history

In text and pictures, outlines developments in military weaponry over the last millennium.

Explores the invention of telegraphy, early experiments with radio, and inventions for storing sound and discusses how these developments impacted American history and society.

Examines the costumes of China and Japan at different eras throughout history, looking at what clothing and body adornment reveals about the culture and society of the counties, and includes color illustrations, a glossary, a time line, and resource lists.

A pictorial survey of the way people around the world have dressed over the past 1000 years.

Discusses the weapons used by the ancient Greeks and their different means of warfare.

Examines the history of tournaments and jousts, activities which grew out of training exercises for knights to become some of the most prestigious, expensive, dangerous, and exciting events of the Middle Ages.

Explores the roles played by women of various classes in medieval society, in the nobility, in the church, and in daily life and work.

Discusses the role of clothing in medieval life, explaining what types of clothes were worn and what styles of dress revealed about wealth and social class.

A biography of the woman whose refusal to give up her seat on an Alabama bus helped galvanize the civil rights movement. Features quotations from Parks and others.

Examines how charioteers, footsoldiers, archers, and auxiliaries organized far-reaching military expeditions into unexplored territories in ancient Egypt.