Castles
A castle is a large fortified building where a lord lived and defended his land. Medieval castles had thick walls, towers, a gatehouse and often a moat.
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History
People, places and events of the past.
Around ages 5–11
Primary
Knights
A knight was a trained, armoured soldier on horseback in medieval Europe who swore to serve a lord or king. Boys trained for years, first as pages and then as squires.
Ancient China
Ancient China was one of the world's oldest civilisations, growing along the Yellow River more than 3,500 years ago. It gave us paper, printing, silk, the compass and the Great Wall.
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a great civilisation along the River Nile that lasted about 3,000 years. It is famous for pharaohs, pyramids, hieroglyphs and mummies.
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece was a group of independent city-states, such as Athens and Sparta, that gave the world the Olympic Games, democracy, theatre, philosophy and the Parthenon.
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome began as a small city in Italy and grew into a huge empire around the Mediterranean. The Romans are known for roads, law, Latin and big stone buildings.
Stone Age
The Stone Age is the long period, from about 3 million years ago until metal tools appeared, when people made tools from stone, hunted and gathered food, and later began farming.
Vikings
The Vikings were seafarers from Scandinavia who raided, traded and settled across Europe and beyond from about 790 to 1066 CE. They sailed in fast longships.
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages, or medieval period, lasted roughly from 500 to 1500 CE in Europe. It was the time of kings, knights, castles, cathedrals, monasteries and village farming.
The Maya
The Maya were a people of Central America who built great stone cities, developed writing, maths and calendars, and whose descendants still live there today.
Around ages 11–16
Secondary
The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the shift, starting in Britain in the late 1700s, from making things by hand to making them with machines in factories powered by steam and coal.
The Renaissance
The Renaissance was a period of new interest in art, science and learning that began in Italy in the 1300s and spread across Europe. The word means "rebirth".
