Book Description
Examines how studying the geographical area inhabited by the ancient Egyptians provides clues to how they lived, their farming techniques, and the influence of the Nile River.
Author : Melanie Waldron
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 48,70 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 148460962X
Examines how studying the geographical area inhabited by the ancient Egyptians provides clues to how they lived, their farming techniques, and the influence of the Nile River.
Author : Melanie Waldron
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 50,48 MB
Release : 2015-12-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1484635515
Geography Matters in Ancient Egypt looks at how the Egyptian Empire changed through time and gives fascinating insights into many different aspects of Egyptian life through its geography. Read about how the Egyptians made use of desert oases, how they found and used resources such as limestone and granite for building pyramids in desert areas, and how early Egyptian settlers who had decided to build in areas around the River Nile prevented their houses from flooding.
Author : Leigh Rockwood
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 39,98 MB
Release : 2013-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1477710205
The Nile River was crucial to the growth of Egyptian civilization. Maps help illustrate the contrast between river and desert, and engaging text explains how geography influenced Egypt's settlement and migration patterns and even its religion. This book addresses people's relationship to their environment, a key social-studies concept.
Author : Melanie Waldron
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 33,27 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1484609638
Provides an introduction to ancient Greece and how the Greek empire changed through time, giving fascinating insights into many different aspects of Greek life through its geography.
Author : Melanie Waldron
Publisher : Raintree
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 45,82 MB
Release : 2015-06-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1406291315
How did a volcanic eruption put an end to Minoan civilization? What crops did the Ancient Greeks grow? How did city-states form around the Greek empire? Geography Matters in Ancient Greece looks at how the Greek Empire changed through time and gives fascinating insights into many different aspects of Greek life through its geography. Read about how the hot climate affected the crops that Greeks could grow and the housing and clothing they needed, how the Mycenaeans were able to protect themselves from attackers by using the natural features of their landscape and their natural resources of stone and how its proximity to the Mediterranean Sea helped the Greek Empire in trading and in strengthening their military might.
Author : Melanie Waldron
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 11,40 MB
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 1484609646
Examines how studying the geographical area inhabited by the ancient Romans provides clues to how they lived, their farming techniques, and how they traveled from place to place.
Author : Melanie Waldron
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 33,55 MB
Release : 2015-12-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1484635531
Geography Matters in Ancient Rome looks at how the Roman Empire changed through time and gives fascinating insights into many different aspects of Roman life through its geography. Read about how the Romans invented new farming methods such as a harvesting machine called a vallus, how some women in the Roman Empire had more freedom than in other civilizations, even running their husbands' businesses for them when they were away, and how the Empire was strengthened by the fact that the different climates, soils and terrain produced a huge range of goods and resources.
Author : Leslie C. Kaplan
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,76 MB
Release : 2003-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780823967810
This book meets the social studies content standards that deal with peoples relationship to their environment and how the land and its resources shape settlement and migration patterns. Students learn about the Nile River and delta region and why Egyptians came to settle in this fertile strip of land. They also learn how Egyptians made use of the river and the desert, and how the geography around them even shaped their religious beliefs.
Author : Melanie Waldron
Publisher : Raintree
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 46,35 MB
Release : 2015-06-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1406291331
How do we know about the Incas? What were Inca towns and cities like? What was the "e;lost city of the Incas"e;? Geography Matters in the Inca Empire looks at how the Inca Empire changed through time and gives fascinating insights into many different aspects of Inca life through its geography. Read about how the mountainous Inca geography led to their development of terrace farming, how the Incas worshipped the mountain peaks as gods and how the size of their Empire meant they built thousands of miles of roads and bridges to connect their people.
Author : David O'Connor
Publisher :
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 36,41 MB
Release : 1972
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