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NOVA—Secrets of the Samurai Sword
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Samurai Archives
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Life as a Samurai: An Interactive History Adventure
Author: Doeden, Matt
ISBN: 9781429647830
Copyright: 2011
Summary: Describes the lives of samurai warriors in ancient Japan. The readers' choices reveal the historical details of life as a samurai during the Gempai wars of the 1100s, the rise of Nobunaga in 1560, and as a wandering ronin in the 1600s.

Ancient China
Author: Rosinsky, Natalie M.
ISBN: 9780756545680
Copyright: 2013
Summary: The people of ancient China called their country the Middle Kingdom. They proudly believed their land to be the center of the civilized world. Chinese inventions, including gunpowder, paper, and movable type, have shaped the modern world.

Ancient Egypt
Author: Dell, Pamela
ISBN: 9780756545635
Copyright: 2013
Summary: More than 5,000 years ago, ancient Egypt was a thriving civilization in northeastern Africa. Pharaohs ruled the people with an iron fist. From the towering pyramids to the mysterious art of mummification, ancient Egypt was a civilization overflowing ...

Ancient Greece
Author: Nardo, Don
ISBN: 9780756545666
Copyright: 2013
Summary: Ancient Greece reached its height between 500 and 300 BCE, with its roots extending far back to the distant past. The civilization became the birthplace of democracy, a government run for and by the people. Brilliant Greek thinkers led a booming grow...

Mesopotamia
Author: Nardo, Don
ISBN: 9780756545673
Copyright: 2013
Summary: The peoples of ancient Mesopotamia oversaw one of the major cradles of human civilization. The world’s first cities and empires grew on the plains of what is now Iraq. Some of the world’s first farmers worked land in what historians call the Fertile ...