First Children Encyclopedia

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

Where did the Aztecs and Incas live?


History of people


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History tells us the story of how


people lived in the past. From the


things they left behind, we can


find out about their homes, food,


clothes, work, and beliefs.


World of history

Early people


About 10,000 years ago, groups of


people began to settle down in certain


places. They started to farm the land


and to raise animals for food.


Powerful kings


Many great civilizations


were ruled by powerful kings.


In ancient Egypt, the kings


were called pharaohs. They


were so important


that people


worshipped


them as gods.


The mummy
mask of the
Egyptian king,
Tutankhamun

Early farmers cut down the
ripe wheat stalks with a
sickle made from a sharp
flint stone set in
a wooden handle.

Decorative
blue stones
called lapis
lazuli

Solid gold

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Spanish galleon

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