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Traces the evolution of Japan from early pre-history through the 1990s, providing insight into the religion, culture, and arts of the Japanese people, as well as the progress of wars, imperial successions, and treaties.

Provides a brief overview of the history of Ireland from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century, features an alphabetical dictionary of notable people, places, and events, and includes a chronology, maps, and an index.

Provides information about various aspects of life in the past, highlighting notable events and achievements in ancient Greece, covering rulers and leaders, the military, geography, economy, trade, transport, education, writing, religion and mythology, art, science, philosophy, and everyday affairs. Includes maps, drawings, and photographs.

Profiles sixteen countries around the world with significant Muslim populations, providing information on each country's government, history, social structure, economy, culture, and traditions.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that examine people, places, events, institutions, ideas, and other topics related to the social, political, cultural, and economic history of colonial America, and includes seven essays that provide an overview of major issues of the era, thematic and geographic chronologies, and a selection of documents.

Describes the period before the Civil War, from 1820 through 1860, and presents the youth in America and popular culture, including fashion, food, literature, art, and music, and such people as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Washington Irving, Thomas Cole, Thomas Doughty, and Frederick Law Olmstead.

Presents a collection of alphabetically arranged entries that provide a comprehensive overview of the ancient Greek world, from the Minoan civilization to the Roman annexation of mainland Greece, including information on the mythology, poetry, drama, sculpture, architecture, and science of this ancient culture.

Contains nearly seven hundred alphabetized, cross-referenced articles on aspects of African-American society, such as politics, education, religion, literature, music, and sports, and factors that have shaped it, such as slavery, segregation, fair housing laws, and affirmative action.

A "special edition" of a Roman newspaper containing articles about Roman history, politics, religion, fashion, food, and daily life, spanning the years of the Roman Empire from 753 B.C. to 476 A.D.