Author: Matt Doeden
Publisher: Lerner Digital ™
ISBN: 1512476498
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! How often do you write or read? Do you live in or near a city? Writing and cities both began in ancient Mesopotamia. Six thousand years ago, the ancient Mesopotamians created tools and treasures that still shape our lives. Find out where the ancient Mesopotamians lived, what their lives were like, and what happened to them. Discover how they changed the world!
Tools and Treasures of Ancient Mesopotamia
Author: Matt Doeden
Publisher: Lerner Digital ™
ISBN: 1512476498
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! How often do you write or read? Do you live in or near a city? Writing and cities both began in ancient Mesopotamia. Six thousand years ago, the ancient Mesopotamians created tools and treasures that still shape our lives. Find out where the ancient Mesopotamians lived, what their lives were like, and what happened to them. Discover how they changed the world!
Publisher: Lerner Digital ™
ISBN: 1512476498
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! How often do you write or read? Do you live in or near a city? Writing and cities both began in ancient Mesopotamia. Six thousand years ago, the ancient Mesopotamians created tools and treasures that still shape our lives. Find out where the ancient Mesopotamians lived, what their lives were like, and what happened to them. Discover how they changed the world!
Tools and Treasures of Ancient China
Author: Candice Ransom
Publisher: Lerner Digital ™
ISBN: 1512476439
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Have you ever worn silk? Eaten Rice? Used a calendar? All these things came from ancient China. More than two thousand years ago, the ancient Chinese invented tools and treasures that still shape our lives. Find out where the ancient Chinese lived, what their lives were like, and what happened to them. Discover how they changed the world!
Publisher: Lerner Digital ™
ISBN: 1512476439
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Have you ever worn silk? Eaten Rice? Used a calendar? All these things came from ancient China. More than two thousand years ago, the ancient Chinese invented tools and treasures that still shape our lives. Find out where the ancient Chinese lived, what their lives were like, and what happened to them. Discover how they changed the world!
Tools and Treasures of Ancient Greece
Author: Matt Doeden
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
ISBN: 1541508017
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Have you ever watched the Olympic Games? Voted in a class election? Used an alphabet with twenty-six letters? All these things came from ancient Greece. More than two thousand years ago, the ancient Greeks invented tools and treasures that still shape our lives. Find out where the ancient Greeks lived, what their lives were like, and what happened to them. Discover how they changed the world!
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
ISBN: 1541508017
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Have you ever watched the Olympic Games? Voted in a class election? Used an alphabet with twenty-six letters? All these things came from ancient Greece. More than two thousand years ago, the ancient Greeks invented tools and treasures that still shape our lives. Find out where the ancient Greeks lived, what their lives were like, and what happened to them. Discover how they changed the world!
Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur
Author: University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Publisher: UPenn Museum of Archaeology
ISBN: 9780924171550
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
This stunning catalogue includes color photographs of more than 230 objects, excavated in the 1930s by renowned British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley, from the third-millennium-B.C. Sumerian city of Ur. Learn the fascinating story of the excavation and preservation of these magnificent artifacts. Many of the objects are published in color and fully described for the first time—jewelry of gold and semiprecious stones, engraved seal stones, spectacular gold and lapis lazuli statuettes and musical instruments; and vessels of gold, silver, and alabaster. Curator Richard Zettler sets the stage with a history of Ur in the third millennium and the details of the actual excavations. Art historians Donald Hansen and Holly Pittman discuss the historical importance and significance of the many motifs on the most spectacular finds from the tombs.
Publisher: UPenn Museum of Archaeology
ISBN: 9780924171550
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
This stunning catalogue includes color photographs of more than 230 objects, excavated in the 1930s by renowned British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley, from the third-millennium-B.C. Sumerian city of Ur. Learn the fascinating story of the excavation and preservation of these magnificent artifacts. Many of the objects are published in color and fully described for the first time—jewelry of gold and semiprecious stones, engraved seal stones, spectacular gold and lapis lazuli statuettes and musical instruments; and vessels of gold, silver, and alabaster. Curator Richard Zettler sets the stage with a history of Ur in the third millennium and the details of the actual excavations. Art historians Donald Hansen and Holly Pittman discuss the historical importance and significance of the many motifs on the most spectacular finds from the tombs.
Tools and Treasures of Ancient Rome
Author: Matt Doeden
Publisher: Lerner Digital ™
ISBN: 151247651X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Have you ever wanted to play the flute? Or have you seen a building with a domed ceiling? These things have roots in ancient Rome. More than two thousand years ago, the Roman Empire was the most powerful civilization on Earth. It left behind tools and treasures that still shape our lives. Find out where the ancient Romans lived, what their lives were like, and what happened to them. Discover how they changed the world!
