Recommended Interest Level: Grades 9–12
Grolier, 2005
80 pages per volume, 800 pages total, 8.5" x 11"

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Features

Hundreds of images and pieces of art

Cross-references, maps, charts, tables, and more

Glossaries in each volume as well as explanations of key terms, events, and concepts

Abundant additional resources for further research

Set index in each volume

These volumes feature:

Rich samplings of the important art of the era

Plenty of sidebars and boxes with additional, fascinating stories, information, and primary source materials

Concise, clear narratives focused on the curriculum points

Worldwide coverage detailing developments not only in Europe and America but on each continent and in each country of interest.

Each entry presents incisive accounts of key figures, trends, and schools of thinking. The lives of ordinary people, rulers, saints, sinners, and everyone in between are displayed here in all their richness and contradiction. We hear the voices of those who took part in and thought about the events of their day. And we see the glorious creations of the societies they peopled.