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Junior Biography Ancient Civilizations: Alexander The Great by John Bankston
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Category: History | Series: Junior Biography Ancient Civilizations | Reading Level: Grade 07
Born the son of a powerful king, Alexander the Great worried that there would not be any land left for him to conquer by the time he took over the throne. Instead, while he was still in his twenties, he ruled one of the largest empires in history. But before he could lead, he had to learn...from some of ...Show more
Junior Biography Ancient Civilizations: Archimedes by Claire O'Neal
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Category: History | Series: Junior Biography Ancient Civilizations | Reading Level: Grade 07
Archimedes of Syracuse (287 BCE-212 BCE) was so ahead of his time that even now we take many of his discoveries for granted. He calculated properties of circles, spheres, cylinders, and cones, writing equations that we still use today. He calculated pi and came very close to discovering calculus, nearly ...Show more
Junior Biography Ancient Civilizations: Augustus Caesar by Tammy Gagne
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Category: History | Series: Junior Biography Ancient Civilizations | Reading Level: Grade 07
Augustus Caesar was Rome's first emperor, but exactly how he came to claim that title is a long and exciting story. It begins in Rome in 63 BCE when a baby boy named Gaius Octavius Thurinus is born. During his lifetime he would be known by several other names, but none so celebrated as Augustus. The nep ...Show more
Junior Biography Ancient Civilizations: Confucius by Russell Roberts
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Category: History | Series: Junior Biography Ancient Civilizations | Reading Level: Grade 07
The name Confucius has come down to us today from the distant past. Although he lived thousands of years ago, in a place and time before any type of mass media and/or communications existed much beyond that of the spoken word, the wisdom of Confucius has survived over the centuries. His sayings and phil ...Show more
Junior Biography Ancient Civilizations: Genghis Khan by John Bankston
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Category: History | Series: Junior Biography Ancient Civilizations | Reading Level: Grade 07
Temujin was nine years old when his father was killed. His father's clan would not help his mother. He almost starved. Yet despite growing up poor, he united the Mongol tribes. As an adult, he successfully led an invasion of China, one of the most powerful countries in the world. He ruled over the large ...Show more
Junior Biography Ancient Civilizations: Marco Polo by John Bankston
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Category: History | Series: Junior Biography Ancient Civilizations | Reading Level: Grade 07
Marco Polo was 17 the first time he saw his father. Soon after, he joined his father and uncle on a trip from Marco's hometown of Venice, Italy, to China. In the 1200s, that journey took several years and the three travellers faced many hazards. Once he arrived, Marco impressed the country's powerful le ...Show more
Junior Biography Ancient Civilizations: Nero by Pete Diprimio
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Category: History | Series: Junior Biography Ancient Civilizations | Reading Level: Grade 07
Nero was a Roman emperor everybody loved to hate, even when he was good. He was blamed even when he did the right thing, which wasn't often. Though he inspired a new kind of building approach, he ticked off Romans when he wasn't scaring them. He was a teenager when he took over in the year 54. Along the ...Show more
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