Examines the history of the England's Elizabethan era, including the ideas that shaped it, the era that preceded and influenced it, and its famous artists, philosophers, and events.
An overview of ancient Greece that traces Greek history from Minoan times to the arrival of the Romans and discusses their arts and achievements; and features color illustrations, maps, and a timeline.
A comprehensive overview of ancient Egypt that explores geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of the ancient Egyptian civilization; and features a time line, illustrations, and maps.
An overview of ancient China that explores geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Chinese civilization; and features color illustrations, maps, and a timeline.
Presents volume five of a fourteen-volume series on World Religions exploring the origin, development, and traditional beliefs of Confucianism, and discusses their system of ethical behavior and social responsibility, geographical distribution, basic tenets of Confucian thought, rituals and ceremonies, sacred sites, and more.
Traces the events, trends, and important people of the 1990s, covering science, technology, environmental disasters, politics, fashion, the arts, sports, and entertainment.
A six-volume set with alphabetically arranged entries providing information on the people, events, political, social, economic, and cultural developments, technological advances, policies, and tragedies that shaped the 1950s.
The fourth installment in the time travel series finds Annie, a teenager in 1999, attempting to get back to 1899 Egypt where she hopes to join her boyfriend, Strat, but she instead ends up in ancient Egypt and in great danger.
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 twentieth century, and includes topical and alphabetized tables of contents and a chronology spanning 1900-1999.
