How long would you have lived if you were; a) Born in 1921 and died in 1973? b) Born in 2015BC and died in 1974BC? c) Born in 55BC and died in 18AD? d) Born in 3000BC and died in 2965BC? e) Born in 17BC and died in 40AD? ACTIVITY 5 1. How long ago from this year were the years below? a) 1969 b) 1851 c) 1745 d) 612BC e) 1347BC e) 2014BC Evidence Historians have one big problem when studying History – we cannot go back in time and see for ourselves. Instead we have to use whatever has been left behind by people who were alive at the time we are studying. Sometimes what we find is spectacular. For example in 79AD a mountain called Vesuvius erupted violently. The explosion destroyed part of the mountain top, ash covered the town of Pompeii and hundreds were killed at the town of Herculaneum on the coast.
How long would you have lived if you were; a) Born in 1921 and died in 1973? b) Born in 2015BC and died in 1974BC? c) Born in 55BC and died in 18AD? d) Born in 3000BC and died in 2965BC? e) Born in 17BC and died in 40AD? ACTIVITY 5 1. How long ago from this year were the years below? a) 1969 b) 1851 c) 1745 d) 612BC e) 1347BC e) 2014BC Evidence Historians have one big problem when studying History – we cannot go back in time and see for ourselves. Instead we have to use whatever has been left behind by people who were alive at the time we are studying. Sometimes what we find is spectacular. For example in 79AD a mountain called Vesuvius erupted violently. The explosion destroyed part of the mountain top, ash covered the town of Pompeii and hundreds were killed at the town of Herculaneum on the coast.
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