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Title:
Usborne world history. Medieval world
ISBN:
9780746027622
Publication Information:
London : Usborne, 1999.
Physical Description:
96 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.
Contents:
When? Where? How? -- Byzantine Empire -- Barbarian kingdoms -- Return to Christianity -- Rise of Islam -- Arab world -- Vikings at home -- Vikings abroad -- Anglo-Saxon England -- Charlemagne's empire -- Holy Roman empire -- Norman conquests -- Hundred years' war -- Kings, nobles and peasants -- Knights, soldiers and war -- Living in a castle -- Living in a village -- Living in a town -- Power of the popes -- Enemies of the church -- Building a cathedral -- Going on a pilgrimage -- Monks and monasteries -- Art in the Middle Ages -- Crusades -- Black death -- Criminals and outlaws -- Kingdoms of the Celts -- Rise of Burgundy -- Wars of the Roses -- Mongol invaders -- Triumphs of the Turks -- Kingdoms of Eastern Europe -- Rise of the Russians -- Struggle for Spain -- Conquerors of North Africa -- Cities of East Africa -- Kingdoms of West AFrica -- Conquerors of Northern India -- Kingdoms of Southern India --Kingdoms of Southeast Asia -- Dynasties of China -- Land of the Samurai -- Explorers and sailors -- People of the Pacific -- Native North Americans -- Aztec Empire -- Maya and the Toltecs -- Empires of the Andes -- Artists of Italy -- Ideas and inventions -- Voyages of discovery -- World time chart -- Word list -- Index.
Summary:
The history of the medieval world from the the barbarian invasions to the fifteenth-century explorers.
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