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HISTORY FACT - WEEK 1

Historians who dig objects out of the ground are called archaeologists, and learning about history from what is left behind is called archaeology.

HISTORY FACT - WEEK 2

Two groups of Egyptians lived on the Nile, the Lower and Upper Kingdoms. King Narmer united the two kingdoms and ruled both. He put the two crowns together: the white Upper Kingdom crown inside the red Lower Kingdom's crown.

HISTORY FACT - WEEK 3

Like Egypt, the kingdoms of Sumeria were quarreling. One king conquered the others, the Akkadian king, Sargon. His army was strong and fearless, forcing people to pay taxes to Sargon under threat of severe punishment.

HISTORY FACT - WEEK 4

Hammurabi was a great king of Babylon. He didn't want people to obey him just because his army was strong. He wanted his empire to be governed by just laws. He wrote down all the laws in stone. They are the first set of written laws we know of.

HISTORY FACT - WEEK 5

The cities in the Indus Valley were built around huge circular mounds called citadels. Each citadel had a stronghold in it—a place to go in case enemies attacked.