Learning from the past

Unit 3. Civilisation and progress
Section 1. Learning from the past — Что включает в себя понятие «цивилизация»? Что свидетельствует о существовании той или иной цивилизации? Какие цивилизации самые древние? Как выглядел доисторический человек? Каковы этапы человеческой эволюции? Как выглядел народ называемый «пигмеи», где и когда они жили? В чем загадка древней цивилизации Майя? Где найти дополнительную информацию о них?

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization  - еncyclopaedia entry about civilization

• http://archaeology.about.com/od/ancientciv...vilizations.htm — a guide to ancient civilizations
• http://www.ancientcivilizations.co.uk/home_set.html — interactive exploration of the cities, buildings technology, trade, religion and writing of the ancient world
• http://www.crystalinks.com/ancient.html - provides information on and discussion of dozens of ancient civilizations from throughout the world
• http://www.lost-civilizations.net/ancient-civilizations.html - collected materials and some original essays on Ancient civilizations
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution - encyclopaedia entry about human evolution
• http://wilderdom.com/evolution/HumanEvolutionPictures.htm – pictures of human evolution and timeline of prehistoric, early & modern man
• http://www.historylink101.com/prehistory.htm - links to art, daily life, maps, pictures and research on prehistoric man
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/h...uman_evolution/ - the illustrated information from BBC about the evolution of man
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmies - encyclopaedia entry about pygmies
• http://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/pygmies– some information about the Pygmy tribal group of people
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_civilization - an illustrated history which includes Mayan art, architecture, technology, writing, mathematics, religion
• http://www.crystalinks.com/maya.html – complete information about Maya civilization
• http://archaeology.about.com/od/mayaarchae...ivilization.htm - archaeological sites and studies of the ancient Maya civilizations of Central America
• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/20...ayadrought.html – an article from National Geographic News on what killed off Maya civilization
• http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/lat...tures/maya.html – a brief history of Maya civilization
• http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions.../mminteng.shtml – the mystery of Maya civilization
• http://theunexplainedmysteries.com/mayan-mystery.html – one more article exploring the mystery of Maya civilization