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Well-Trained Mind Press


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This second book in the four-volume narrative history series for elementary students will transform your study of history. The Story of the World has won awards from numerous homeschooling magazines and readers' polls―over 150,000 copies of the series in print! Now more than ever, other cultures are affecting our everyday lives―and our children need to learn about the other countries of the world and their history. Susan Wise Bauer has provided a captivating guide to the history of other lands. Written in an engaging, straightforward manner, this revised edition of The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Volume 2: The Middle Ages weaves world history into a story book format. Who discovered chocolate? What happened to the giant Fovor of the Mighty Blows? Why did the Ottoman Turks drag their war ships across dry land? The Story of the World covers the sweep of human history from ancient times until the present. Africa, China, Europe, the Americas―find out what happened all around the world in long-ago times. Designed as a read-aloud project for parents and children to share together, The Story of the World includes each continent and major people group. Volume 2: The Middle Ages, is the second of a four-volume series and covers the major historical events in the years 400 to 1600 CE, as well as including maps, illustrations, and tales from each culture. Each Story of the World volume provides a full year of history study when combined with the Activity Book, Audiobook, and Tests―each available separately to accompany each volume of TheStory of the World Text Book. Volume 2 Grade Recommendation: Grades 1-6. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white drawings and maps


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Forewordp. xiii The Glory That Was Rome Wandering Through the Roman Empirep. 1 The Fall of Romep. 5 The Early Days of Britain The Celts of Britainp. 9 Barbarians Come to Britainp. 13 Beowulf the Herop. 15 Christianity Comes to Britain Augustine Comes to Englandp. 20 Medieval Monasteriesp. 24 Writing Books by Handp. 26 The Byzantine Empire The Beauty of Constantinoplep. 30 Justinian, the Just Emperorp. 33 The Empress Theodorap. 35 The Church in the Eastp. 38 The Medieval Indian Empire A King Named Skandaguptap. 43 Monks in Cavesp. 47 The Rise of Islam Muhammad's Visionp. 50 Muhammad Flees to Medinap. 53 The Koran: Islam's Holy Bookp. 56 Islam Becomes an Empire The Fight for Meccap. 59 The Spread of Islamp. 62 The City of Baghdadp. 64 Sinbad in the Valley of Snakesp. 69 The Great Dynasties of China Yang Chien Unites North and Southp. 73 The Tang Dynastyp. 76 East of China The Yamato Dynasty of Japanp. 80 A Tale of Three Countries; Korea, China, and Japanp. 85 The Bottom of the World The First People of Australiap. 89 The Long Journey of the Maorip. 92 The Kingdom of the Franks Clovis, The Ex-Barbarianp. 97 Four Tribes, One Empirep. 101 The Islamic Invasion Islam in Spain and Africap. 104 The Great Kings of France Charles the Hammerp. 108 The Greatest King: Charlemagnep. 110 The Arrival of the Norsemen The Viking Invasionp. 115 Eric the Red and "Eric's Son"p. 118 The Norse Godsp. 122 Thor and the Giant Kingp. 123 The First Kings of England The Vikings Invade Englandp. 129 Alfred the Greatp. 132 The Battle of Hastingsp. 136 England After the Conquest The English Languagep. 140 Serfs and Noblemenp. 144 Stone Castlesp. 147 Knights and Samurai The English Code of Chivalryp. 152 The Samurai: Japanese Knightsp. 155 The Age of Crusades A Command from the Popep. 160 Recapturing Jerusalemp. 164 Saladin of Jerusalemp. 167 El Cid and the "Reconquest of Spain"p. 170 A New Kind of King Richard the Lionheartedp. 174 John Lackland and the Magna Cartap. 177 Robin Hoodp. 180 Robin Hood and the Butcherp. 181 The Diaspora The Scattering of the Jewsp. 186 A Tale of the Diasporap. 189 The Clever Rabbi of Cordovap. 189 The Mongols Devastate the East Genghis Khan, Emperor of All Menp. 193 The Mongol Conquest of Chinap. 196 Exploring the Mysterious East Marco Polo Goes to Chinap. 200 The Forbidden City of the Mingp. 204 The First Russians The Rus Come to Constantinoplep. 208 Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terriblep. 211 The Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Turks Attackp. 215 The Sheep-Rocksp. 216 The Capture of Constantinoplep. 218 Suleiman the Lawgiverp. 223 The End of the World The Plaguep. 227 A New Way of Livingp. 231 France and England at War Henry V and the Battle of Agincourtp. 235 Joan of Arcp. 240 War for the English Throne The Wars of the Rosesp. 244 The Princes in the Towerp. 248 The Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal Ferdinand and Isabella Unite Spainp. 253 Henry the Navigator, Prince of Portugalp. 257 African Kingdoms Gold, Salt, and Ghanap. 261 Mansa Musa of Malip. 265 The Songhay Empirep. 268 India Under the Moghuls The Moghul Dynastyp. 272 Akbar of Indiap. 276 The Bad-Luck Servantp. 278 Exploring New Worlds Christopher Columbusp. 281 Vespucci and Magellanp. 286 The American Kingdoms The Mayans of Central Americap. 290 The Marvelous City of Tenochtitlanp. 294 The Incasp. 297 Spain, Portugal, and the New World The Slave Tradep. 301 Cortes and Montezumap. 305 Martin Luther's New Ideas Martin Luther's Listp. 309 Henry VIII's Problemp. 313 The Renaissance A New Way of Thinkingp. 318 Gutenberg's Great Inventionp. 322 Reformation and Counter Reformation The Spread of the Reformationp. 327 The Council of Trentp. 330 The New Universe The Revolution of Copernicusp. 334 Galileo's Strange Notionsp. 338 England's Greatest Queen The Queen Who Almost Wasn'tp. 342 Good Queen Bessp. 346 England's Greatest Playwright William Shakespearep. 351 Macbechp. 353 Macbeth's Decisionp. 356 New Ventures to the Americas Walter Raleigh and the New Worldp. 361 The Lost Colonyp. 365 Explorations in the North The New-Found Landp. 370 Jacques Cartier's Discoveriesp. 374 Empires Collide Spain and England's Warp. 379 The World at the End of the Sixteenth Centuryp. 384 Chronology of The Middle Ages Dates in Volume 2p. 389 A Geography of The Middle Ages A List of Maps in Volume 2p. 395 Pronouncing the Names of The Middle Ages A Pronunciation Guide for Reading Aloudp. 397 Indexp. 403 Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.


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Bauer, Susan Wise
저자 : Bauer, Susan Wise Susan Wise Bauer is the best-selling author of the Story of the World series, The History of the World series, The Well-Trained Mind, and The Well-Educated Mind, among other works. She lives in Virginia.