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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Named Temujin at birth by his nomadic family in early Mongolia, the great Genghis Khan used his skill and cunning to create the Mongol Empire and conquer almost the entire continent of Asia. As ruler of the largest empire in human history, he was as respected as he was feared.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1200L
Language
English
Description
Provides biographical portraits of ten queens from history including Esther, Cleopatra, Boudicca, Zenobia, Eleanor of Acquitaine, Isabel of Spain, Elizabeth I, Christina of Sweden, Maria Theresa, and Catherine the Great.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain from 1837 to 1901, and the social and political conditions in Great Britain during her lifetime.
Author
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013].
Language
English
Description
"This book introduces the medieval empire of Mali...and soon narrows its focus to the compelling life story of the emperor Mansa Musa, who rules Mali in the early 1300s...This enjoyable work smoothly blends historical text with memorable anecdotes...photos and sketches...and well-drawn maps." --P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents information about the brutal, incompetent, corrupt, bigoted, and otherwise unpleasant reigns of ten terrible historic rulers, from the ancient world to the nineteenth century.
14) Conquerors
Author
Publisher
Silver Burdett
Pub. Date
c1981
Language
English
Description
Brief accounts of the exploits of nineteen leaders, including Alexander the Great, Cortez, and Napoleon, who, through intelligence and determination, and, in some cases, ruthlessness, victoriously expanded their territories.
16) Twenty tyrants
Author
Publisher
M. Cavendish
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
Description
Brief biographies of twenty rulers throughout history notorious for their despotic and tyrannical rule.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A portrait of the longest-reigning woman pharaoh in Ancient Egypt draws on surviving artifacts to consider her unprecedented rise, her achievements and why most of her monuments were destroyed after her death.
Hatshepsut--the daughter of a general who usurped Egypt's throne and a mother with ties to the previous dynasty--was born into a privileged position in the royal household, and she was expected to bear the sons who would legitimize the reign...
20) Sitting Bull
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"A warrior I have been. Now, it is all over. A hard time I have had." With these words, Sitting Bull surrendered to the U.S. government on July 20, 1881. Sitting Bull spent most of his life trying to protect his people. A proud father and brave warrior, Sitting Bull wanted the Lakota Sioux to continue hunting buffalo and roaming the Plains. Although he lost this battle, Sitting Bull is remembered for his brave actions and notable accomplishments....