What about... history?
Williams, Brian, 1943-2009
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This superby illustrated Question Answer book answers more than 70 questions to help you understand key subject areas. Discover who signed the Magna Carta, why the Great Wall of China was built, who Genghis Khan was, plus many more exciting facts
Main title:
What about... history? / by Brian Williams
Author:
Imprint:
Broomall Mason Crest 2009
Collation:
40 p. colour illustrations map
Audience:
Upper primary
Contents:
Ancient Peoples: When was the earliest type of human discovered? - When did people first make tools? - How did fire change people's lives? - How did people hunt mammoths? - What are barrows? -- Ancient Empires: Who made the first laws? - Who used chariots? - Where was Babylon? - What were the first towns like? - Who made the first writing? -- Ancient Egypt: Who was Tutankhamun? - Why did the Egyptians build pyramids? - What gods did the Egyptians worship? - Why was the Nile so important to the Egyptians? - Who was the greatest warrior-king of Egypt? -- Ancient China and India: When did the Indus civilization flourish? - Where was Mohenjo-Daro? - When did people first work with iron? - Why was the Great Wall of China built? - What are Chinese junks? -- Ancient Greece: Who were the greatest Greek philosophers? - Why was Alexander so Great? - What was the Trojan War? - When was Crete the center of a civilization? - What was the Parthenon? -- Ancient Rome: How did the Romans come to power? - When was Rome founded? - Why was the Roman army so powerful? - What was a villa? - What was a netman? - Why did the Romans build roads? -- Ancient Britain: Who were the first Britons? - When was Stonehenge built? - What was a Celtic home like? - Why did ancient Britons build hillforts? - How did the Celts go to war? -- After the Romans: Which queen fought the Romans? - What were the forts of the Saxon Shore? - How did Christianity reach Britain? - Where was the Battle of Clontarf? - Which English king led the fight against the Vikings? - Why were the Vikings so feared? -- The Middle Ages: Who was Genghis Khan? - What were the Crusades? - What was feudalism? - Why did the Normans invade England? - Who signed Magna Carta? -- Ancient America: Who built pyramids in America? - When did 180 men conquer an Empire? - Why did some Native Americans make human sacrifices? - What was the Aztecs' favourite game? - Who was thought of as a god by the people he attacked? -- 1400-1600 Age of Discovery: Who won the Battle of Agincourt? - Why was Columbus confused? - Who was the Virgin Queen? - Who sent the Armada to England? - Who destroyed England's monasteries? -- 1600-1800 Age of Revolution: What caused the English Civil War? - Where did Cook voyage? - When was London almost burned down? - Who was Clive of India? - What was the Battle of Culloden? - Why did the Americans declare independence? -- 1800-1900 Empire and Industry: What was the Industrial Revolution? - Who was Napoleon Bonaparte? - Why did Napoleon fight at Waterloo? - Which war split the United States? - Where was Custer's last stand? -- The Modern World: Why was the First World War the first modern war? - Who started the Second World War? - What was the Great Depression? - Why was the United Nations established? - What is Communism? - What was the Cold War? -- Quiz Time
ISBN:
9781422215593 (hbk)
Dewey class:
909 WHA
Local class:
909
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
6019
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