Chrisp, Peter

Uses art and artifacts to examine the world of the Roman Empire from its political and religious structure to its cultural characteristics.

Presents a collection of photographs and drawings depicting life in ancient Mesopotamia and illustrates how buildings and objects looked, how they were used, and how archaeologists gather information.

Uses the viewpoint of an eight-year-old tenth-century Viking girl to present information about her village, the homes, families, clothing, food, gods, and customs. Includes activities and projects.

Follows the history of Alexander the Great and his campaign to conquer the known world, including information on his traveling companions, armies of his time, ships, and food.

Surveys the origins and causes of European fascism, in such countries as Italy, Nazi Germany, Spain, and Romania, and seeks common characteristics of the different nationalistic fascist movements.

Eyewitness accounts, 3-D models, maps, data boxes, and photographs provide an overview of mummies, with links for safe, secure Web sites where students can learn more about specific topics.

Examines the development of costume and fashion over the course of history, focusing on the styles and trends of the Victorian Age, from about 1837 to the dawn of the twentieth century. Includes photographs and a time line.

An account of explorers and their journeys including those along the rivers of North America, across the deserts of Australia, and to the region around the South Pole.

Various characters, including a waterman, an actor, a gallant, and an apple seller, from Shakespeare's London describe the Globe Theatre from their own perspective.

An illustrated, historical overview of piracy, examining the lives of seafarers, legendary figures, battles, and treacherous travels across the world's oceans with 3-D illustrations and fact boxes, and describing the ancient pirates of the Mediterranean, Viking raiders, Barbary corsairs, seventeenth-century buccaneers, pirate fiction of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and other related topics.