Download or read book The Strong and the Weak Hammurabi s Code Tomb Robbers A Story of Ancient Egypt written by Amanda Jenkins and published by Benchmark Education Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ditanu is happy as apprentice to Belshunu, a master carver. But his greedy uncle wants to reclaim the boy and his earnings. How will the kindness Ditanu shows the widow Hudu-libbi save him from this fate? Mery can't deter her brother Khaba from robbing the pharaoh's tomb. What she discovers, however, does change his mind. What does Mery learn about Khaba? Read these stories to find out.
Download or read book Ra Creates the World Isis and Osiris the Death and Rebirth of Osiris written by Carol Pugliano-Martin and published by Benchmark Education Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ra wills himself into being from the black sea of nothingness and creates the city of Thebes. But Ra is lonely. What will he do? Hoping to remain the all-powerful one, Ra puts a curse on Nut. How will Nut remove the curse? Gentle and peace-loving Osiris dies at the hands of Set. How does the undying love of his wife, Isis, bring him back to life? Read these myths to find out.
Download or read book Mere Moments A Story of Pearl Harbor the Day the Towers Fell written by Silvia Dorta-Duque de Reyes and published by Benchmark Education Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jimmy is a sailor fighting to get up the courage to propose to Doreen. The next morning, he's fighting for his life because the Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor! Aaron's looking forward to his day off from school until he learns of the attack on the Twin Towers, where his mother works! How will these characters deal with such life-changing events? Read these stories to find out.
Download or read book The Rumor Report the Big Jump written by Staci Swedeen and published by Benchmark Education Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kate wants to be popular like her best friend, Marisa, who lets Josh's friend know that Kate wants to go to the dance with Josh. But Josh only wants to borrow Kate's homework. Brothers Sam and David are about to zip-line through a rain forest when an emotional conflict reaches a new high among the treetops. How will these teens deal with their issues? Read the plays to find out. (Set of 6 with Teacher's Guide and Comprehension Question Card)
Download or read book Varuna Takes a Job with the Census an Attack on the Starship Mayflower in the Year 2647 written by Forrest Stone and published by Benchmark Education Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Varuna, a Plynchin, is a perfect Census taker, assigned to count the eighty billion beings in a sector of space! Where will her job take her? What will she discover? It's 2647, and Starship Mayflower is far from Earth. Suddenly the ship is under attack! Will twelve-year-old Ace be able to save the day? Read these science fiction stories to find out.
Download or read book Jake Digs a Hole Luke and the Bug Man written by Dina Anastasio and published by Benchmark Education Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jake wants to help prepare for the Fourth of July clambake, but he can't find a way to be useful. How will Jake's knowledge of the tides help him save the day? Luke can change his failing grade in science to a B by helping the visiting insect expert. Will he succeed, or will he bug his idol? Read these stories to find out.
Download or read book The Key in the Cave Brooke Leaves the Group written by Dina Anastasio and published by Benchmark Education Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cai finds a key ring with a big skeleton key and a little gold whistle on it. What does the key open? Why is his dog Tucker the only one to respond to the whistle? Brooke is fed up with the Oak Street kids' goofy behavior and joins up with some more mature girls. Will switching friends make her happier? Read these stories to find out.
Download or read book Abimanyu Mulan written by Sarah Albee and published by Benchmark Education Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only Abimanyu knows how to break through the enemy clan's battle formation. Can this inexperienced young man succeed? Mulan must find a way to spare her father from service in the emperor's army. But how can a teenage girl uphold her family's honor and serve her homeland? Read these legends to find out.
Download or read book Atlantis El Dorado written by Forrest Stone and published by Benchmark Education Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was a kingdom of peace, plenty, bravery, and beauty. Then came the volcano and the island was gone. Was this retribution for a society that had lost its values? Francisco Orellana is in search of the legendary "city of gold." Will the female warriors thwart his attempts to claim the city for the glory of Spain? Read these legends to find out.
Download or read book Cocijo s Gift to the People Manco Capac and the Golden Rod Quetzalcoatl Creates People written by Carol Pugliano-Martin and published by Benchmark Education Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cocijo, the god of lightning, unleashes clouds, hail, rain, and wind on the people he has created. Will they survive? Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo must civilize the people of the Cuzco Valley. Will they succeed? Quetzalcoatl travels to the Land of the Dead to gather bones from which to create a new people. What will these people be like? Read these stories to find out.
Download or read book Runt Takes the Cake Murder Island written by David Boelke and published by Benchmark Education Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good food is good for the brain, the cafeteria chef says. Could it also kill someone? Two teachers have already died, and Runt thinks there's a connection. A campout, the appearance of a former neighbor, and a dead body are linked, Runt believes. How does the amateur detective solve these murders? Read this book to find out.
