"OOPS. Reeling from the Black Death, Europe's peasants decide it is cats that are carrying the plague, and start killing them off ... leading the rat population, which is really spreading the disease, to explode. A better society is Prohibition's goal-but the result is robbery a…
From the Maginot Line to the Cuban Missile Crisis, history is filled with bad moves and not-so-bright ideas that snowballed into disasters and unintended consequences. This engrossing book looks at one hundred such tipping points. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. The Caliphs of Baghdad…
From the Maginot Line to the Bay of Pigs invasion, history is filled with bad moves and not-so-bright ideas that snowballed into disasters and unintended consequences. This engrossing book looks at one hundred such tipping points. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. Rome farms out its fig…
Introduces children to exciting periods and events throughout ancient history and explains how to write in ancient languages, perform ancient rituals, participate in ancient elections and more.
"In Popular Controversies in World History: Investigating History's Intriguing Questions, readers will delight in compelling arguments from esteemed historians about the most enduring questions throughout human history and will be challenged to draw their own conclusions. The to…
"In Popular Controversies in World History: Investigating History's Intriguing Questions, readers will delight in compelling arguments from esteemed historians about the most enduring questions throughout human history and will be challenged to draw their own conclusions. The to…
"In Popular Controversies in World History: Investigating History's Intriguing Questions, readers will delight in compelling arguments from esteemed historians about the most enduring questions throughout human history and will be challenged to draw their own conclusions. The to…
Contains pair of essays that provide pro and con perspectives on thirteen controversies in the history of the world, from prehistory to early civilization, debating such topics as whether tool use is characteristic of hominids and apes, but not of other animal species, and wheth…
Contains pair of essays that provide pro and con perspectives on fifteen controversies in the history of the world, from the ancient world to the early Middle Ages, debating such topics as whether the Ark of the Covenant is in Axum, Ethiopia, and when the historical Buddha lived…
"In Popular Controversies in World History: Investigating History's Intriguing Questions, readers will delight in compelling arguments from esteemed historians about the most enduring questions throughout human history and will be challenged to draw their own conclusions. The to…
Contains pair of essays that provide pro and con perspectives on fifteen controversies in the history of the world, from the High Middle Ages to the modern world, debating such topics as whether the Mayan kingdoms died out from disease, and whether slavery was unprofitable for s…
Contains pair of essays that provide pro and con perspectives on fifteen controversies in the history of the world, from the twentieth to the early twenty-first century, debating such topics as whether the assassins of Archduke Ferdinand were funded by the Serbian government, an…
Offers an educational examination of events and phenomena, from the earliest evidence of human activity to controversial events of the 20th century.
"In Popular Controversies in World History: Investigating History's Intriguing Questions, readers will delight in compelling arguments from esteemed historians about the most enduring questions throughout human history and will be challenged to draw their own conclusions. The to…
Offers an educational examination of events and phenomena, from the earliest evidence of human activity to controversial events of the 20th century.
