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Author
Lexile measure
1210L
Language
English
Description
Mann shows how a new generation of researchers equipped with novel scientific techniques have come to previously unheard-of conclusions about the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans: In 1491 there were probably more people living in the Americas than in Europe. Certain cities--such as Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital--were greater in population than any European city. Tenochtitlan, unlike any capital in Europe at that time, had running water,...
3) Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Author
Publisher
U. S. Govt. Print. Off
Pub. Date
1895
Language
English
6) The Kiva
Publisher
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society, Arizona State Museum
Pub. Date
1935
Language
English
13) Ancient China
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
Description
Photographs and artwork chronicle three thousand years of Chinese history, from the earliest dynasty to the twentieth century, and examine some of the contributions China has made to the world.
15) These were the prehistoric Prescott Indians: a history of the tenure of these pioneers in Arizona
Author
Publisher
Yavapai Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society
Language
English
17) The Mummy
Series
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1920s, adventurer Rick leads Egyptologist Evelyn and her brother Jonathan to mysterious Hamunaptra. While Johnathan is keen on finding the legendary Egyptian treasures, Evelyn wants to search for the Book of the Living, which would clarify a lot in historical knowledge about the ancient Egyptians. Unfortunately, they free Imhotep's mummy from his eternal prison. Imhotep, a former high priest to the pharoah, wants not only to use Evelyn's...
20) Ancient Rome
Author
Series
Eyewitness books volume 24
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
"Step into the world of ancient Rome and meet its emperors, gods, soldiers, and gladiators. Who were Rome's most famous emperors? What was everyday life like for a soldier in the Roman army? How did the citizens of ancient Rome live? Did gladiators really fight to the death in the mighty Colosseum? Find out the answers to all these questions, and many more, in Eyewitness Ancient Rome. Photographs of real artefacts and detailed illustrations will help...