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Author | : Brenda Ralph Lewis |
Publisher | : Ladybird Books |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2014-03-06 |
Genre | : Civilization, Viking |
ISBN | : 9780723288992 |
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Great Civilisations: The Vikings is a gem from the Ladybird vintage archive. First published in 1976, this is a classic Ladybird hardback book packed with information about the Vikings, one of the great civilisations of history. This new facsimile edition features the in-depth, informative content Ladybird is known for and same beautiful pictures as the original, with a fantastic, full-colour dust-jacket.A perfect gift for any history fan!
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : 9781569240656 |
Download Encyclopedia of Great Civilizations Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Looks at eight civilizations including: Egypt, China, Japan, Greece, Rome, Vikings, Medieval Europe, Aztecs and Incas.
Author | : Philip Steele |
Publisher | : Southwater Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Asia |
ISBN | : 9781842153642 |
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This insight into ancient Asian and Oriental culture is packed with information and projects.
Author | : Jane McIntosh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2003-05 |
Genre | : Civilization |
ISBN | : 9780563488897 |
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Civilizations takes the reader forward from the earliest days of human settlement to the civilizations of the New World overthrown by the Spanish Conquistadors.
Author | : Editors of Life |
Publisher | : Life |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012-08-28 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9781603202282 |
Download LIFE the World's Great Civilizations Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is the pictorial history of the rise (and fall) of great nations, from the ancients to today. But this is not just Rome and the Incas and British imperialism-though it certainly includes them-but lesser known civilizations that are often relegated to a footnote, or forgotten altogether. The ancient Anasazi Indians of the American Southwest apparently enjoyed an agrarian lifestyle that, after they mysteriously disappeared, would not be realized again on this continent for many generations. The natives of Easter Island sealed their own doom with a kind of communal hysteria that remains unclear. Several cultures put their mark on England's Stonehenge, and peeling the layers of that story is like parsing the experience of a very old tree, ring by ring. Of course the ages of empire are recounted: Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, Russia, Great Britain. We journey, photographically and archeologically, through Troy, and also the Mediterranean islands of Gnossos and Santorini (was this where Plato's Atlantis thrived before the cataclysm)? We climb to Machu Piccu, and trek to Australia to revisit the island continent when it belonged to its Aborigines. Obviously, many of the great civilizations belong to history, experiencing their glory before the advent of photography. There are no pictures of Alexander the Great or Genghis Khan or Napoleon beyond the painted ones. But there are many photographs of the civilizations they built and ruled, many of which were made for LIFE magazine, which looked at this story often. Near our book's end, we arrive at the ongoing narrative that is the United States of America: today's great civilization, built on a system called democracy. Our history and prospects are all the more fascinating when put in relief against the stories of all previous great civilizations.
Author | : Bruce G. Trigger |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 784 |
Release | : 2003-05-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521822459 |
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Author | : Eric H. Cline |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2015-09-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0691168385 |
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A bold reassessment of what caused the Late Bronze Age collapse In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world of the Bronze Age came to an abrupt and cataclysmic end. Kingdoms fell like dominoes over the course of just a few decades. No more Minoans or Mycenaeans. No more Trojans, Hittites, or Babylonians. The thriving economy and cultures of the late second millennium B.C., which had stretched from Greece to Egypt and Mesopotamia, suddenly ceased to exist, along with writing systems, technology, and monumental architecture. But the Sea Peoples alone could not have caused such widespread breakdown. How did it happen? In this major new account of the causes of this "First Dark Ages," Eric Cline tells the gripping story of how the end was brought about by multiple interconnected failures, ranging from invasion and revolt to earthquakes, drought, and the cutting of international trade routes. Bringing to life the vibrant multicultural world of these great civilizations, he draws a sweeping panorama of the empires and globalized peoples of the Late Bronze Age and shows that it was their very interdependence that hastened their dramatic collapse and ushered in a dark age that lasted centuries. A compelling combination of narrative and the latest scholarship, 1177 B.C. sheds new light on the complex ties that gave rise to, and ultimately destroyed, the flourishing civilizations of the Late Bronze Age—and that set the stage for the emergence of classical Greece.
Author | : Dr. Brian Fagan |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 2015-08-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317350332 |
Download Ancient Civilizations Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Drawing on many avenues of inquiry: archaeological excavations, surveys, laboratory work, highly specialized scientific investigations, and on both historical and ethnohistorical records; Ancient Civilizations, 3/e provides a comprehensive and straightforward account of the world’s first civilizations and a brief summary of the way in which they were discovered.
Author | : Sir John Bagot Glubb |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 46 |
Release | : 1978-01-01 |
Genre | : Geopolitics |
ISBN | : 9780851581279 |
Download The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Diane Wolkstein |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Download Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A fresh retelling of the ancient texts about Ishtar, the world's first goddess. Illustrated with visual artifacts of the period. "A great masterpiece of universal literature."--Mircea Eliade Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.