3 STEPPING THROUGH HISTORY

MONEY / TRAVEL / WRITING

BY PEGGY BURNS

1995 HARDCOVERS, NO DUSTCOVERS

HERE, YOU'LL FIND OUT HOW AND WHY MONEY WAS ORIGINALLY MADE. FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES WHEN PEOPLE BARTERED FOR GOODS, TO THE COMPLEX BANKING OF TODAY, EACH STAGE IN THE HISTORY OF MONEY IS DESCRIBED WITH EXCITING EXAMPLES AND PICTURES. YOU'LL READ ABOUT PEOPLE PAYING FOR FOOD WITH FLINT MORE THAN 5,000 YEARS AGO. YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT HOW COINS AND PAPER MONEY WERE FIRST USED. AND YOU'LL GET A GLIMPSE OF THE MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF MONEY USED ALL OVER THE WORLD.

HERE, YOU'LL DISCOVER HOW AND WHY PEOPLE TRAVEL. THE HISTORY OF TRAVEL IS DESCRIVED WITH EXCITING EXAMPLES AND PICTURES, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES WHEN PEOPLE ONLY WALKED, TO THE MOST ADVANCED FORMS OF TRAVEL SUCH AS ROCKETS. YOU'LL READ ABOUT PEOPLE TAMING ANIMALS TO PULL LOADS 5,000 YEARS AGO. YOU'LL LEARN HOW THE ANCIENT AZTEC'S GOT AROUND, AND YOU'LL SEE THE FIRST CARS, TRAINS, AND HOT-AIR BALLOONS. YOU'LL ALSO GET A GLIMPSE OF THE MANY KINDS OF TRANSPORT USED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TODAY.

HERE, YOU'LL FIND OUT HOW AND WHY WRITING CAME INTO EXISTENCE. FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES WHEN STONE AGE HUMANS DREW ON CAVE WALLS TO THE MOST COMPLEX FORMS OF COMMUNICATION ON COMPUTERS, DIFFERENT STAGES IN THE HISTORY OF WRITING ARE DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH EXCITING EXAMPLES.

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