Early Peoples

Description:

Examining early civilizations, this 16-volume set explores the history of such ancient cultures as the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Native Americans, and Chinese, among others. Each volume contains fascinating facts about the rise of each civilization or culture, social structure, religion and beliefs, advances in science and the arts, daily life, and the culture’s legacy in the modern world.

Key features include:

• Content is correlated to state and provincial learning standards.

• Fact boxes and sidebars highlight important information and statistics.

• Summary boxes give a brief overview of the subject making the content accessible to readers at all skill levels.

• A glossary and index in every volume.

Titles include:

• Africans of the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Empires

• Ancient Egyptians

• Ancient Greeks

• Ancient Romans

• Australian Aborigines

• The Aztec

• Chinese of the Shang, Zhou, and Qin Dynasties

• The Inca

• Indians of Eastern North America

• Indians of the Northwest Coast and Plateau

• Indians of the Plains and Great Basin

• Indians of the Southwest

• The Maori

• The Maya

• Peoples of the Arctic and Subarctic

• The Polynesians