Step back in time two million years to the Stone Age.Discover fascinating facts about the life of Stone Ag people—where theylived, what theya re, and what they looked like.

Discover how people lived in ancient their wars, work, inventions, fashion, art and food

Step back in time and travel to the most northerly reaches of the Earth—the Artic. Fact-filled pages look at the many different Artic peoples and their origins.

Step into the amazing world of the Chinese Empire and uncover the secrets of the world's oldest continuous civilization. Explore Chinese culture and beliefs, from their ancient origins through to the abdication of the last emperor. Discover fascinating facts about the Chinese people and find out why tombs were filled with pottery figures, what the importance of jade was and how silk was made. Stirring fact-packed text and over 200 beautiful color photographs and illustrations make this accessible and enjoyable history an ideal accompaniment to school work, or a perfect additional learning tool at home.

Appealing, authoritative history books that capture the atmosphere and reality of the world's great cultures and civilizations. Inspiring and relevant craft projects further involve the reader in an active learning experience. Valuable and lively reference for school and home.

Journey through 30,000 years of human history and explore the wonders of the ancient world. Readers can probe the mysteries of the pyramids of ancient Egypt for themselves. Pictures and words combine to show how one small city became the heart of the mighty Roman Empire. Find out how the Aztecs treated rattlesnake bites and tarantula stings, and learn the secrets of the Japanese martial arts.

Step back in time to discover the spectacular world of the Incas and their ancestors. Successors to the Chimu gold workers and the Tiwanaku lake people, the Incas ruled the most spectacular empire South America has ever seen. The land of the Sun God was bright with many treasures houses of gold, the most fabulous clothes and huge stone buildings. This book uncovers the secrets of the mummy bundles, the mystery of the giant lines in the Nazca desert and the intricate rope bridges high in the Andes Mountains. Projects actively involve the reader in understanding the make a reed boat that really floats, create an Inca drum and design a tunic fit for an emperor. This book includes 15 step-by-step projects, which enable you to recreate the past and learn through experience while having fun. The fascinating fact boxes provide extra insights and highlight links between the way Incas lived then and life in the present day. Ideal for home or school use for 8-to-12 year olds, it is a stimulating and practical reference book. The illustrations include cross-sections, historical maps, building constructions and a pictorial timeline.

Step back in time to North America when the Sioux, Apache, and other tribes roamed the Great Plains hunting bison and constructing tips made of animal skins, or when families of Iroquois farmers lived in communal longhouses. Step Into the World of North American Indians helps children explore the fascinating lifestyles, clothes, and ceremonies of the wide variety of North American Indian tribes that have lived in this region for centuries. Practical projects help children bring the past alive; readers can make their own tipi and birchback canoe, design a war shield, and learn how to create picture writing, the only written language of these disappearing tribes.

Explores the culture and beliefs of the Vikings, with fifteen projects that enable readers to recreate some of Viking history.

Take a trip back in time and experience the world of ancient Babylon. In this enchanting journey you will find a lot of interesting information. Learn what the Babylonians ate, what they wore, with whom and why they fought, get to know their myths, gods and heroes. Questions with answers and pictures help you discover more about the life of this ancient people, their customs, their achievements, their religious life. Why didn't the hanging gardens of Babylon fall? How was the Babylonian army equipped? How were the first wheels made? You will find the answers to these and many other questions in this fun and educational book

LEARN ABOUT THE ANCIENT CIVILAZATION OF PERSIA IN THIS BOOK WONDERFULLY ILLUSTRATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BOOK