Description: The more than 100 entries in this book range from half a page to two pages in length. Both the text and the illustrations address a third- to sixth-grade audience. The subject matter is one many of them will think they know well, the world of castles, knights, serfs, queens, and crusaders. Those and other subjects are presented here in an easy-to-read, fully cross-referenced A-Z format. And because other things were happening in the world, this book goes far beyond the traditional limits of a book on the Middle Ages to discuss such themes as the Role of Women; the African kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai; the Rise of Islam; the Mongol Empire; the American empires of the Aztecs and Incas. Biographies include, to give just a few examples, Marco Polo, Dante, Saint Clare, Kublai Khan, and many others.

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