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Lost Civilizations Original Artifacts and Written Records

Lost Civilizations Original Artifacts and Written Records

Lost civilizations leave behind two kinds of evidence that speak most clearly: the objects people made and the words they recorded. A fired-clay tablet still holds a king’s tax order from four thousand years ago. A chipped obsidian blade still fits... << Continue >>

Slave Narratives Voices from Antebellum America

Slave Narratives Voices from Antebellum America

People who study the United States before the Civil War rely on a particular set of first-person accounts known as slave narratives. These are testimonies from people who lived through slavery and chose to describe what they saw, felt, and survived. ... << Continue >>