civilization

Contains over one hundred essays that examine topics in the history of the American South, from prehistory to the early twenty-first century.

An exploration of American life from 1990 through 1999, looking at key people, events, and topics in the arts, business and the economy, education, fashion, government and politics, law, lifestyles and social trends, media, medicine and health, religion, science and technology, and sports.

Describes the history, geography, people, and customs of this peninsular Asian country.

A fictionalized account of a Biblical story in which an Egyptian princess rescues a Hebrew infant who becomes a prophet of his people while his sister finds her true self as a priestess to the Egyptian gods.

Text and photographs introduce the history and civilization of ancient India and Southeast Asia.

Discusses life in ancient Egypt, with an overview and timeline of the years between 3050 and 30 B.C., and looks at agriculture, belief systems, art, health, the role of women and children, rulers, war, and other aspects of life along the Nile.

Profiles the ancient civilizations of the Near East and the Mediterranean, focusing on the civilizations of the ancient regions of southwest Asia and Egypt, as well as Greece and Rome.

Profiles many fictional figures from literature, myth, film, and other sources that have shaped society, culture, and the course of history, such as Rosie the Riveter, Lady Chatterly, Ebenezer Scrooge, and Hamlet.

Examines the life and times of the man who ruled Egypt from 1279 to 1213 B.C., in the period when that kingdom was at its most powerful, and who built more monuments throughout Egypt than any other pharaoh.