civilization

Presents information on the Indus River and Indus River Valley in India, and describes the physical characteristics of its land and geography, and provides of history of the civilizations that have occupied this area throughout time. Includes time lie and chronology.

A detailed overview of Thailand that covers its geography, history, religions, literature, theater, music, dance, film, art, architecture, cuisine, traditional dress, festivals, recreation, gender roles, courtship and marriage traditions, and social customs, and includes a glossary and further reading list.

Presents fourteen essays on the Italian Renaissance, covering culture, humanism and Scholasticism, worldviews, women, the press, and other topics.

Describes the history, culture, and legacy of the Byzantine Empire, the eastern part of the Roman Empire that survived the "fall of Rome" and thrived during the Middle Ages.

A historical overview of the rise of the Assyrians and Babylonians and the culture they developed in ancient Mesopotamia, plus a glimpse of the region in later centuries.

Chronicles the history of the Roman Empire of Byzantium through an examination of art objects housed at the British Museum, covering a period that ranges from the founding of the capital city of Constantinople in 330 A.D., to its capture by the Ottoman Turks in 1453.

Includes fifteen pop quizzes testing cultural literacy.

Contains forty-three essays in which various authors discuss issues related to the Middle Ages, from 477 through 1453, discussing the Byzantine Empire, feudalism, the Tang Dynasty, the spread of Islam, the Silk Road, Arab physicians, Ghengis Khan, the Black Death, Joan of Arc, and other topics.

Contains seventy essays in which the authors report on some of the important events, people, and ideas of the 1970s, and includes photographs and a chronology of the years between 1970 and 1979.

Describes how India, under a dynasty of remarkable rulers from 320 to 550 A.D., entered a golden age of prosperity, conquest, justice, scientific advance, and artistic and literary distinction.