Ancient Civilizations category: 343 books

Step back in time to the days of the early human hunters and gatherers nearly 20,000 years ago. Jason aspires to be a great hunter like his father, but will he be ready for his initiation from boyhood to adulthood--to seek out and hunt a stag alone? Inspired by the cave paintings of Lascaux, France,...

Explore mammoths, cave paintings, shamans, shelters, and lots more in this book about the Stone Age. Discover what life was like-from where people lived, how and what they hunted, how plants were used, art, medicine, and spiritual rituals. From camps to cave paintings to megaliths, this is...

Everyone knows his story, but do you know the REAL history behind the story of King Tut? History has never been so juicy! Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. Considerate text includes...

Everyone knows his story, but do you know the REAL history behind the story of Genghis Khan? History has never been so juicy! Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. Considerate text...

Learn about the importance of daily health and hygiene habits! Ideal for 1st grade students, this book teaches these 5 words from Fry's First 100 words list: some, time, and, each, and day. The clear images, rebus pictures and simple, repetitive sentences build grade 1 reading comprehension in a format...

Overlooking the River Nile and guarding the Giza pyramids is one of the world’s oldest and largest statues—the Sphinx. Carved from the bedrock beneath the desert, the half-lion, half-human creature has watched over the desert for thousands of years. But who built the giant statue, and why? After...

As archaeologist Howard Carter cut his way into an underground chamber on November 26, 1922, he was overcome with excitement. When Carter finally peered through the tiny hole he had made, he could not believe his eyes. What incredible treasures would he find inside King Tutankhamen’s tomb? And how had the tomb remained undiscovered for more than 3,000 years?

Over 7 billion people live on the earth, and 84 percent of them describe themselves as being religious. Few topics incite such passion as religion. What does that mean? Why are humans invested in ideas that may never be proved? Why has religion played such an important role in history? In Comparative...

“Amanti latini” è la storia dell’amore di Catullo per Lesbia ma è anche una introduzione alla vita quotidiana nell’antica Roma - i costumi sociali e le lotte politiche, le condizioni igieniche e le speculazioni edilizie -, in un accostamento alla vita dei nostri giorni che vuole mettere...

Ancienne civilisation, les égyptiens étaient pourtant un peuple très avancé pour leur époque. Avec cette imagerie, les tout petits découvriront ce peuple fascinant, ses coutumes et ses usages.Cette collection est une reprise des Imageries adaptés aux plus petits. Chaque sujet est traité en...

An immense land, China is approximately the same size as the United States. Yet it is home to more than four times as many people as live within U.S. borders--and the population is concentrated in the eastern half of the country because much of the west consists of rugged mountains and inhospitable...

John Farman, the genius (for want of a better word) responsible for the best-selling A VERY BLOODY HISTORY OF BRITAIN (WITHOUT THE BORING BITS), now tackles all the great periods of history - in less than 10,000 words. History in a Hurry is so short that there just isn't room for any boring...

William Gurstelle begins his remarkable journey through history with this volume, Early Makers. Each chapter examines a remarkable individual or group of people from the past whose insights and inventions helped create the world we live in. What sets this series apart from other history books - including...

John Farman, the genius (for want of a better word) responsible for the best-selling A VERY BLOODY HISTORY OF BRITAIN (WITHOUT THE BORING BITS), now tackles all the great periods of history - in less than 10,000 words. History in a Hurry is so short that there just isn't room for any boring...