Crowley County Combined Library

Featuring a day in the life of early humans as they paint woolly mammoths on the walls of a cave, a fierce gladiator battling in the Colosseum and a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II. And not forgetting the animals of history - from a day in the life of Hannibal's war elephant marching over the Alps and an Egyptian cat (worshipped as a god, of course) to a Galapagos tortoise who meets Charles Darwin on his famous voyage of the Beagle...

"In the ninth century BCE, the peoples of four distinct regions of the civilized world created the religious and philosophical traditions that have continued to nourish humanity to the present day: Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece. Later generations further developed these initial insights, but we have never grown beyond them. Rabbinic Judaism, Christianity,...

"Discover the golden ages of history, from ancient Egypt and Greece through mighty Rome and the Maya"--Cover.

Helps you explore the ideas, discoveries and technology that have shaped the human race since the beginning of time. In this book, readers can probe the mysteries of the pyramids of ancient Egypt for themselves.

From being sacrificed to the gods through fighting brutal battles, daily life in Aztec times was pretty deadly! Readers will love digging up the past and finding out just how horrible it was in this gripping read. Primary sources, colorful designs, and engaging text bring to life the chilling practices of the Aztecs in this fascinating history title.