civilization

Details the discoveries about early man and his life.

Contains facts about the twenty-first-century world, providing answers to questions about science, astronomy, the climate, art, culture, ancient history, and many other topics, with country flags and statistics, photographs, and illustrations.

Traces human civilization from early bands of hunter-gatherers to the multicultural world cities of the present, covering the development of agriculture, empires, law, and the major religions, the rise of Europe, colonies, and industrialization.

This book offers fun ideas for celebrating January 1, 2000, such as making a countdown calendar, creating a time capsule, sending a millennogram, or giving a millennial gift to the earth.

A region by region study of peoples and cultures: the geography of their lands, historical background, languages, religions, economic, social and political institutions.

Presents alphabetized profiles of 190 countries, providing information in twenty-five categories such as land and climate, history, economy, education, religion, the arts, recreation, diet, general attitudes, greetings, family, and dating and marriage.

Combining history, archaeology, and geology, this book retraces the Earth's amazing story from the present day to the birth of the planet.