Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

Readers can journey back in time to ancient Greece in this visually stunning introduction to one of the world's founding nations that features fascinating information, statistics and facts showing how the ancient Greeks transformed our world.

Fascinating facts about the ancient world. It traces the rise and fall of all the major civilizations, from the first farming villages of the Middle East to the end of the Roman Empire, and builds up a picture of everyday life right across the globe.

Explores the history and theories surrounding the Great Pyramid of Cheops.

In 1500 B.C. a supervolcano beneath the Greek island of Santorini exploded in a near-apocalyptic eruption. Buried beneath the rubble and waves was the world's most remarkable lost civilization. For three millennia, the legend of Atlantis has gripped the imaginations of explorers, philosophers, occultists, treasure hunters, historians, and archaeologists. Historian Gavin Menzies presents newly uncovered evidence revealing, conclusively, that "the lost...

A fascinating, provocative, and meticulously researched biography that challenges long-held assumptions about the man we know as Jesus of Nazareth.

Annie and Jack present information about ancient Greece and the athletic events known as the Olympic games that were held there.

"Twenty-five-hundred years ago, civilizations around the world entered a revolutionary new era that overturned old order and laid the foundation for our world today. In the face of massive social changes across three continents, radical new forms of government emerged; mighty wars were fought over trade, religion, and ideology; and new faiths were ruthlessly employed to unify vast empires. The histories of Rome and China, Greece and India--the stories...

"Guide to the ancient civilizations of the Holy Land, Greece, and Rome"--Cover p. [4].

Traces the history of mankind from the Roman decline through the renewal in the Middle East, the Chinese kingdoms, and the Americas between 200-600 AD.