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  • The Race for the North Pole and Robert Peary in World History

    Karen Clemens Warrick

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Jan. 1, 2003)
    Describes the history of man's attempts to reach the North Pole, as well as the life and career of the Arctic explorer Robert Peary, who is credited with reaching the North Pole in 1909.

  • The Black Death

    Phyllis Corzine

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Jan. 1, 1997)
    Examines the causes, effects, and legacy of the epidemic that killed millions of people in Europe during the fourteenth century

  • Ancient India

    Don Nardo

    Hardcover (Lucent, Dec. 14, 2007)
    Presents the history, culture, arts, and religion of ancient India, from the prehistoric age to the Golden Age, and discusses ancient India's legacy to mordern India and the world.
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  • The Collapse of the Roman Republic

    Don Nardo

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Sept. 1, 1997)
    Focuses on the often chaotic events and larger-than-life personalities of the fateful last republican century and discusses the power struggles which gave way to a dictatorship

  • The Renaissance

    James A. Corrick

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Jan. 1, 1998)
    Traces developments in European art, architecture, music, literature, philosophy, science, and exploration between 1300 and 1600

  • The Mexican Revolution

    Mary Pierce Frost, Susan E. Keegan

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Sept. 1, 1996)
    Examines the events leading to, surrounding, and following the Mexican Revolution

  • The Hundred Years' War

    William W. Lace

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Jan. 1, 1994)
    Describes the conflict between France and England known as the Hundred Years' War and explains how its results were felt everywhere in Europe.
    Z+

  • Caesar's Conquest of Gaul

    Don Nardo

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Jan. 1, 1996)
    Book by Nardo, Don

  • Television: The Small Box That Changed the World

    Katie Kawa

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Aug. 15, 2018)
    It is sometimes said that we are living in a Golden Age of television. What does that mean, and how did we get there? Readers find the answers as they trace the history of television, from its invention to the current age of Peak TV. This fascinating story is presented to readers through informative main text, annotated quotations, detailed sidebars, primary sources, and a comprehensive timeline. Television has changed nearly every aspect of life in many countries, and readers are sure to be excited by this fun and fact-filled look at how history and television have influenced each other.
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  • The Mongol Empire

    Mary Hull

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Jan. 1, 1998)
    A historical overview of the rise of the Mongol Empire in Asia, its effects, and its legacy

  • King Richard the Lionhearted and the Crusades in World History

    Katherine M. Doherty, Craig A. Doherty

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, March 1, 2002)
    Describes the religious wars fought over holy land by the Muslims and Christains, and the military role of Richard I of England.

  • Roman Republic

    Don Nardo

    Hardcover (Lucent, Sept. 30, 2005)
    Discusses the Roman Republic, its people, its rulers, its landmarks, and its eventual collapse.
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