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The Little Ice Age: how climate made history, 1300-1850
Par Brian Fagan. 2019
History of climatic shifts and adaptations by Europeans to them. Covers the last ten centuries, describing the Medieval Warm Period…
to the era of global warming that began in the 1850s. Examines human vulnerability in the face of sudden climate change. Includes author's afterword from 2019. 2000The plague of war: Athens, Sparta, and the struggle for ancient Greece (Ancient warfare and civilization)
Par Jennifer Tolbert Roberts. 2017
An account of the conflict between Athens and Sparta that began in 431 BC and continued until Sparta's defeat at…
Leuctra in 371 BC. Describes how this long period of war affected life in the two city-states, as well as its impact on Greek cultural life. 2017Shackles from the deep: tracing the path of a sunken slave ship, a bitter past, and a rich legacy (Nat Geo - History (us) Ser.)
Par National Geographic Kids, Michael H. Cottman. 2017
Pulitzer Prize-winning author shares the wonders of diving, detective work, and the discovery of the remnants of the slave ship…
Henrietta Marie, while shedding light on the history of slavery. For grades 6-9. 2017Examination of the five known mass extinction events in the geologic record and their ties to Earth's carbon cycle. Discusses…
the dynamics for each event, which species survived and why, and the ways climate change could contribute to another extinction event. 2017Ghost empire: a journey to the legendary Constantinople
Par Richard Fidler. 2017
A historical account of the Byzantine Empire, particularly within Constantinople, tied in with the author's 2014 journey with his son…
to modern Istanbul. Discusses many aspects of Byzantine history, including the falls of empires, the rise of Christianity, and warring civilizations. 2017The Trojan War: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Par Eric H. Cline. 2013
Professor of classics and anthropology gathers archaeological data and textual analysis of ancient documents to consider whether the war actually…
took place and whether archaeologists have really discovered the site of Troy in Hisarlik, Turkey. Investigates questions about the existence of Homer and the accuracy of the Iliad (DB 66356). 2013Archaeology: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Par Paul G. Bahn. 2012
Examines the study of the human past based on material remains. Traces history of archaeology from 2. 5 million years…
ago to the present. Discusses the importance of establishing chronologies, how sites are defined, social implications of studying human remains, challenges in balancing public presentation with conservation, and new technologies. 1996Ancient Assyria: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Par Karen Radner. 2015
Professor of Ancient Near East history illuminates the multicultural kingdom whose heritage shaped life in the Mediterranean region and Middle…
East. Nineteenth-century excavations in cities of Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Israel, and other sites provide detailed insights into Assyrians' government, religion, trade networks, living conditions, travel, warfare, and libraries. 2015Hieroglyphs: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Par Penelope Wilson. 2004
Explores the cultural significance of hieroglyphs, the pictorial writing system used in ancient Egypt for more than three thousand years.…
Explains the purpose of hieroglyphs, the clues used to interpret them, and what they have taught us about life in the Nile Valley kingdom. 2003Biblical archaeology: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Par Eric H. Cline. 2009
Biblical archaeology seeks to illuminate the ancient world over a two thousand-year period in the Middle East and North Africa,…
not necessarily to prove or disprove Bible stories. Cline traces its evolution from pioneers to the present, from pick and shovel to DNA analysis, petrography, magnetometers, and satellite photography. 2009Druids: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Par Barry W. Cunliffe. 2010
Oxford University archaeologist weighs literary accounts of the Druids against the remaining evidence of their culture. Discusses Druid religious and…
burial practices, the reports of ancient Greek and Roman writers, and the post-medieval revival of interest in--and fanciful reinvention of--the Druids. 2010Ivory Vikings: the mystery of the most famous chessmen in the world and the woman who made them
Par Nancy Marie Brown. 2015
The Lewis chessmen were discovered in Scotland in the early 1800s. A historian traces these carved ivory game pieces from…
their probable creation in Iceland, and chronicles the North Atlantic world that the Vikings ruled for four hundred years. 2015Vesuvius: a biography
Par Alwyn Scarth. 2009
One of the world's most dangerous volcanoes and capable of destroying entire cities, Vesuvius has fascinated many for over two…
millennia. Scarth draws on research, eyewitness accounts, and other sources to depict the story of this violent volcano from ancient times until the early twenty-first century. 2009At home in her tomb: Lady Dai and the ancient Chinese treasures of Mawangdui
Par Sarah S. Brannen, Christine Liu-Perkins. 2014
Explores the mysteries of the Mawangdui (mah-wahng-dway) tombs, one of China's top archaeological finds, and sheds light on what life…
was like during the Han dynasty (202 B.C.-220 A.D.). Details the burial and condition of Lady Dai's body and cause of death. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2014Lives in ruins: archaeologists and the seductive lure of human rubble
Par Marilyn Johnson. 2014
Examination of those who choose a career in the field of archaeology--the study of the material remains of culture. Discusses…
the ways in which people are drawn into the field--such as a love of Indiana Jones--challenges archaeologists face in the twenty-first century, and day-to-day lives of practitioners. 2014