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What you will explore
Ten ideas, then ten recall questions
1
Fast food in Pompeii
Ancient Pompeii had thermopolia—street counters serving hot, ready-to-eat food to residents.
2
Cleopatra’s surprising timeline
Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.
3
The shortest recorded war
The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896 lasted less than an hour, often cited as history’s shortest recorded war.
4
Vikings in North America
Norse explorers established a settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows around the year 1000, centuries before Columbus.
5
Oxford and the Aztecs
Teaching existed at Oxford by 1096; the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan was founded in 1325.
6
Baghdad’s House of Wisdom
Scholars in Baghdad’s House of Wisdom translated and developed Greek, Persian and Indian knowledge during the Islamic Golden Age.
7
The origin of paper money
China used government-issued paper currency centuries before it became common in Europe.
8
Britain’s missing eleven days
When Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752, September 2 was followed by September 14.
9
Coffeehouses and ideas
European coffeehouses became meeting places for merchants, writers and scientists, accelerating the exchange of news and ideas.
10
The marathon legend
The modern marathon was inspired by the legendary run from Marathon to Athens after a Greek victory over Persia.
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