The Maya /
by Kelly, Tracey [author.].
Material type: BookSeries: Great civilisations: Publisher: London : Franklin Watts, 2015Description: 32 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; 27 cm.ISBN: 9781445134147 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 972.81 KELSubject(s): Mayas -- Juvenile literature | History | Non-Fiction 9+ | Non-Fiction 9+ | History | Central America -- Civilization -- Juvenile literatureSummary: Each book in 'Great Civilisations' approaches its subject through a scene-setting spread Who/where were they, then introduces the achievements of the chosen civilisation through 12 structures or objects, each of which illustrates a key aspect or theme. Writing, architecture, industry, warfare, transport and learning are all covered in the same simple, colourful and engaging way. Fact boxes and panels present incidental information and point the reader to the importance of parallel developments in other parts of the world.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book - Childrens Paperback | Crosby Library | Childrens Non-Fiction | 972.81 KEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 26/10/2024 | 002891660X |
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972.8 HOW Mayan civilisation / | 972.8 LON What it was like to be an ancient Maya / | 972.81 HIB Mayan civilization | 972.81 KEL The Maya / | 972.9 HUG Travel through the Caribbean | 972.92 BRO Jamaica | 973 KRA Black peoples of America |
Originally published: 2014.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Each book in 'Great Civilisations' approaches its subject through a scene-setting spread Who/where were they, then introduces the achievements of the chosen civilisation through 12 structures or objects, each of which illustrates a key aspect or theme. Writing, architecture, industry, warfare, transport and learning are all covered in the same simple, colourful and engaging way. Fact boxes and panels present incidental information and point the reader to the importance of parallel developments in other parts of the world.
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