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Francisco Pizarro and the Conquest of the Inca
Av Shane Mountjoy, William H. Goetzmann
Inbunden, 2005
366 kr
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In 1531, Pizarro led a small but well trained army along the Pacific Coast of the unexplored South America. With less than 200 men, he conquered the Inca empire, known as modern day Peru. Ages 8+years.
Manifest Destiny
Westward Expansion
Inbunden, 2009
445 kr
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As the population of the 13 colonies grew and the economy developed, the desire to expand into new land increased. Nineteenth-century Americans believed it was their divine right to expand their territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. 'Manifest destiny', a phrase first used in 1839 by …
Indus River
Inbunden, 2004
373 kr
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The chief river of Pakistan, the Indus was the site of the prehistoric Indus Valley civilisation. Featured is the history and geography of the river.
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Inbunden, 2004
373 kr
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Some of the greta cities of Mesopotamia, such as Nineveh, Ctesiphon, and Seleucia stood on the banks of these great rivers.
Francisco Coronado and the Seven Cities of Gold
Inbunden, 2005
366 kr
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Spanish legend claimed there were seven cities built of gold and filled with treasure in the New World. Today he is seen as a brave explorer and a careful observer of life in the Southwest. Ages 8+ years.
Engel V. Vitale
Av Shane Mountjoy, Tim McNeese
Inbunden, 2006
383 kr
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What happens when a state board prescribes a prayer for public school children to recite in every classroom each morning as part of its program of ""moral and spiritual training""? This question faced the U.S. Supreme Court in 1962 when they heard arguments in Engel v. Vitale. What some observers …
Philadelphia
Inbunden, 2007
351 kr
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Using a debt owed by King Charles II, William Penn traded away a fortune in order to acquire an American colony. He could have become even wealthier from his land, but instead he used his colony to establish a place of safety for religiously oppressed people from throughout Europe. Within his …
St. Augustine
Inbunden, 2007
351 kr
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Founded by the Spanish admiral Pedro Menendez de Aviles in 1565, St. Augustine remained in Spanish hands until the 1763 Treaty of Paris awarded Florida to Great Britain. This book explores the rich history of the longest continually occupied European settlement in the continental United States, and …
Women's Rights Movement
Av Shane Mountjoy, Tim McNeese
Inbunden, 2008
373 kr
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The women's rights movement grew out of the women's suffrage movement of the mid-1800s and also addressed other women's legal rights issues. The second wave of the movement, which promoted economic, political, and social equality, gained momentum in the 1960s and '70s, when such groups as the …
Causes of the Civil War
The Differences Between the North and South
Av Shane Mountjoy, Tim McNeese
Inbunden, 2009
445 kr
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In 1861, Americans became engaged in a bloody civil war in which more than 600,000 Americans lost their lives. The conflict began after several states withdrew from the Union. ""Causes of the Civil War: The Differences Between the North and South"" examines the sectional rivalries that surfaced in …
Technology and the Civil War
Inbunden, 2009
445 kr
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When war broke out between the North and the South in 1861, the United States was still a growing nation, living with traditions of the past and beginning to improve life with new technological advances of the future. The Civil War was a conflict during which both sides experimented with old and …
Alamo
The Battle for Texas
Inbunden, 2009
445 kr
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On February 23, 1836, general and dictator Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and a Mexican force of more than 2,000 men launched an assault against Colonel William B. Travis of Texas, his army of 155 men, and 15 civilians who were living in the fort known as the Alamo. The Texans, who were reinforced by …
Women's Rights Movement
Moving Toward Equality
Av Shane Mountjoy, Tim McNeese
Inbunden, 2019
568 kr
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