Ancient Rome Eyewitness Books

... statuette holds a crown of laurel leaves Rome expands Gaul Illyricum Rome Spain Africa Carthage Syria Egypt The shadow of rome The clash with Carthage left Rome with her first overseas provinces, ... lamp in form of dog with hare in mouth Gold dolphin earrings Ostrogothic radiate brooches Eyewitness Ancient Rome Written by DR SIMON JAMES Bronze bust of Minerva Bronze hero in com...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2015, 07:06

... Eyewitness ANCIENT GREECE Eyewitness titles: Also available in this series: Ancient Egypt • Ancient Greece • Ancient Iraq • Ancient Rome • Arms & Armour • Astronomy ... Weather • Whale • World War I • World War II • For more information, go to www.ew.dk.com Eyewitness ANCIENT GREECE Bronze mirror cover showing Aphrodite playing knucklebones with Pan 350 b.c Round ... b...

Ngày tải lên: 10/01/2015, 19:20

... Kytheros, the slave of the father of the sophist Scopelian, in league with the old man's concubine, was once able to turn the father against his son, replace the son in the old man's will, inherit ... currently enjoying a new lease of life in re-edited versions Carcopino is speaking of the age of the Antonines: Everyone learned to speak and think in Latin,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 09:20

... description of the coming of the people who afterwards inhabited the city, from across the seas They tell of the founding of the first township round the Seven Hills, and of the kings, especially of the ... character, mind, and will of the Romans themselves In the history of the ancient world the Romans played the part that men of our race hav...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 01:20

... Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ancient Rome : an illustrated history p cm Includes index ISBN 978-0-7614-9956-5 (alk paper) Rome History Rome Civilization Rome Social life and customs DG78.A626 2010 ... than 50 years ago (in 1959), and the 34th volume of Astérix was published in 2009 In 12 chapters, Ancient Rome: An Illustrated History takes the student through the...

Ngày tải lên: 10/04/2014, 19:23

... Water forget-me-not flowers throughout the summer in damp and shady places Its stems trail along the pond edge, and its flowers may be blue, white, or pink Spear-shaped leaf Water forget-me-not Greater ... by ponds The green fruits are called haws In a few weeks, the haws will turn a deep, rich red color and attract birds such as waxwings and tits to the pondside PINK FORGET-ME-NOT...

Ngày tải lên: 27/10/2014, 14:35

... spines Hammerhead sharks Weasel sharks Smooth-hounds Barbeled hound shark False cat shark Finback cat sharks Cat sharks Bamboo sharks Mouth behind eyes Horn sharks Requiem sharks Blind sharks Mouth ... snout No anal fin Angel sharks Side view of a spinner shark a classic shark shape Short snout Dogfish sharks Collared carpet sharks Anal fin Rough sharks Frilled shark Cow sharks 6–7 g...

Ngày tải lên: 27/10/2014, 16:44

... Pacific “Ring of Fire” Alaska and the Aleutian Islands have many volcanoes and earthquakes Iceland sits on top of the spreading Mid-Atlantic Ridge (pp.24–25) The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is part of the ... intense geological activity Most volcanoes and earthquakes occur at these boundaries, and the nature of the boundary dictates the nature of the volcanoes and earthquakes that occur ther...

Ngày tải lên: 27/10/2014, 16:48

... Eyewitness CITY (c) 2011 Dorling Kindersley All Rights Reserved (c) 2011 Dorling Kindersley All Rights Reserved Eyewitness CITY (c) 2011 Dorling Kindersley ... Kindersley All Rights Reserved Supplying the city (c) 2011 Dorling Kindersley All Rights Reserved (c) 2011 Dorling Kindersley All Rights Reserved Running the city (c) 2011 Dorling Kindersley All Rights ... (c) 2011 Dorl...

Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2014, 08:01

... Eyewitness PREDATOR Eyewitness PREDATOR Contents Killers at large Eat or be eaten Lethal weapons Changing over

Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2014, 08:21

... Earthenware ram’s-head jug Contents What is a castle? The first castles 10 The great tower 12 Concentric castles 14 Castles on the Loire 16 Castles in Spain 18 Castles in Germany 22 The chapel 24 Laying ... Animals in the castle 56 The castle builders 58 The woodworkers 60 Metalwork 62 Castles in decline 64 Did you know? 66 Who’s who? 68 Find out more 70 Glossary 72 Index What is a cast...

Ngày tải lên: 09/01/2015, 09:37

... Pacific Ocean Guiana Plateau Continental slope Bering Sea Arctic Ocean Sargasso Sea Baltic Sea Arabian Sea Mediterranean Sea Oceans of oceans Indian Ocean Coral Sea Tasman Sea Southern Ocean Caribbean ... seabed 56 Harvesting fish 58 Ocean products 60 Oil and gas exploration 62 Oceans in peril 64 Did you know? 66 The world’s oceans 68 Find out more 70 Glossary 72 Index Oceans of the...

Ngày tải lên: 09/01/2015, 09:39

... age of chivalry 46 Traveling by horse 48 Horse- drawn vehicles 50 Heavy horses 52 Horse power 54 Light draft work 56 The horse in North America 58 Sport horses 60 Horses for courses 62 Useful ponies ... removed from horse s hoof Horse Written by JULIET CLUTTON-BROCK Shoeing a Shire horse Mountain zebra Dapple gray jumping DK Publishing LONDON, NEW YORK, MELBOURNE, MUNICH, and DELH...

Ngày tải lên: 09/01/2015, 15:13

... of books The Almagest was an astronomy textbook that provided an essential catalog of all the known stars, updating Hipparchus In the Tetrabiblos, Ptolemy discussed astrology Both sets of books ... (19th century) The star catalog of John Flamsteed (1725) Napier’s bones Eyewitness Prisms used in a 19th-century spectroscope Astronomy Written by KRISTEN LIPPINCOTT Refractor telescope (...

Ngày tải lên: 10/01/2015, 19:22

... EYEWITNESS BOOKS AMERICAN REVOLUTION Signaling horn Tea chest Snuff box Poster by Paul Revere Regimental coat “Brown Bess” musket Drum Loading the cannon Continental money EYEWITNESS BOOKS AMERICAN ... Cataloging-in-Publication Data Murray, Stuart, 194 8American Revolution / by Stuart Murray American Revolution. —1st American ed p cm — (Dorling Kindersley eyewitness b...

Ngày tải lên: 10/01/2015, 21:17