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Ancient calendars

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The ancient Egyptian calendar The ancient Egyptians were the first civilization to create a calendar which organised the year into 365 days . This calendar is believed to date back to the 3 ͬ ͩ millennium BC. The year consisted of 12 months of 30 days each one plus five holy days. The months were divided into three weeks of ten days each. The Egyptian year was divided into three seasons of four months. These seasons were: The season of Akhet (Inundation) The season of Peret (Growth-Winter) The season of Shemu (Harvest-Summer)   The Egytian calendar was known to be imperfect as it was almost a quarter of a day shorter than the true solar year. Image representing the sky and the constellations The ancient Greek calendar The Greek calendar includes a variety of dating systems used by the several city-states in the time of classical Greece . There was no uniform calendar imposed upon all of the Hellenic territory. Each polis had i...
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Un sac de billes

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Un sac de billes est un récit autobiographique de style libre écrit par Joseph Joffo et publié en 1973. Traduit en 18 langues, Un sac de billes a connu un vif succès en librairie (20 millions de livres vendus dans 23 pays). L'histoire se passe entre 1941 et 1944 pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, où deux jeunes frères juifs doivent fuir à travers la France occupée par l'armée allemande. Résumé L'action se situe dans la France de 1941. Joseph, le narrateur, est âgé de 10 ans au début du récit. C'est un petit Parisien assez heureux vivant dans le 18 e  arrondissement de Paris, dernier d'une famille de sept enfants (Dans l'ordre : Madeleine, Henri, Albert, Rosette, Esther, Maurice et Joseph). Il est très proche de son grand frère Maurice, deux ans plus âgé que lui. Ils fréquentent l'école Ferdinand-Flocon. Mais les Allemands occupent Paris et en viennent à imposer le port de l'étoile jaune. Pressentant le pire, les parents de Josep...
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Ancient World

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Our students are working on their projects:  - Stonehenge - The mummification - Tutankhamun´s tomb - The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - The Olympic games - The Hispanic emperors Resources: THE MUMMIFICATION:        n   The Egyptians believed that when they died, they would make a journey to another world where they would live a new life. n   Egyptians paid great amounts of money to have their bodies properly preserved, ready for the after life. Egyptians who were poor were buried in the sand while the rich ones were buried in a tomb. n   Rich Egyptians were preserved properly. This process was called mummification. n   Mummification took about 72 days. n   The body was washed with water from the Nile and taken to a place called “per nefer” where the mummies were made. n   The chief embalmer made a cut on the left side of the abdomen and removed the internal organs. He placed them in canopic jar...
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