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Discusses what life was like among the Incas.

Describes the history, culture, and life of people living during the Renaissance.

Details how white trappers, explorers, and pathfinders engaged in violent encounters with Indians during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, both east and west of the Mississippi River.

Discusses life in ancient Rome, focusing on the origin and popularity of public games, Rome's monumental game facilities, gladiators, wild animal shows, and other spectacles.

Discusses the conditions and events that led to the terrible plague that devastated fourteenth-century Europe, as well as its impact on those who survived.

Describes the life of the Puritans in New England during the 17th and 18th centuries, including their religion and views on the supernatural, working and home life, health and medicine, what it was like to grow up Puritan, and the legacy they left for future generations.

Describes the history, purpose, and construction of medieval castles and the life of their various inhabitants.