"When did our ancestors start using tools? What materials did they use for clothing? What weapons did they use to hunt? This encyclopedia will answer these and more whens and which for you. Learning is made simpler with well-labelled diagrams and an extensive glossary of difficult words. Bonus: the book comes loaded with Isn't It Amazing--a section of fun facts to keep you glued for more." --Back cover.
Contents
Arms and the man -- Material progress -- All that glitters -- Exploration and invention -- Iron Age inventors -- Iron Age leaders and thinkers -- Block of civilization -- Cementing success -- Glued together -- To spin a yarn -- Fiercest battle inventions -- To fire at will -- Throw and scatter -- Mightier than the sword -- Which way is north? -- A glaze at glass -- Creating surplus -- Preserving food -- Word check.
