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  • Journey Across Time, Early Ages, StudentWorks Plus CD-ROM

    McGraw-Hill Education

    CD-ROM (McGraw-Hill Education, April 13, 2005)
    StudentWorksTM Plus CD-ROM combines the complete interactive Student Edition with a page-by-page audio reading of the text so students can both listen and read the book at the same time. Also included are all of the student worksheets and Spanish audio summaries.
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  • Ancient America

    Cathryn J. Long

    Hardcover (Lucent, April 4, 2002)
    Discusses the history of ancient America, detailing the lives of hunters and gatherers, the move toward agriculture, and the rise and fall of cilvilizations, including the Inca, Maya, and Aztecs.
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  • The Mexican-American War

    Don Nardo

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, March 1, 1999)
    Examines the Mexican-American War, discussing American expansion, the fall of Mexico City, the conclusion of the war, the peace treaty, and the legacy of a "dirty" war.

  • The Byzantine Empire

    James A. Corrick

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Jan. 1, 1997)
    A historical overview of the cultural phenomenon of the Byzantine Empire and its legacy.
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  • The Making of the Atom Bomb

    Victoria Sherrow

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, April 1, 2000)
    Discusses various topics connected to the production of the atom bomb, including the development of nuclear energy, work on atomic weapons at the Los Alamos and other sites, and the decision to use the first atomic bomb during World War II.

  • The Age of Colonialism

    Don Nardo

    Hardcover (Lucent, Jan. 27, 2006)
    From the late 1400s to the mid-1900s, the world's great powers engaged in a virtual feeding frenzy of conquest, colonization, and often ruthless exploitation of less developed regions and populations. Only in 1970 did the United Nations outlaw colonialism. This volume documents the rise and fall of the great colonial empires in North and South Amercia, Africa, the Far East, and the Pacific region, and explores how many of the political and cultural problems the world faces today were created by the imperial and colonial practices of the past.
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  • The Age of Augustus

    Don Nardo

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Aug. 1, 1996)
    Describes the politics, culture, religion, and society of Rome during the reign of the Emperor Augustus

  • The Islamic World: From Its Origins to the 16th Century

    Monica Colombo

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Feb. 1, 1994)
    Book by Colombo, Monica
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  • The Age of Napoleon

    Harry Henderson

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Jan. 1, 1999)
    Discusses French history under the influence of Napoleon Bonaparte's rise from lowly origins to military and political power, ending with his defeat and the legacy he left to Europe.

  • The Watts Riots

    Liza N. Burby

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, April 1, 1997)
    Describes the 1965 riot in the Black neighborhood of Watts that shook Los Angeles and the nation
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  • The Relocation of the North American Indian

    John M. Dunn

    Library Binding (Lucent, Aug. 30, 2005)
    Relates how Native Americans were systematically removed from their lands and relocated to reservations by the United States government, and discusses current efforts to regain land and rights taken away by the government.
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  • 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