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1177 B.C - The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric H. Cline
Category: History | Series: Turning Points in Ancient History Ser.
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 Bron ...Show more
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed - Revised and Updated by Eric H. Cline
Category: History | Series: Turning Points in Ancient History Ser.
From acclaimed archaeologist and bestselling author Eric Cline, a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilised world ushered in the first Dark Ages. In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the 'Sea Peoples' invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy defeated them, but the victo ...Show more
1688 THE FIRST MODERN REVOLUTION by PINCUS STEVEN
Category: History | Series: The\Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History Ser.
Based on new archival information, this book upends two hundred years of scholarship on England's Glorious Revolution to claim that it--not the French Revolution--was the first truly modern revolution For two hundred years historians have viewed England's Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689 as an un-revolu ...Show more
24 Hours in Ancient Athens: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There by Philip Matyszak
Category: Children's Educational | Series: 24 Hours in Ancient History Ser.
Spend 24 hours with the ancient Athenians. See the city through their eyes as it teeters on the edge of the fateful war that would end its golden age. Athens, 416 BC. A tenuous peace holds. The city-state's political and military might are feared throughout the ancient world; it pushes the boundarie ...Show more
24 Hours in Ancient China - A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There by Yijie Zhuang; John Telfer (Read by)
Category: Audio Books | Series: 24 Hours in Ancient History Ser.
Get to know the real ancient China during a compelling twenty-four hours in the lives of the people who lived there. From a doctor to a Tomb Robber, A dancer to a soldier, a farmer to a midwife - these are the ordinary citizens who bring this ancient cililization vividly to life. Book jacket.
24 Hours in Ancient Egypt: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There by Donald P. Ryan
Category: Children's Educational | Series: 24 Hours in Ancient History Ser.
Spend 24 hours with the inhabitants of the most powerful kingdom in the ancient world.Ancient Egypt wasn't all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life was tough, and work was hard, conducted under the burning gaze of the sun god Ra.During the course of a day in the ancien ...Show more
24 Hours in Ancient Egypt - A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There by Donald P. Ryan
Category: History | Series: 24 Hours in Ancient History Ser.
Ancient Egypt wasn't all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life was tough, and work was hard, conducted under the burning gaze of the sun god Ra. During the course of a day in the ancient city of Thebes (modern-day Luxor), Egypt's religious capital, we meet 24 Egyptians ...Show more
A 1950s Childhood - From Tin Baths to Bread and Dripping by Paul Feeney
Category: Biography | Series: History Press Ser.
Do you remember Pathé News? Taking the train to the seaside? The purple stains of iodine on the knees of boys in short trousers? Knitted bathing costumes? Then the chances are you were born in or around 1950. To the young people of today, the 1950s seem like another age. But for those born around then, ...Show more
A 1960s Childhood - From Thunderbirds to Beatlemania by Paul Feeney
Category: History | Series: History Press Ser.
Do you remember Beatlemania? Radio Caroline? Mods and Rockers? The very first miniskirts? Then the chances are you were born in the or around 1960. To the young people of today, the 1960s seems like another age. But for those who grew up in this decade, school life, 'mod' fashions and sixties pop music ...Show more
A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry; Kali Nicole Gross
Category: History | Series: Revisioning History Ser.
A vibrant and empowering history that emphasizes the perspectives and stories of African American women to show how they are--and have always been--instrumental in shaping our country In centering Black women's stories, two award-winning historians seek both to empower African American women and to ...Show more
A Brief History of Canada by Jan Rogozinski; Roger Reindeau
Category: Travel | Series: Brief History Ser.
A Brief History of Indonesia: Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation by Tim Hannigan
Category: History | Series: Brief History of Asia Ser.
Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of the World's Largest Archipelago Indonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and has the fourth largest population in the world after the United States. Indonesian history and culture are especially relevant today as the Island nation is ...Show more