Ancient history

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/ancient-history

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is ancient history?Ancient history is the study of people and places from before phones and cars, from when the first writing was made around 3000 BCE to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE.
2. When did ancient history begin and end?It began when the first writing systems appeared about 3000 BCE and ended around 476 CE when the Western Roman Empire collapsed.

Historiography: The study of the writing of history, including the methods and theories used by historians.
Cultural Diffusion: The spread of cultural beliefs, social activities, and other human phenomena from one group to another.
Primary Source: An artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study.