civilization

Exactly 100 facts accompanied by detailed artwork reveal what life in Ancient Rome was really like.

Describes examples of the commerce, fashion, film and theater, food and drink, music, print works, sports and games, and other markers of popular culture in America during the 1900s and 1910s, and includes topical and alphabetized tables of contents and a chronology spanning 1900-2009.

A cumulative index to volumes one through eleven of "American Decades," a decade-by-decade review of major events and people of the twentieth and twenty-first century.

Presents a review of major events and people in American society during the 2000s, covering arts and entertainment, business and economy, education, lifestyles and social trends, medicine, science and technology, sports, and government, politics, and law. Includes chronologies, illustrations, and references.

Presents letters written by approximately one hundred famous people from throughout American history to their sons and daughters, arranged by theme, including love, character, and rules to live by. Features such individuals as George Washington, Frederick Douglass, Albert Einstein, Moe Howard, and Barbara Bush.

Readers will be introduced to Greek innovations from the civilization's earliest days through the Bronze and Iron Ages. Photographs of artifacts will draw in readers and excite their imaginations.

Readers will learn about technologies, such as agricultural tools and irrigation systems, that helped Egypt thrive. Chapters explore how these innovations developed and the role technology played in establishing one of the most advanced cultures in the ancient world.

Readers will learn how Greeks used everything at their disposal, such as the sea, minerals in the earth, and fertile farmland, to flourish as a civilization. The concept of a society's relationship to its land and resources is covered in depth.