Publisher: Lerner Digital ™
ISBN: 151247651X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Have you ever wanted to play the flute? Or have you seen a building with a domed ceiling? These things have roots in ancient Rome. More than two thousand years ago, the Roman Empire was the most powerful civilization on Earth. It left behind tools and treasures that still shape our lives. Find out where the ancient Romans lived, what their lives were like, and what happened to them. Discover how they changed the world!
Tools and Treasures of Ancient Egypt
Author: Matt Doeden
Publisher: Lerner Digital ™
ISBN: 1512476455
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Have you ever heard of hieroglyphics? Do you know what a mummy is? All these things came from ancient Egypt. More than four thousand years ago, the ancient Egyptians created tools and treasures that still shape our lives. Find out where the ancient Egyptians lived, what their lives were like, and what happened to them. Discover how they changed the world!
Publisher: Lerner Digital ™
ISBN: 1512476455
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Have you ever heard of hieroglyphics? Do you know what a mummy is? All these things came from ancient Egypt. More than four thousand years ago, the ancient Egyptians created tools and treasures that still shape our lives. Find out where the ancient Egyptians lived, what their lives were like, and what happened to them. Discover how they changed the world!
Buried Treasures of the Ozarks
Author: W. C. Jameson
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874831061
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Relates local legends from Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma about abandoned mines, hidden stashes of plunder, and lost fortunes
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874831061
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Relates local legends from Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma about abandoned mines, hidden stashes of plunder, and lost fortunes
We Visit Turkey
Author: Amelia LaRoche
Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 161228096X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Welcome to Turkey, an ancient country that is rocketing into the future. One of the most earthquake-prone places in the world, Turkey is home to rare loggerhead turtles and the elusive Anatolian leopard. Its landscapes vary from snow-covered Mount Ararat, where Noah’s Ark is said to have come to rest, to white beaches lapped by the brilliant blue Mediterranean Sea. Turkey’s history is ancient and its lands have been governed by a range of rulers—from Hittite kings who killed careless servants to Roman emperors who helped launch Christianity and to Islamic Ottoman sultans who ruled for six hundred years. Its people celebrate life with delicious feasts and sweet treats, like Turkish delight and revani. They enjoy modern sports such as Formula One auto racing and ancient ones such as grease wrestling. Meet the man who turned Turkey into a modern republic almost overnight, and see the goals today’s leaders have for this colorful country.
Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 161228096X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Welcome to Turkey, an ancient country that is rocketing into the future. One of the most earthquake-prone places in the world, Turkey is home to rare loggerhead turtles and the elusive Anatolian leopard. Its landscapes vary from snow-covered Mount Ararat, where Noah’s Ark is said to have come to rest, to white beaches lapped by the brilliant blue Mediterranean Sea. Turkey’s history is ancient and its lands have been governed by a range of rulers—from Hittite kings who killed careless servants to Roman emperors who helped launch Christianity and to Islamic Ottoman sultans who ruled for six hundred years. Its people celebrate life with delicious feasts and sweet treats, like Turkish delight and revani. They enjoy modern sports such as Formula One auto racing and ancient ones such as grease wrestling. Meet the man who turned Turkey into a modern republic almost overnight, and see the goals today’s leaders have for this colorful country.
Explore with Gertrude Bell
Author: Tim Cooke
Publisher: Travel with the Great Explorer
ISBN: 9780778739104
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
This fascinating book takes readers through the life story of influential English archaeologist and traveler Gertrude Bell. Bell explored what is now the Middle East and played a significant role in the creation of modern Iraq. Historical facts, images, and high-interest information are presented in a tabloid-style to engage readers in an accessible way. Topics include Bell's work in archaeology, her mountain summits, and her role in World War One.
Publisher: Travel with the Great Explorer
ISBN: 9780778739104
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
This fascinating book takes readers through the life story of influential English archaeologist and traveler Gertrude Bell. Bell explored what is now the Middle East and played a significant role in the creation of modern Iraq. Historical facts, images, and high-interest information are presented in a tabloid-style to engage readers in an accessible way. Topics include Bell's work in archaeology, her mountain summits, and her role in World War One.
Tools and Treasures of the Ancient Maya
Author: Matt Doeden
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
ISBN: 1541508076
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Do you use a calendar? Have you ever played basketball? These things were important to the ancient Mayans too. About four thousand years ago, they invented tools and treasures that still shape our lives. Find out where and how the ancient Mayans lived, and learn about their mysterious disappearance. Discover how they changed the world!
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
ISBN: 1541508076
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Do you use a calendar? Have you ever played basketball? These things were important to the ancient Mayans too. About four thousand years ago, they invented tools and treasures that still shape our lives. Find out where and how the ancient Mayans lived, and learn about their mysterious disappearance. Discover how they changed the world!