Savais-tu que... Les trois parties de l'oreille

Christopher tests our knowledge about the famous queen of Egypt. Did you know that she was not born in this country?

In this video, Lexie shares with us a historical fact about the title of women in ancient Egypt.

Lexie explains that the Egyptians in ancient Egypt used toothpaste to brush their teeth.

Lexie explains that the Egyptians of ancient Egypt worshiped more than 700 gods.

Lexie says that the Romans had a sewer goddess, Cloacina.

Lexie explains that Romans, especially the wealthy, liked to eat exotic foods such as the flamingo.

Lexie explains that one war lasted more than 700 years: the war between the Romans and the Persians.

Lexie explains that the Romans had created an excellent system of aqueducts that allowed them to obtain water.

Lexie explains that glass was invented more than 5,000 years ago in Mesopotamia. In the beginning, glass was not transparent, it was green or blue.

Lexie shares that Mesopotamia had a famous personality, King Gilgamesh, whose legend was known to all.

Lexie explains that the Sumerians of ancient Iraq created one of the earliest form of writing, cuneiform writing, that would appear before hieroglyphics.

Lexie explains that the Sumerians of ancient Iraq invented a system of numbers based on 60, used to calculate time.

Did you know that... in ancient Mesopotamia, there were Akkadians? But they weren't the same Akkadians as in Canada.

Lexie explains that a king of Mesopotamia had a hanging garden built for his wife who missed the mountains of her hometown.

Christopher explains that the first system of laws was invented in Mesopotamia and that the famous expression 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth' figured among these laws.