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Civilization Exists Because of Beer & Other Prehistory Facts
Civilization is derived from the Latin civilis (“civil”) and civitas (“city”). It could not have started until our stone age ancestors learned how to grow grains, and traded their hunter-gatherer lifestyle for…
Ancient History
10 Things About the Agricultural Revolution, History’s Greatest Revolution
About 12,000 years ago, some humans took up agriculture - animal husbandry, followed soon thereafter by farming - instead of…
American History
You’ll Be Surprised to Hear How These 10 American Industries Won the Second World War
When the Second World War erupted in Europe in 1939, American industry still lay mostly idle. The Great Depression had…
Ancient History
Sacrifice to the Gods: 10 Startling Facts About the Aztec Culture
The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican culture that spoke Nahuatl and dominated large parts of central Mexico from the 14th to the…