civilization

Explores Elizabethan life and integrates the poetry and drama of the era.

Follows the progress of Classical archaeology over the centuries and outlines the Greek way of life.

History of Barcelona, Spain as seen through its art and architecture.

Examines the political and scientific developments of the Enlightenment period between 1600 and 1800, and contains primary documents that describe the slave trade, the Ottoman Empire, the scientific revolution, and more.

Explains how Scotland earned the respect of the rest of the world during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through its contributions to science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine, commerce, and politics.

Describes such aspects of daily life in ancient Rome as clothing, bathing, shopping, transportation, the theater, the army, religion, and funerals; and includes "find the object" challenges for the reader, in which a pictured artifact is incorporated into an illustrated scene of Roman life.

An account of daily life, art, and religious strife in northern Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Explores the geographical/ethnographic background, and cultural history of Africa, and features a tour of modern-day regions. Includes a chronological table, over ninety maps, and illustrations.