Download or read book Next Observing the Ants written by Joanna Korba and published by Benchmark Education Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The school production of Peter Pan must go on . . . but how can it when the lead actors can't be found? What will the director do? Jesse likes observing an ant hill with his new friend Derek. That is, until Jesse's other friends make fun of it. What will Jesse learn about friendship and being true to himself? Read these plays to find out.
Download or read book Campus Attack Sabotage written by Dori H. Butler and published by Benchmark Education Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachel is accused of injuring the leading lady in the university musical so that she can play the part. Will Lily be able to prove her friend's innocence and identify the perpetrator? Competition for a department position might be the motive for a crime. How will Lily finger the criminal and prove his guilt? Read these mysteries to find out.
Download or read book Ancient Legal Thought written by Larry May and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nearly four thousand years ago, kings in various ancient societies, especially in Mesopotamia (contemporary Iraq), faced a crisis of major proportions. Large portions of the population were horribly in debt, many being forced to sell themselves or their children into slavery to pay off their debts. The laws and customs seemed to support the commercial practices that allowed lenders to charge 20%-30% interest, and the law protected the lenders and gave no recourse for the indebted. Strict justice called for the creditors to receive what they were due. But another legal concept, the emerging idea of equity, seemed to call for a different result - the use of law as a vehicle to free people from economic oppression. Debt relief edicts were instituted - "clean-slate laws" as they were known - and are of obvious relevance today as well where crushing debt is a major issue underlying social inequality"--
Download or read book A Little History of the World written by E. H. Gombrich and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: E. H. Gombrich's Little History of the World, though written in 1935, has become one of the treasures of historical writing since its first publication in English in 2005. The Yale edition alone has now sold over half a million copies, and the book is available worldwide in almost thirty languages. Gombrich was of course the best-known art historian of his time, and his text suggests illustrations on every page. This illustrated edition of the Little History brings together the pellucid humanity of his narrative with the images that may well have been in his mind's eye as he wrote the book. The two hundred illustrations—most of them in full color—are not simple embellishments, though they are beautiful. They emerge from the text, enrich the author's intention, and deepen the pleasure of reading this remarkable work. For this edition the text is reset in a spacious format, flowing around illustrations that range from paintings to line drawings, emblems, motifs, and symbols. The book incorporates freshly drawn maps, a revised preface, and a new index. Blending high-grade design, fine paper, and classic binding, this is both a sumptuous gift book and an enhanced edition of a timeless account of human history.
Download or read book A History of Ancient Near Eastern Law 2 vols written by Raymond Westbrook and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 1235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive survey of the world's oldest known legal systems, this collaborative work of twenty-two scholars covers over 3,000 years of legal history of the Ancient Near East. Each of the book's chapters represents a review of the law of a particular period and region, e.g. the Egyptian Old Kingdom, by a specialist in that area. Within each chapter, the material is organized under standardized legal categories (e.g. constitutional law, family law) that make for easy cross-referencing. The chapters are arranged chronologically by millennium and within each millennium by the three major politico-cultural spheres of the region: Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Anatolia and the Levant. An introduction by the editor discusses the general character of Ancient Near Eastern Law.
Download or read book The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt written by Toby Wilkinson and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Magisterial . . . [A] rich portrait of ancient Egypt’s complex evolution over the course of three millenniums.”—Los Angeles Times NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • Publishers Weekly In this landmark volume, one of the world’s most renowned Egyptologists tells the epic story of this great civilization, from its birth as the first nation-state to its absorption into the Roman Empire. Drawing upon forty years of archaeological research, award-winning scholar Toby Wilkinson takes us inside a tribal society with a pre-monetary economy and decadent, divine kings who ruled with all-too-recognizable human emotions. Here are the legendary leaders: Akhenaten, the “heretic king,” who with his wife Nefertiti brought about a revolution with a bold new religion; Tutankhamun, whose dazzling tomb would remain hidden for three millennia; and eleven pharaohs called Ramesses, the last of whom presided over the militarism, lawlessness, and corruption that caused a political and societal decline. Filled with new information and unique interpretations, The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt is a riveting and revelatory work of wild drama, bold spectacle, unforgettable characters, and sweeping history. “With a literary flair and a sense for a story well told, Mr. Wilkinson offers a highly readable, factually up-to-date account.”—The Wall Street Journal “[Wilkinson] writes with considerable verve. . . . [He] is nimble at conveying the sumptuous pageantry and cultural sophistication of pharaonic Egypt.”—The New York Times
