civilization

Presents an overview of the history of the Ancient Greek and Ancient Egyptian civilizations, through the age of Alexander the Great.

Contains a selection of Roman myths and discusses related aspects of ancient Roman civilization, such as warfare, religion, food, trade, and literature.

Contains a selection of Greek myths and discusses related aspects of ancient Greek civilization, such as warfare, clothes, inventions, trade, and agriculture.

Provides an overview of events, daily life, culture, and prominent figures in American history during the 1950s, and includes thousands of images and a time line.

Simulates the odors one might encounter in the course of everyday life in ancient Greece.

Beginning with the Black Death, this volume of the author's history of Europe discusses how the innovations and explorations of the Renaissance era and the events of the Reformation changed the Western world to an extent that would not occur again until the twentieth century.

Presents an account of the first great transit of people from Britain, Europe, and Africa to British North America.

Provides an overview of the history, origins, culture, religion, art, literature, and people of Mesopotamia, covering the Sumerian civilization, the old Babylonian period, the Archaemenian period, and other important periods up to 620 AD.

Traces the development of the art of Egypt from prehistoric times, when the pharaohs had not yet come into existence, to the epilogue of this great civilization following its conquest by Alexander.

Traces the dramatic history of the Roman Empire, paying particular attention to its rise and fall and its lasting social, cultural, military, and political influence.