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Unesco: Turkmenistan: Parthian Fortresses of Nisa

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The Parthian Fortresses of Nisa consist of two tells of Old and New Nisa, indicating the site of one of the earliest and most important cities of the Parthian Empire, a major power from the mid 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD. They...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Griffin

For Students 9th - 10th
In heraldry, the griffin is a fabulous animal, with the head and forefeet of an eagle, and the body, hind legs, and tail of a lion. The head is represented with pricked ears, symbolical of its vigilance. In mythology, the griffin was a...
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Unesco: Greece: Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos

For Students 9th - 10th
Many civilizations have inhabited this small Aegean island, near Asia Minor, since the 3rd millennium B.C. The remains of Pythagoreion, an ancient fortified port with Greek and Roman monuments and a spectacular tunnel-aqueduct, as well...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Europe, 1904

For Students 9th - 10th
"Europe - Greece has the honor of being in the van of European civilization and power, but in the seventh century before Christ a rival sprang up in Italy, which in the course of time attained such vigor that Greece at last was humbled...
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Unesco: Romania: Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains

For Students 9th - 10th
Built in the 1st centuries B.C. and A.D. under Dacian rule, these fortresses show an unusual fusion of military and religious architectural techniques and concepts from the classical world and the late European Iron Age. The six...

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