Make your own stick incense, decorate with rangoli stencils, own your own hand-carved wooden stamp, and read from Ashoka the Great’s writings.
15. China: See the beginning of The Great Wall in Ancient China, paint a terracotta warrior, fly an ancient style of kite, relax with a cup of tea, and make a magnetic compass.
16. Julius Caesar: Find out why so many people loved or hated this notorious individual. Listen to a perfectly abridged version of Shakespeare’s play, weave a laurel wreath, and own your own replica Roman coin.
17. Pompeii: Visit the Roman resort of Pompeii… just don’t stay for too long! Learn to tile a mosaic, make a Roman wax tablet, explore the ancient graffiti of Pompeii, bake bread from a 2000 year old recipe, and own your own volcanic rock.
18. Ghana Empire: Visit the richest kingdom in the ancient world: Ancient Ghana! Practice the art of oral storytelling, weave on a circle loom, and find out why salt was worth its weight in gold and how to use it to preserve food!