Ancient Civilizations

Ancient Civilizations (X)

Antike

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Antike is a challenging strategy game about the evolution and competition of ancient civilizations. The name of the game in German means "age of antiquity".

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
120 min.
Antike

The Princes of Machu Picchu

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After the conquest of the Inca Empire by the Spanish invaders, only a few native princes managed to flee into the mountains. In Machu Picchu, a hidden city in the Andes, they build up a new peaceful society with their families.

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
120 min.
The Princes of Machu Picchu

Poseidon

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Poseidon is a game about prestige, fortune and exploration.

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Math
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
120 min.
Poseidon

Amun-Re

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Everyone knows of the pyramids on the Nile - eternal monuments of a powerful and beautiful culture, that can still take our breath away.
The pharaohs choose their sites, build their pyramids and thank Amun Re and the other Gods for their bounty.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Math
Social Studies
Play Time: 
45 min.
Amun-Re

Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age

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Build a thriving civilization – in under an hour!
Collect goods, assign workers to build cities and erect monuments, advance your civilization through cultural and scientific developments, but don't forget to harvest enough food to feed your growing population.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Math
Social Studies
Play Time: 
45 min.
Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age

Chang Cheng

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More than 2500 years ago, the emperor of the Qin dynasty decided to protect his prolific provinces of northern China from the frequent barbaric invasions, building and joining several fortresses.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
60 min.
Chang Cheng

Thebes

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Players travel as archaeologists around Europe in order to acquire the necessary knowledge for their excavation expeditions. With the aid of assistants, players get needed equipment and services for their expeditions.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Play Time: 
60 min.
Thebes

Stone Age

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The times were hard indeed. Our ancestors worked with their legs and backs straining against wooden plows in the stony earth. Of course, progress did not stop with the wooden plow. People always searched for better tools and more productive plants to make their work more effective.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Math
Social Studies
Play Time: 
60 min.
Stone Age

Colosseum

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In Colosseum you are a Roman impresario - producing great spectacles in your arena in the hope of attracting the most spectators to your events. You'll earn wealth and glory for each event you run, using it to build ever more ambitious events.

Grade Level: 
Middle
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
90 min.
Colosseum

Tribune: Primus Inter Pares

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Bow down before the tribune, ye citizens of Rome. Rich and poor, strong and weak, patricians and plebeians, hear your tribune's words!

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
90 min.
Tribune: Primus Inter Pares

Archaeology (1996)

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Bill Nye the Science Guy is talking about archaeology – can you dig it?

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
Length: 
00:23
Archaeology

Magic Tree House #13: Vacation Under the Volcano (Unabridged)

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Jack and Annie travel back to the ancient Roman Empire at the request of Morgan le Fay, who asks the siblings to retrieve a book for her library. The search, however, becomes much more difficult as Jack and Annie have only a few minutes before Mount Vesuvius erupts!

Grade Level: 
Lexile: 
410L
Length: 
01:24
Magic Tree House #13: Vacation Under the Volcano (Unabridged)

Magic Tree House #14: Day of the Dragon King (Unabridged)

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Jack and Annie set off to find an original copy of an ancient Chinese myth. Armed only with their magic library cards, they must take on a book-burning emperor. But with the help of a scholar and a silk weaver, they triumph again.

Grade Level: 
Lexile: 
380L
Length: 
00:40
Magic Tree House #14: Day of the Dragon King (Unabridged)

Magic Tree House #16: Hour of the Olympics (Unabridged)

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Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find what girls of the time were not allowed to do.

Grade Level: 
Lexile: 
380L
Length: 
00:37
Magic Tree House #16: Hour of the Olympics (Unabridged)

Magic Tree House #3: Mummies In the Morning (Unabridged)

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In Mummies in the Morning, Jack and Annie get another mummy when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to ancient Egypt after reading a book on the same subject. There, they find themselves in a pyramid, face to face with a long dead queen named Hutepi. She needs their help finding her copy of the Book of the Dead for a trip to the underworld.

Grade Level: 
Lexile: 
230L
Length: 
00:44
Magic Tree House #3: Mummies In the Morning (Unabridged)

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