Books with title Lost Civilizations - The Ancient Persians

Racing out of the east, their origins unknown, a new breed of barbarian arrived on the Roman frontier in time to find the Imperial Juggernaut on its last legs. Their warriors were taught to ride before they learned to walk, and they crafted a compound bow that was more powerful than anything the Romans had seen. The Huns were warrior nomads who arrived in Europe, breaking the fragile peace that had existed along the Roman border. Scores of barbarian tribes fled before the Huns, invading Rome in an effort to get away from the demon horse lords. As Rome was dealing with the conflagrations all along its borders, it found in the Huns an adversary they could not fight; so Rome paid for peace. Paying tribute to the Huns was enough to cause many believe that the End of Days had arrived, that the Huns were a scourge that had been sent by God against the wickedness of the Romans. Revelations had said that the Antichrist would be preceded by Four Horsemen; Attila arrived with over Forty Thousand. For the Romans, the arrival of the Huns would indeed be the signal for Judgment Day, for the beginning of the end.

Inca gold no longer lures the conqueror - but the Quechua Indian still guides his llamas through the narrow-walled Inca streets of Cuzco, and the lost civilizations of Peru still call to the imagination across the centuries. And with reason - for radiocarbon dating places an embryonic civilization in Peru in 7566 BC, over 9000 years before Pizarro plundered the mature flowering of the Inca Empire. Other, less destructive, visitors have worked since then at Machu Picchu, at Cuzco, at Titicaca and myriad other sites to resurrect the rich variety of Inca and pre-Inca culture wiped out by the Spanish Conquest. The sum of their discoveries, archaeological, historical, artistic, geographical and ethnographical, is surveyed here by J.Alden Mason in a picture of the peoples and country of ancient Peru.

The legacy of past civilizations is still with us today. Explore major historical developments, cultural and scientific contributions, and the continuing impact of these past civilizations. Features include a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline, Essential Facts, Artifact Spotlights, and maps and infographics. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.