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A Child's History of the World

by Virgil M. Hillyer Author

(From Amazon): One of the finest history books for children, this well-loved Hillyer classic features stories of world history from prehistoric man through the 20th century, inspiring an appreciation of how events relate to one another.

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Resource Type
Book
ISBN
9788882870287
Print Status
In Print
Chapters
90
Pages
439
Suggested Grades
1st - 12th
Historical Setting
6000 BC - 2000 AD
Publisher
Calvert Educational Services
Copyright
1997

Chapters

  • 1 How Things Got Started
  • 2 People Who Lived in Caves
  • 3 Fire! Fire! Fire!
  • 4 From an Airplane
  • 5 Real history Begins
  • 6 The puzzle Writers in Egypt
  • 7 The Tomb Builders
  • 8 A Rich Land Where There Was No Money
  • 9 The Jews Search For a Home
  • 10 Fairy Tale Gods
  • 11 A Fairy-Tale War
  • 12 The Kings of the Jews
  • 13 The People Who Made Our ABC's
  • 14 Hard as Nails
  • 15 The Crown of Leaves
  • 16 A Bad Beginning
  • 17 Kings With Corkscrew Curls
  • 18 A City of Wonders & Wickedness
  • 19 A Surprise Party
  • 20 The Other side of the world: India
  • 21 The Other side of the world: China
  • 22 Rich Man, Poor Man
  • 23 Rome Kicks out her kings
  • 24 Greece vs. Persia
  • 25 Fighting mad
  • 26 One Against a Thousand
  • 27 The Golden Age
  • 28 hen Greek Meets Greek
  • 29 Wise men and Otherwise
  • 30 A Boy King
  • 31 Picking a Fight
  • 32 The Boot Kicks and Stamps
  • 33 The Champion of the World
  • 34 The Noblest Roman of them all
  • 35 The Emperor Who was mad a God
  • 36 Thine is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory
  • 37 Blood and thunder
  • 38 A good Emperor and a Bad Son
  • 39 I_H__S____V_____
  • 40 Barbarian Invaders
  • 41 Barbarian meets the Champian of the World
  • 42 New places - New Heroes
  • 43 Being Good
  • 44 A Christian Kingdom in Africa &Muhammed and the early years of islam
  • 45 Muhammad and the Early Years of Islam
  • 46 Arabian Days
  • 48 Getting a Start
  • 47 Two Empires, Two Emperors
  • 49 The End of the World
  • 50 Real Castles
  • 51 Knights & Days of Chivalry
  • 52 A Pirate's Great Grandson
  • 53 A Great Adventure
  • 54 Tick Tack Toe - Three Kings in a Row
  • 55 Three Kings of West Africa
  • 56 Bibles made of Stone & Glass
  • 57 John, whom nobody loved
  • 58 A Great Story Teller
  • 59 Thing a ma jigger & what cher may call it or a magic needle & a magic power
  • 60 Thelon gest wart hate verwas
  • 61 Print & Powder or Off With the Old, On With the New
  • 62 A Sailor Who Found a New World
  • 63 Fortune Hunters
  • 64 The land of Enchantment of the Search for Gold and Adventure
  • 65 Along the Coast of East Africa
  • 66 Rebirth
  • 67 Christians Quarrel
  • 68 Queen Elizabeth
  • 69 The Age of Elizabeth
  • 70 James the servant or what's in a name?
  • 71 A King Who Lost His Head
  • 72 Red Cap and Red Heels
  • 73 A Self Made Man
  • 74 A Prince Who Ran Away
  • 75 America Gets Rid of Her King
  • 76 Upside Down
  • 77 A Little Giant
  • 78 Latin America and the Caribbean Islands
  • 79 From Pan & His Pipes to the Phonograph
  • 81 Three New Postage Stamps
  • 82 The Age of Miracles
  • 83 A Different Kinds of Revolution
  • 84 A World at War
  • 85 A Short Twenty Years
  • 86 Modern Barbarians
  • 87 Fighting the Dictators
  • 88 A New Spirit in the World
  • 89 A New Big Power in the World
  • 90 Trying to Keep the Peace
  • 91 Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

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