Автор: Тойнби Арнольд
Издательство: АСТ, Харвест
Год издания: 2009
isbn: 978-5-17-058077-4, 978-985-16-6918-5
Количество страниц: 868
Формат: PDF
Арнольд Джозеф Тойнби - знаменитый британский ученый, философ, публицист и политолог, автор одного из значительнейших исторических трудов XX века - двенадцатитомного "Исследования истории". Эта работа, вошедшая в золотой фонд мировой научной мысли, была переведена на все европейские языки и по сей день не утратила своей актуальности.
Издательство: Gruner+Jahr / Mondadori S.p.A.
Количество страниц: 112
Язык: другой
Формат: PDF
Focus Storia: la rivista interamente dedicata alle vicende, ai personaggi, alle curiosità che hanno caratterizzato i secoli passati. Ogni mese un numero speciale da conservare, con i grandi temi approfonditi alla maniera di Focus, per entrare nella Storia in modo diverso e avvincente. Quello di Focus Storia, che racconta le curiosità del passato in modo divertente, intrigante e mai noioso: il racconto del passato per capire sempre meglio il presente.
Автор: Elizabeth Mann, Fernando Rangel (Illustrator)
Издательство: Mikaya Press
Год издания: 2006
isbn: 1931414149
Количество страниц: 48
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Somehow the Panama Canal was built. Engineers found ways to cut through the rain forest. Medical visionaries conquered the diseases. Workers endured the jungle. Yet side by side with genius and selfless heroism were broken treaties, the domination of a small nation by a large one, and tens of thousands of black West Indian workers forced to live in second-rate, segregated conditions. This, too, is the story of the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal captures the spirit of an age when no task was thought impossible, and no price too high to pay.
Автор: Elizabeth Mann, Amy Crehore (Illustrator)
Издательство: Mikaya Press
Год издания: 2000
isbn: 0965049396
Количество страниц: 48
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Using slingshots, clubs and stone-tipped spears, this small Andean tribe conquered an area spanning 2,500 miles. Without the use of the wheel, they built a vast and sophisticated network of roads. Without an alphabet, they administered a population of ten million people. With the most primitive of tools, they built cities of stone. Machu Picchu is as astonishing as its builders. Set in a remote, inaccessible area of the high Andes, this breathtaking city was never found by the Spanish Conquistadores. It is an untouched example of the genius of the Inkas.
Автор: Karen Bush Gibson
Издательство: Chicago Review Press
Год издания: 2010
isbn: 1569762805
Количество страниц: 146
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
As the first Americans, hundreds of indigenous bands and nations already lived in North America when European explorers first set out to conquer an inhabited land. This book captures the early history of these complex societies and their 500-year struggle to survive against all odds from war, displacement, broken treaties, and boarding schools. Not only a history of tribal nations, Native American History for Kids also includes profiles of famous Native Americans and their many contributions, from early leaders to superstar athlete Jim Thorpe, dancer Maria Tallchief, astronaut John Herrington, author Sherman Alexie, actor Wes Studi, and more.
Автор: Elizabeth Mann, Yuan Lee (Illustrator)
Издательство: Mikaya Press
Год издания: 2006
isbn: 1931414157
Количество страниц: 48
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
The story of an inspired building and an inspirational civilization. The Parthenon is more than a magnificent building. Every marble statue, every graceful column, is an expression of a civilization whose three great values still speak to us today: Democracy. At a time of godlike rulers, ordinary citizens voted to build the Parthenon. Humanism. The Parthenon's art honored Athens' water carriers as well as its gods. Balance. The Parthenon's aesthetic brought lightness and grace to height and mass. The Parthenon tells of the rise of Athens -- from the religion that nurtured it, through the wars that tested it, to the democracy that ennobled it -culminating in the construction of the great temple on the Acropolis. The book not only captures the human stories, but also vividly illustrates the technical details behind the construction, from quarrying of the marbles to carving of the exquisite frieze. To look at the Parthenon is to see Athens. To see Athens, is to see ourselves.
Автор: Elizabeth Mann, Alan Witschonke
Издательство: Mikaya Press
Год издания: 2008
isbn: 1931414203
Количество страниц: 48
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
The Magnificent Mughals of India. Shah Jahan, ruler of India, murdered three of his brothers in his bloody rise to power. Yet when his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal, suddenly died, the grief-stricken emperor built the world's most beautiful tomb as a monument to her memory. Shah Jahan was the fifth emperor of the Mughal dynasty. The Mughals combined the brute force and fierce ambition of their legendary ancestor Genghis Khan with a delicate artistic sensitivity. Theirs was a world where even forts were architectural gems, where emperors had their life stories told in exquisite miniature paintings, and where each new ruler competed with the previous one by building a grander palace, fort, mosque and city. The Taj Mahal tells the story of this remarkable dynasty through its greatest artistic achievement. From the soaring domes, to the marble columns inlaid with precious gems, to the vast gardens, to the perfect symmetry of its design, the Taj Mahal expressed the power, grandeur, glory and beauty of the Mughal world.
Автор: Elizabeth Mann
Издательство: Mikaya Press
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 193141405X
Количество страниц: 48
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
During the first millennium AD, one of the world's great civilizations appeared in the dense jungles of Mesoamerica. All over the Yucatan Peninsula, the Maya mastered sophisticated principles of mathematics, architecture, agriculture and astronomy and created scores of powerful city-states. At the center of this world was the largest city of them all -- Tikal. Sprawling over twenty-five square miles, Tikal was situated in the heart of the Yucatan, near rivers that flowed to every corner of the Maya world. Tikal prospered from trade and military triumphs. Its rulers used its wealth to build a magnificent city of palaces, grand plazas and some of the largest stone pyramids seen in the Americas. As with all great achievements of a civilization, Tikal is a window into the culture that created it. By telling the story of the city -- from its humble beginnings, through its bloody wars, to its "golden age" -- Tikal illuminates the Maya world in all its grandeur, glory and genius.
Автор: Maurice Delafosse
Издательство: Parkstone
Год издания: 2012
isbn: 1780429134
Количество страниц: 256
Язык: другой
Формат: PDF
Seit die afrikanische Kunst durch die koloniale Entdeckung im 19. Jahrhundert bekannt wurde, diente sie Kunstlern als unerschopfliche Inspirationsquelle. Die Starke der Kunst Subsahara-Afrikas liegt in ihrer visuellen Vielfalt, worin die Kreativitat der Kunstler offenbar wird, die standig neue stylistische Formen entwerfen.
Автор: Collective
Издательство: Imagine Publishing
Год издания: 2014
isbn: 978-1909-758-513
Количество страниц: 180
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
All About History is the stunningly realised new magazine from the makers of How It Works and All About Space. Featuring beautiful illustrations, photos and graphics depicting everything from ancient civilisations to the Cold War, All About History is accessible and entertaining to all and makes history fun for the whole family.
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