Thinking with evidence
Compare archaeological remains, texts, treaties and records to distinguish evidence from interpretation.
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Around 20,000 years ago; dating remains uncertain
The paintings of Lascaux
Separate visible features from uncertain intentions.
- 02
221–206 BCE
Qin unification and the First Emperor
Compare material remains and later accounts of unification.
- 03
1180–1333 · Warrior government in Kamakura
When did the Kamakura shogunate begin?
Understand why a government’s beginning can be dated in different ways.
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1582 · Second day of the sixth lunar month
Honnōji and the city of Kyoto
Distinguish supported events from proposed motives.
- 05
1840
The Treaty of Waitangi in two languages
Examine differences between two language versions of a treaty.
- 06
1989–1990
The night the Berlin Wall opened
Follow the opening of the wall through announcements and people’s actions.
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