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Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, great cities have marked the development of human civilization. "The Great Cities in History" tells their stories, from Uruk and Memphis to Tokyo and Sao Paulo. A galaxy of distinguished contributors evoke the character of each place its people, its art and architecture, its government and explain the reasons for its success. Richly illustrated with photographs, paintings,...
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
"In her Arts of Tuscany, Marina Belozerskaya leads the reader on a journey through the arts of this astonishing part of Italy, from the Etruscan capitals of Cerveteri and Tarquinia, to the great medieval and Renaissance city-states of Lucca, Pisa, Siena, and Florence, and onto the fashionable destinations of the recent past. Spanning time, geography, and a wide variety of art forms - from Etruscan bronzes to Ferragamo shoes - she shows how the arts...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Pub. Group
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Twenty-eight years ago, the author presented his theory that an alien race helped create the pyramids of Egypt. Continuing studies of the ruins provide additonal clues--new discoveries, new revelations, new evidence that Earth was indeed colonized by an alien race.
Author
Series
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
"Anthony Pagden tells the story of the great empires of the West, from the days of Alexander the Great and Rome to the fall of Europe's colonial system after World War II." "Peoples and Empires explains how Europe's great colonial enterprises exploded across the world at the time and in the manner that they did, connects them in a mosaic of cause and effect, teases out their similarities and significant differences, and follows the waxing and waning...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"This fascinating book explores the culture and achievements of ancient China through the examination of artifacts that have survived through the centuries. Each primary-source artifact offers the reader significant clues to the civilization's technologies, cultural traditions, foods, and conflicts."--
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Egypt boasts some of the most spectacular ancient ruins in the world, scattered across the entire country. Over the past two centuries, archaeologists have unearthed the burials of some of Egypt's celebrated pharaohs, from the chambers deep within the famed pyramids at Giza to the tombs hidden away in the rocky hills of the Valley of the Kings. And yet, many of the most intriguing and notorious individuals remain unaccounted for. Where are Alexander...
50) Kenya
Author
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history, geography, and people of Kenya as well as the country's rich culture and traditions and its beautiful natural areas.
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The year is AD100 and Rome stands supreme and unconquerable, from the desert sands of Mesopotamia to the misty highlands of Caledonia. But the might of Rome rests entirely on the shoulders of the legionaries, who stand strong against the barbarian hordes, pushing back the frontiers of the empire. This book tells you how to get in and get on in the legions, the best places to serve, life in camp, on campaign and in battle, and such things as how to...
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Viewers will take a fascinating look at the infamous family at the center of the Italian Renaissance. Tales of treachery, poison, incest, and murder provide the backdrop as the mystery of the Borgia family legacy is unraveled. Whatever the truth, and the world may never know, the Borgia legacy continues to inspire fear and awe.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An illustrated comprehensive and accessible history of Ancient Greece explores the rise and fall of the Greek empire, its powerful legacy for the modern world, and new discoveries shedding light on ancient Greek civilization.
54) South Korea
Author
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history, geography, and people of South Korea as well as the country's rich culture and traditions and its beautiful natural areas.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The hints of an impending environmental crisis appeared as early as the 1570s, as winters grew colder and crops diminished. By the turn of the seventeenth century, the temperature had plummeted so drastically that Mediterranean harbors were covered with ice, birds were dropping frozen out of the sky, and enterprising Londoners erected semipermanent frost fairs on a frozen Thames--with bustling kiosks, taverns, and even brothels. Chronicling the dramatic...
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press/Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"With a flair for fashion and a love of cats, the ancient Egyptians weren't so different from us except for the mummies and sarcophagi! This engaging book teaches readers about ancient Egyptian culture as they craft their way through history. Readers will love the diverse variety of activities drawing hieroglyphics in clay, designing their own jewelry, making animal mummies, and more! Easy-to-follow instructions and photographs make these fun projects...
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
Here in a single volume is a concise, lucid, and authoritative introduction to one of the greatest civilizations of the ancient world. Written by the former Keeper and the staff of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum, it provides an invaluable guide to the culture, history, and achievements of a people whose attraction remains undiminished even after five thousand years. - Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Earth our home is covered mostly with water: the wide, deep, salty, and very blue ocean. It regulates our climate in a way that makes life as we know it possible. This huge ocean is full of an amazing amount of life, most of which is too small to see. But life in the ocean is in trouble. The ocean is becoming hotter, more polluted, and, in places, empty of life. The right amount of warming is good for us, but too much warming is causing shifts...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Hard to believe but true: - The Passover Seder is a Greco-Roman symposium banquet - The Talmud rabbis presented themselves as Stoic philosophers - Synagogue buildings were Roman basilicas - Hellenistic rhetoric professors educated sons of well-to-do Jews - Zeus-Helios is depicted in synagogue mosaics across ancient Israel - The Jewish courts were named after the Roman political institution, the Sanhedrin - In Israel there were synagogues where the...
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