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Author Peters, Marilee, 1968- author.

Title 10 rivers that shaped the world / Marilee Peters ; art by Kim Rosen.

Publication Info. Toronto : Annick Press, [2015]

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 Simsbury Public Library - Children's Department  J 551.48 PET    Check Shelf
Description 132 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Awash: a river of bones -- Tigris & Euphrates: twin rivers of civilization -- Nile: the giving river -- Rhine: an international river -- Amazon: a world of water -- Zambezi: exploring the river of freedom -- Thames: the river that built an empire -- Mississippi: river of song -- Ganges: river of faith -- Yangtze: a changing river.
Summary Learn how rivers can make civilizations rise or crumble, divide cultures or link them together, and even provide crucial clues to where we came from.
Form Issued also in electronic format.
Subject Rivers -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Rivers -- Social aspects -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Rosen, Kim, 1978- illustrator .
Added Title Ten rivers that shaped the world
Other Form: Peters, Marilee, 1968-, author. 10 rivers that shaped the world. (CaOONL)20149067526
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