Download or read book Civilizations Exploration Conquest written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Civilizations Exploration Conquest written by Philip Brooks and published by Selectabook Limited. This book was released on 2001 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All about peoples and how they lived, their battles, quests and discoveries.

Download or read book To the Ends of the Earth written by Raimund J Schulz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To the Ends of the Earth is a major history of ancient exploration, one that fully incorporates evidence from Greco-Roman sources and those in China, Central Asia, India, Egypt, and Mesopotamia. It presents a compelling portrait of the adventurers who expanded knowledge of the world and brought far-flung civilizations closer than ever before.

Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Ancient World written by Shona Grimbly and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-16 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encyclopedia of the Ancient World is a colorful and lively examination of some of the most important civilizations that have shaped our world. Each entry concentrates on a particular civilization, or series of civilizations, and combines its history with an explanation of who the people were and how they lived. An examination of respective belief systems and myths is also included. Reflecting the latest developments in archaeology and bio-geography, LEncyclopedia of the Ancient World explains how the ancient civilizations developed, and how they came to dominate their neighbors, how they evolved, and why they eventually declined or died out. Encyclopedia of the Ancient World also features 400 full-color and black-and-white photographs, as well as specially commissioned diagrams and reconstructions, that help to illuminate life as it was lived many centuries ago. The book concludes with an extensive time-line that places the civilizations in an historic context; a bibliography of suggested further reading; a glossary of useful terms; and a comprehensive index.

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Download or read book Unearthing Ancient America written by Frank Joseph and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2008-10-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does Colorado’s Grand Canyon hide an ancient city found by a Smithsonian Institution photographer? Did the Vikings beat Columbus to the New World using a fiber-optic navigational instrument? Who built a colossal water reservoir in Iowa long before the first European settlers arrived? What secret have the “Giants of the California Desert” preserved for more than a thousand years? These are just some of the intriguing questions posed and answered by expert researchers in Unearthing Ancient America. They go on to tackle a broad variety of archaeological enigmas shunned as too heretical for consideration by conventional scholars—a Roman figurine found off the New Jersey coast, North African gold in Illinois from a long-vanished kingdom, an Egyptian knife removed from a centuries-old tree in California, a fifth century Christian church in Connecticut, a prehistoric harbor underwater in the Bahamas, Easter Island’s cultural connections with pre-modern Japan, and voyagers to Maine from Stone Age Scotland. Unearthing Ancient America contains a wealth of fresh, occasionally suppressed evidence documenting the tremendous impact made on our continent by overseas visitors hundreds and even thousands of years before Columbus. The disclosures presented here re-write the prehistory of our country and provide a dramatic panorama of the past you never imagined before. The distinguished list of contributing writers to Unearthing Ancient America includes: Wayne May, founder and publisher of Ancient American magazine Gunnar Thompson, PhD, author of American Discovery Nobuhiro Yoshida, language professor from the University of Kyushu William Donato, the world’s leading authority on the “Bimini Road” David Hatcher Childress, founder of The World Explorers Club and head of Adventures Unlimited Press.

Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations written by Arthur Cotterell and published by . This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fruits Vegetables and Herbs written by Deborah Madison and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From roots and shoots, almonds to zucchini, field and forest to the family table-this delectable guide reveals the intriguing stories of the world's favorite food plants. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs covers every edible plant you can imagine. It invites us on a gorgeously illustrated tour through the world garden to discover the origins, traditions, and contemporary culture of more than 450 fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, herbs, and spices. It's the explorative home cook's best friend in the kitchen, an edible guide for the vegans, vegetarians, and omnivores alike. Splashed with hundreds of appetizing images and written by top culinary and horticultural experts, it also tells individual stories in an extensive directory of species which lists geographical origins, botanical facts, traditional uses, and culinary tips for hundreds of plants."--provided by Amazon.com.

Download or read book The Ancient Explorers written by M. Cary and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2024-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ancient Explorers (1929) examines the motives of ancient exploration, and looks at the means of travel at their disposal. The book uses both historical records and modern archaeological discoveries to piece together the important journeys that expanded the known worlds of the ancient peoples.

Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations of the Near East and Mediterranean written by John Haywood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1997 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautifully illustrated in full-color with detailed maps and lavish photographs throughout, The Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations of the Near East and Mediterranean provides a comprehensive political and social history of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. This handsome, accessibly written reference work presents in one convenient volume a detailed view of each civilization using specially prepared and researched maps, site plans from archeological fieldwork, highly informative text, and colorful photographs and illustrations. Fifty-four magnificent full-color spreads supplement the material, providing an in-depth, visually exciting focus on specific aspects of the history, including Ziggurats, The Origins of Writing, Warfare in the Ancient Near East, Greek Medicine, Pompeii, Roman Roads, and Constantinople.

Download or read book World History Encyclopedia 21 volumes written by Alfred J. Andrea Ph.D. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 8025 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unprecedented undertaking by academics reflecting an extraordinary vision of world history, this landmark multivolume encyclopedia focuses on specific themes of human development across cultures era by era, providing the most in-depth, expansive presentation available of the development of humanity from a global perspective. Well-known and widely respected historians worked together to create and guide the project in order to offer the most up-to-date visions available. A monumental undertaking. A stunning academic achievement. ABC-CLIO's World History Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive work to take a large-scale thematic look at the human species worldwide. Comprised of 21 volumes covering 9 eras, an introductory volume, and an index, it charts the extraordinary journey of humankind, revealing crucial connections among civilizations in different regions through the ages. Within each era, the encyclopedia highlights pivotal interactions and exchanges among cultures within eight broad thematic categories: population and environment, society and culture, migration and travel, politics and statecraft, economics and trade, conflict and cooperation, thought and religion, science and technology. Aligned to national history standards and packed with images, primary resources, current citations, and extensive teaching and learning support, the World History Encyclopedia gives students, educators, researchers, and interested general readers a means of navigating the broad sweep of history unlike any ever published.

Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Military History written by James C. Bradford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 1538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its impressive breadth of coverage – both geographically and chronologically – the International Encyclopedia of Military History is the most up-to-date and inclusive A-Z resource on military history. From uniforms and military insignia worn by combatants to the brilliant military leaders and tacticians who commanded them, the campaigns and wars to the weapons and equipment used in them, this international and multi-cultural two-volume set is an accessible resource combining the latest scholarship in the field with a world perspective on military history.

Download or read book The Penguin Encyclopedia of Classical Civilizations written by Arthur Cotterell and published by Puffin. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This survey of the age that laid the foundations of modern Europe and Asia takes a global multicultural approach to the ancient world by including Asian, African, and South Asian societies as well as Athens and Rome.

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Great Civilizations written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at eight civilizations including: Egypt, China, Japan, Greece, Rome, Vikings, Medieval Europe, Aztecs and Incas.

Download or read book The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West written by Robert E. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last half of the 15th century a series of remarkable events occurred which would change the course of modern history. It was at this epic crossroad that the middle ages came to an end and a new Europe began its triumph. Until that time every modern sea captain believed that the world was flat. Once this illusion was shattered by a few adventurous sailors a whole "new world" lay waiting for them to explore. In classical and medieval times it was common knowledge that there were islands, or even a continent, in the western ocean. Many ancient cultures had recorded on their maps knowledge of such lands.This book describes what was found by these early explorers to the Americas and documents, not only many pre-Columbian discoveries, but also provides a detailed overview of the Spanish arrival in the New World. For example, considerable space is devoted to the history of Norse explorations, whose settlement began in the year 875 with the establishment of a colony in Greenland. Later expeditions brought the Vikings to North America at the close of the first millennium This book also describes how Columbus "rediscovered" America and the considerable trials and tribulations he encountered while doing so. The extinct civilizations of Mesoamerica; primarily the Aztecs, Maya and Toltecs, are discussed at length, including some of their northern-most settlements, inhabited by the "mound builders" whose monuments are found throughout North America.Of course, the arrival of the Spaniards changed the course of history for the native peoples of the Americas. A length chapter on the famous Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes details his interaction with the Aztec leader Montezuma. The extraordinary, albeit extinct civilization of the Incas conclude the book. There is no doubt that the monuments found in Peru are some of the most impressive in all of the Americas. Most authorities agree that long before the Inca's rise to power there was a mighty empire which these cyclopean ruins must be attributed to. This book, originally published over one hundred years ago, provides a good overall perspective on the early exploration and later conquest of the Americas and will make a good addition to any library on ancient history.

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of World Geography written by R. W. McColl and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 1182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a comprehensive guide to the geography of the world, with world maps and articles on cartography, notable explorers, climate and more.