https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/Recent content in Stories from History (ages 9–10) on Teddy Rook Bookhttps://teddyrookbook.com/img/share.jpghttps://teddyrookbook.com/img/share.jpgHugoenhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/how-we-know/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/how-we-know/We learn about the past from sources: things people made and left behind, and words they wrote. Archaeologists dig them up; historians read and compare them. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/bc-and-ad/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/bc-and-ad/Years before the birth of Jesus are counted backward and marked BC; years after are counted forward and marked AD. There is no year 0: 1 BC is followed by AD 1. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/first-farmers/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/first-farmers/For most of the human story, people hunted animals and gathered wild plants. About 12,000 years ago, people in the Middle East began to plant seeds and tame animals, and villages grew. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/mesopotamia/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/mesopotamia/Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, the Sumerians built the first cities, invented writing on clay tablets (cuneiform) and used the wheel. King Hammurabi of Babylon wrote down a famous set of laws. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/ancient-egypt/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/ancient-egypt/The Nile flooded each year and left rich soil, so Egypt could grow plenty of food. Pharaohs ruled for about 3,000 years; Egyptians built pyramids, wrote in hieroglyphs and made mummies. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/ancient-india/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/ancient-india/Along the Indus River, people built planned cities such as Mohenjo-daro with straight streets and drains. Later, the emperor Ashoka ruled much of India and carved messages of kindness on stone pillars. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/ancient-china/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/ancient-china/China's history is counted in dynasties, ruling families. The Shang wrote on bones; Confucius taught about respect and good government; the first emperor joined walls together; the Han traded silk on the Silk Road and made paper. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/athens-and-sparta/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/athens-and-sparta/Ancient Greece was made of city-states. In Athens, citizens voted on laws themselves, the first democracy. Sparta trained its boys to be soldiers. Together they turned back the Persians. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/greek-thinkers/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/greek-thinkers/Socrates asked questions, Plato wrote them down, and Aristotle studied almost everything. Aristotle taught Alexander, who built a huge empire and spread Greek ideas as far as India. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/roman-republic/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/roman-republic/Legend says Romulus founded Rome in 753 BC. In 509 BC the Romans sent away their king and made a republic, where elected leaders and a senate governed. Rome slowly took over Italy and the lands around the Mediterranean. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/roman-empire/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/roman-empire/In 27 BC Augustus became the first Roman emperor. For about 200 years the empire was mostly at peace. Romans built roads, aqueducts and arches, and their language, Latin, lives on in many words we use. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/world-faiths/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/world-faiths/Three of the world's oldest faiths: Jews worship one God and follow the Torah; Hindus follow ancient teachings from India called the Vedas; Buddhists follow the teachings of the Buddha about ending suffering. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/christianity-spreads/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/christianity-spreads/Jesus of Nazareth taught in Judea about 2,000 years ago. Christians believe he is the Son of God, who died and rose again. His followers spread the faith around the Roman Empire, and in time it became the empire's main religion. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/rome-falls/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/rome-falls/The Western Roman Empire ended in AD 476. The eastern half, ruled from Constantinople, lasted almost 1,000 years more as the Byzantine Empire, with its great church, the Hagia Sophia, and the laws of Justinian. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/rise-of-islam/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/rise-of-islam/Muslims believe that God sent messages to Muhammad, beginning about AD 610, and that the Quran holds those messages. Islam spread quickly, and cities such as Baghdad and Córdoba became centers of science, medicine and books. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/castles-and-knights/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/castles-and-knights/In medieval Europe, kings gave land to lords, who were protected by knights and fed by peasants who farmed the land. Monks in monasteries copied books by hand. Charlemagne, crowned emperor in AD 800, encouraged schools. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/vikings/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/vikings/From Scandinavia, Viking sailors raided, traded and settled across Europe in fast longships. They settled Iceland and Greenland, and about AD 1000 Leif Erikson reached North America. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/china-and-japan/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/china-and-japan/Under the Tang and Song dynasties, China invented or improved printing, gunpowder, the magnetic compass and paper money. In Japan, an emperor reigned, while from 1192 shoguns and their samurai warriors held power. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/african-kingdoms/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/african-kingdoms/Africa had rich kingdoms: Aksum in the east, Ghana and Mali in the west, where gold was traded for salt, and Great Zimbabwe in the south. Mansa Musa of Mali was one of the richest rulers who ever lived. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/maya-aztec-inca/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/maya-aztec-inca/In the Americas, the Maya built stone cities and wrote in glyphs; the Aztecs built Tenochtitlan on a lake; the Incas ran a mountain empire joined by thousands of miles of roads. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/renaissance/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/renaissance/Renaissance means rebirth. Beginning in Italian cities such as Florence in the 1400s, artists and scholars studied the books and art of Greece and Rome and made new art, like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/printing-press/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/printing-press/About 1450, Johannes Gutenberg printed books with movable metal type. Books became cheaper and ideas spread fast. In 1517 Martin Luther's writings began the Reformation, which divided Western Christians into Catholics and Protestants. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/age-of-exploration/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/age-of-exploration/Sailors crossed the oceans: Zheng He sailed from China to Africa, Columbus crossed the Atlantic in 1492, and Magellan's crew sailed all the way around the world. Plants, animals and diseases crossed with them. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/scientific-revolution/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/scientific-revolution/Copernicus said the Earth goes around the Sun; Galileo looked through a telescope and saw moons circling Jupiter; Newton explained gravity. People began testing ideas with careful experiments. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/american-revolution/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/american-revolution/Thirteen British colonies in North America declared independence on July 4, 1776, won the war, and wrote the Constitution in 1787. George Washington became the first president. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/french-revolution/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/french-revolution/In 1789 the people of France rose up against their king, demanding "liberty, equality, fraternity." The revolution brought new rights and a time of fear and war; then Napoleon made himself emperor, until his defeat at Waterloo in 1815. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/industrial-revolution/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/industrial-revolution/Beginning in Britain in the 1700s, machines driven by water and steam began to do work once done by hand. Factories, railways and big cities grew, and so did new problems, like children working long hours. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/ending-slavery/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/ending-slavery/Slavery is very old, but in the 1700s and 1800s people began to fight to end it. Britain ended its slave trade in 1807 and slavery in most of its empire in the 1830s; the United States ended slavery in 1865. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/age-of-invention/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/age-of-invention/In about 100 years, inventors gave the world the telegraph, the telephone, the electric light, the car and the airplane. Marie Curie discovered new elements and won two Nobel Prizes. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/world-wars/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/world-wars/Two terrible wars were fought by many nations: World War I (1914 to 1918) and World War II (1939 to 1945). Afterward, countries formed the United Nations to try to keep the peace. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladderhttps://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/modern-world/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://teddyrookbook.com/american-history/stories-from-history/modern-world/After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union competed in a long Cold War and a race to space; people walked on the Moon in 1969. The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, and computers and the World Wide Web changed daily life. Stories from History (ages 9–10) · American History & Civics Ladder