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Dark emu: Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture
Par Bruce Pascoe. 2018
Examination of the ways aboriginal Australians developed the land to support their societies long before colonization of the continent by…
European explorers. Topics include agriculture, aquaculture, population and housing, storage and preservation, fire, cultural norms, non-Aboriginal agriculture techniques, and understanding history to improve the future. 2018Walls: a history of civilization in blood and brick
Par David Frye. 2018
A historian discusses the role of man-made edifices and barriers throughout history. Explores the importance of walls in ancient civilizations,…
a thousand-mile-long wall in Asia, sieges of fortified cities, political conflicts centered upon walls, gated communities, and more. 2018Under jerusalem: The buried history of the world's most contested city
Par Andrew Lawler. 2021
A sweeping history of the hidden world below the Holy City—a saga of biblical treasures, intrepid explorers, and political upheaval…
"These untold stories of archeological digs near and under Jerusalem&’s sacred sites convey all the colorful and violent and contentious history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ... A compulsive read.&” —Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and author of The Outlier In 1863, a French senator arrived in Jerusalem hoping to unearth relics dating to biblical times. Digging deep underground, he discovered an ancient grave that, he claimed, belonged to an Old Testament queen. News of his find ricocheted around the world, evoking awe and envy alike, and inspiring others to explore Jerusalem&’s storied past. In the century and a half since the Frenchman broke ground, Jerusalem has drawn a global cast of fortune seekers and missionaries, archaeologists and zealots, all of them eager to extract the biblical past from beneath the city&’s streets and shrines. Their efforts have had profound effects, not only on our understanding of Jerusalem&’s history, but on its hotly disputed present. The quest to retrieve ancient Jewish heritage has sparked bloody riots and thwarted international peace agreements. It has served as a cudgel, a way to stake a claim to the most contested city on the planet. Today, the earth below Jerusalem remains a battleground in the struggle to control the city above. Under Jerusalem takes readers into the tombs, tunnels, and trenches of the Holy City. It brings to life the indelible characters who have investigated this subterranean landscape. With clarity and verve, acclaimed journalist Andrew Lawler reveals how their pursuit has not only defined the conflict over modern Jerusalem, but could provide a map for two peoples and three faiths to peacefully coexist.  Cities: the first 6,000 years
Par Monica L. Smith. 2019
An account of cities throughout time that draws on archaeology, history, and contemporary observation. Discusses the rise of urban development…
and the role of cities in the development of civilization, networked infrastructure, the middle class, and more. 2019Mummies exposed!: Creepy and True #1 (Creepy and True)
Par Kerrie Logan Hollihan. 2019
Uncovers the mysteries behind unearthed human mummies from around the globe, from mutilated bodies preserved in Irish bogs to sacrificed…
children entombed in an Incan burial site on a mountaintop. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2019The 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. 2010The eye: a very short introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Par Michael F. Land. 2014
Traces the evolution of the marvel of biological engineering that controls vision. Describes how vision works in humans and other…
creatures, the eye's parts, how it moves, what happens in the brain, and what can go wrong. Discusses loss of vision and restoration procedures in those not blind from birth. 2014Ivory 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. 2014