0-476

Describes the historical events and the various civilizations that flourished throughout the world, with emphasis on the Mediterranean area, from 1500 to 600 B.C.

Tells the stories and depicts the worlds of the Vandal, Saxon, Frank, and Lombard warrior tribes, invaders of the Roman Empire, examining their rites, tactics, weapons, and agendas.

Text and lavish photographs depict the art and treasures of the various barbarian groups including the Scythians, Celts, Franks and Saxons, and Vikings.

Hagan, a young Burgundian prince, is sent as a foster son to Attila of the Huns as a peace offering, but when Hagan, in the midst of battle and on the brink of death, discovers the pathway to the otherworld, he realizes that the knowledge makes him a dangerous adversary of the ferocious warlord.

Volume one of a two-volume set explaining how invading and migrating barbarian tribes contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire, and documenting how the blending of Greco-Roman, Germanic, and Christian cultures birthed a new civilization in Western Europe, creating the modern nation-state. Entries from A to K discuss political transformation, changing religious practices in daily life, sculpture and the arts, material culture, and social structure, and provide biographies of important men and women.

Presents a biography of Charlemagne, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from A.D. 768 to 814, examining aspects of his personal life and character, and discussing his motivations and actions as a leader.

Provides information about various aspects of life in the past, highlighting notable events and achievements in prehistoric Europe, covering, geography, the development of Europe, economy, settlement, trade and transport, industry and crafts, religion, death and burial, warfare, language, literature, the arts, and society. Includes maps, drawings, and photographs.

Describes how the migrating Huns, barbarians, Moslems, Vikings, Mongols, and others changed the face of Europe between the 2nd and 9th centuries.

Traces the history of Europe from the Paleolithic period to 476.

To avoid the priesthood, Epona, the daughter of a Celtic chief, runs away with Kazhak, the leader of a small band of horsemen from Asia Minor's Sea of Grass.