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  • A Day With a Troubadour

    Regine Pernoud, Giorgio Bacchin

    Library Binding (Runestone Pr, June 1, 1997)
    Presents factual information about these lyric poets of medieval Europe as well as a fictional account of Peire Vidal, a twelfth century troubadour from Provence, France.
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  • Ancient Computing: From Counting to Calendars

    Michael Woods, Mary B. Woods

    Library Binding (Runestone Pr, June 1, 2000)
    Discusses the methods of computation developed in various civilizations around the world, from prehistoric times up until the end of the Roman Empire.
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  • Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Jerusalem

    Diane Slavik, Ray Webb

    Library Binding (Runestone Pr, Jan. 16, 2001)
    Explores everyday life in Jerusalem, from the time of the city's founding through biblical times and the Middle Ages up to the present.
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  • Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Cairo

    Joan D. Barghusen, Bob Moulder

    Library Binding (Runestone Pr, Jan. 1, 2001)
    Explores daily life in the city of Cairo, from the time of its earliest settlement around 3000 B.C. through the Dynasty of Saladin and Ottoman Turkish rule up to modern times.
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  • A Day With a Miller

    Regine Pernoud, Giorgio Bacchin, Dominique Clift

    Library Binding (Runestone Pr, July 1, 1997)
    Describes, both factually and fictionally, a day in the life of a miller in medieval Europe.
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  • Tracking the Holocaust

    Gerda Haas

    Hardcover (Runestone Pr, June 1, 1995)
    The author chronicles her experiences in Berlin, a concentration camp, and during her escape to Switzerland, as well as presenting firsthand accounts of the Holocaust by Jews from Poland, Holland, Belgium, France, Lithuania, the Ukraine, and Hungary
  • A Day With a Chumash

    Georgia Lee, Giorgio Bacchin

    Library Binding (Runestone Pr, Aug. 1, 1999)
    Presents both factual information and a fictional story on the customs and daily life of the Chumash, an ancient civilization that lived along the California coast 9000 years ago
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  • Street Smart!: Cities of the Ancient World

    Lerner Geography Dept, Geography Department

    Library Binding (Runestone Pr, Oct. 1, 1994)
    Looks at the development of ancient cities in the Middle East, Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Americas
  • Charge!: Weapons and Warfare in Ancient Times

    Rivka Gonen

    Library Binding (Runestone Pr, Oct. 1, 1993)
    Describes the development and use of such early weapons as spears, swords, bows and arrows, and catapults, as well as such means of protection as helmets, body armor, and shields
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  • Ancient Warfare: From Clubs to Catapults

    Michael Woods, Mary B. Woods

    Library Binding (Runestone Pr, Oct. 1, 2000)
    Examines ancient weapons and their uses in Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India, Greece, Rome, and Mesoamerica.
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  • Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Beijing

    Robert F. Baldwin, Ray Webb

    Library Binding (Runestone Pr, Feb. 1, 1999)
    Explores daily life in Beijing in both ancient and modern times
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  • Sunk!: Exploring Underwater Archaeology

    Geography Department

    Library Binding (Runestone Pr, Aug. 1, 1994)
    A survey of the methods and equipment of underwater archaeologists is accompanied by accounts of actual explorations, finds, and retrievals in the Mediterranean, Red, Caribbean, and other seas