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A study of daily life in ancient Egypt, focusing on the era of the Ramesside kings, discussing dwelling places, time, the family, home life, country life, the arts and professions, travel, the pharoah, the army and warfare, scribes and judges, religious beliefs, and burial rites.

Presents the play and discusses its poetry, structure, political details, history, and the Shakespearean staging.

A little girl named Abigail finds mad King Nebuchadnezzar eating the flowers in her garden and helps him return to his palace and to God.

Presents the text of "Richard II," in which the unscrupulous and weak king, stripped of his power, pays the ultimate price for his earlier bad choices, and includes an introduction and an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare.

A brief biography that examines the life of Spanish conquistador Hern?an Cort?es, describing his voyages to the New World and encounters with the Aztecs people and their ruler, Montezuma.

An animated retelling of Moses' life in which he and future Egyptian king Ramses, raised as brothers, are torn apart by their destinies, leading to one final standoff when Moses demands his true people's freedom.