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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…
Ancient History
Ancient Egyptians Used this Structure for Some Very Surprising Reasons
The genius of Ancient Egypt never ceases to amaze. A rare structure called a nilometer was discovered in the ruins of…
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…