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History // Ancient Egypt
Egyptian Maths and Engineering
Describe the Egyptian achievement in mathematics and engineering: the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus shows calculations of area, volume, and fractions; the…
Ages 11 to 13Concept
History // Ancient Egypt
Egypt and Its Neighbours
Examine Egypt's relationships with neighbouring civilisations: trade networks reaching Nubia, the Levant, and Punt; the Hyksos invasion and the introduction of…
Ages 12 to 13Concept
History // Ancient Egypt
Fall of Ancient Egyptian Civilisation
Trace the end of ancient Egyptian civilisation through its successive conquests — Assyrian, Persian, Macedonian (Alexander the Great), and finally Roman — and…
Ages 13 to 14Concept
History // Ancient Greece & Rome
Troy: Myth or History?
Explore how Heinrich Schliemann's excavation at Hisarlik in modern Turkey raised questions about whether the Trojan War described in Homer's Iliad was…
Ages 11 to 13Concept
History // Ancient Greece & Rome
Inclusion and Exclusion in Athens
Analyse who was included and excluded from Athenian democracy — only free adult male citizens (roughly 30% of adults) could participate, while women, enslaved…
Ages 11 to 13Concept
History // Ancient Greece & Rome
Fall of the Roman Republic
Trace how Roman political violence — the murder of the Gracchi brothers, civil wars between Marius and Sulla, Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon and assassination…
Ages 12 to 14Concept