function initMMP()
{
var pts=[]
mmp_mkr(1,"Bering Land Bridge","People crossed over from Asia to North America using the Bering Land Bridge, about 12,000 BC.<br><a target='_blank' href='http://www.kidipede.com/learn/northamerica/before1500/history/index.htm'>More about the Land Bridge</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",-168.0469,65.36684)
mmp_mkr(2,"South America","People first came to South America about 20,000 BC. Around 10,000 BC, new people arrived from North America.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.kidipede.com/learn/southamerica/before1500/history/index.htm'>More about South America</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",-74.53125,-14.94479)
mmp_mkr(3,"Pre-Dorset people","The Pre-Dorset people gradually migrated across northern Canada from Alaska to Greenland between about 4500 BC and about 2500 BC. <a target='_blank' href='http://www.kidipede.com/learn/northamerica/before1500/history/inuit.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",-116.0156,60.23981)
mmp_mkr(4,"Chinook","Chinook people lived in the Pacific Northwest. At first they hunted mammoths, but when the mammoths died out about 6000 BC they began to live mainly on salmon and deer and elk.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.kidipede.com/learn/northamerica/before1500/history/chinook.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",-122.6953,44.08759)
mmp_mkr(5,"Sioux/Lakota","Sioux or Lakota people lived near the Great Lakes. They ate mainly wild rice, which they gathered in the marshes near the lakes. They also hunted rabbits and other small animals.<br><a target='_blank' href='http://www.kidipede.com/learn/northamerica/before1500/history/sioux.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",-92.28516,44.84029)
mmp_mkr(6,"Cree","From the Paleo-Indian period on, Cree people lived in the area around the Great Lakes. Like their neighbors the Sioux, Cree people gathered wild rice and hunted rabbits.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.kidipede.com/learn/northamerica/before1500/history/cree.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",-86.66016,47.27923)
mmp_mkr(7,"Blackfoot","Blackfoot people lived in the northern Plains. They hunted mammoth like the Chinook, but when mammoth became extinct about 6000 BC, Blackfoot people hunted buffalo and deer. <a target='_blank' href='http://www.kidipede.com/learn/northamerica/before1500/history/blackfoot.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",-109.6875,49.03787)
mmp_mkr(8,"Sahara","The earliest people lived in Africa. By 10,000 BC, there were people all over Africa. Around 6000 BC, when the world got hotter and drier, the Sahara desert got bigger, and some people began to farm their food.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.kidipede.com/learn/africa/history/index.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",18.28125,9.795678)
mmp_mkr(9,"China","People first reached China about 50,000 BC. These first people lived in caves and wore fur clothes.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.kidipede.com/learn/china/history/stoneage.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",109.3359,40.44695)
mmp_mkr(10,"West Asia","By 10,000 BC, people in West Asia were just beginning to farm their food instead of gathering it. They grew grain, and soon they began to keep sheep and goats and other animals.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.kidipede.com/learn/westasia/history/stoneage.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",37.96875,34.30714)
mmp_mkr(11,"Italy","People first came to Italy from West Asia, about 12,000 years ago. They hunted and gathered. But around 5000 BC, new people arrived who knew how to farm and keep animals.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/history/stoneage.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",13.35938,41.50858)
mmp_mkr(12,"Indus River, Pakistan","People first settled in Pakistan and India about 40,000 BC. One favorite place was the Indus River Valley.<br><a target='_blank' href='http://www.kidipede.com/learn/india/harappa.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",70.60913,29.3343)
mmp_mkr(13,"Khoisan","People lived in South Africa by around 25,000 BC. By 11,000 BC, they were painting pictures on rocks and inside caves.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.kidipede.com/learn/africa/history/khoisan.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png",21.79688,-27.9944)
mmp_mkr(14,"Dimini","Dimini was a village in the Late Stone Age. People built it around 4000 BC.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/history/neolithic.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",22.86118,39.33961)
mmp_mkr(15,"Sesklo?","Sesklo was a Late Stone Age (about 5000 BC) village in Greece which exported pottery to other villages and built stone houses.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/history/neolithic.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",22.83152,39.35345)
mmp_mkr(16,"Nea Nikomedeia","A Late Neolithic village from about 6000 BC in northern Greece, with houses built of sticks and mud, and a wooden wall around it.<a target='_blank' href='http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/history/neolithic.htm'>Find out more</a>","http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue-dot.png",22.40112,40.50545)
centreMap()
}

function prepMMP()
{ 
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mmp_control.titleImage="http://www.historyforkids.org/kidipede/littlepede.gif"
mmp_control.displayWidth=650
mmp_control.displaySideWidth=256
mmp_control.displayHeight=400
mmp_control.displayMapType=1
mmp_control.navControl=2
mmp_control.typeControl=1
mmp_control.scaleControl=1
mmp_control.shadow=1
mmp_control.mapCursor=0
mmp_control.trafficLayer=0
mmp_control.overviewMap=0
mmp_control.scrollWheelZoom=0
mmp_control.doubleClickZoom=1
mmp_control.continuousZoom=1
mmp_control.fixedView=0
mmp_control.infoWidth=200
mmp_control.infoHeight=0
mmp_control.infoWindowType=0
mmp_control.bounds=[-168.0469,-27.9944,109.3359,65.36684]
mmp_control.headColor="blue"
mmp_control.headBackColor="whitesmoke"
mmp_control.backColor="white"
mmp_control.textColor="black"
mmp_control.highlightColor="green"
mmp_control.highlightBackColor="ivory"
mmp_control.textFont="Arial"
mmp_control.titleFont="Arial"
mmp_control.textHeight="13px"
mmp_control.titleHeight="15px"
mmp_control.subHeight="11px"
mmp_control.showSidebar=0
mmp_control.showTitlebar=0
mmp_control.initialDetail=3
mmp_control.sortOrder=1
mmp_control.infoRecentre=1
mmp_control.changeDetail=1
mmp_control.changeViewAll=1
mmp_control.changeFullScreen=1
mmp_control.showAnimation=0
mmp_control.showIntro=0
mmp_control.mapX=0
mmp_control.mapY=0
mmp_control.displayZoomLevel=0
mmp_control.channelPlaceFinder=0
mmp_control.channelWikipedia=0
mmp_control.channelEvents=0
mmp_control.channelHotels=0
mmp_control.channelLocal=0
mmp_control.enableChannels=0

}