Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past

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You probably know that electricity powers your computer and other electronics.

The son of a traveling merchant, Marco Polo spent his early years among the ports of Venice, Italy.

El Velocirraptor era un basurero deshilvanado.

Este aspecto de uno de los dinosaurios más clásicos ayuda a los lectores a convertirse en expertos en tricérratops.

Los tigres con dientes de sable se han extinguido durante miles de años, pero una vez fueron los depredadores de sus vecindarios.

Pterodáctilos son una de las criaturas más fascinantes de la antigüedad.

Aprenda todo sobre el mamut lanoso gigante que coexistió con seres humanos hasta que se extinguió.

¡Conoce al iguanodon, un dinosaurio herbívoro que pesaba toneladas literalmente!

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Audisee(R) eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!

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Have you ever tried to invent something?

How does water from a river turn into a raindrop?

In 1493, Juan Ponce de Leon joined Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the New World.

In 1504, Hernan Cortes left Spain for the Caribbean.

In 1607, Henry Hudson set sail in search of the Northwest Passage.

In 1540, Francisco Vazquez de Coronado marched from northern Mexico in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola, reputed to hold great treasures.

In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe and landed on a Caribbean island in what he thought was India.

In 1666, Sieur de La Salle left France and sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to New France, a colony in present-day Canada.

In 1963, more than 30 African-American girls ages 11 to 16 were arrested for taking part in Civil Rights protests in Americus, Georgia.

A visually stunning look at innovative and eye-popping measures used to protect ships during World War I.

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What do you know about history?

Did you know that the sun is actually a star?

Do you ever wonder what makes a star shine?

Why does the moon come out at night?

Explore the fascinating universe we live in.

In August 2011, an expedition in the Gobi Desert region of Mongolia uncovered a long-forgotten section of the Great Wall of China.

Massive pyramids tower over the Giza Plateau near Cairo, Egypt.

Five thousand years ago, someone (or a lot of someones) shaped and assembled a group of 25-ton rocks in southwest England.

Two thousand years ago, disaster struck the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.

In 1911 an American explorer came across an ancient city hidden high in the Andes Mountains of Peru.

On Easter in 1722, a fleet of Dutch ships exploring the southeastern Pacific Ocean came across a small island that at first seemed uninhabited.

Make a robot from a toothbrush, send Morse code messages by telegraph, and create your own lightning!

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, emerged in the Middle East during the first decade of the 2000s.