Childrens Illustrated Encyclopedia

99 Castles 99- DefenDing a castle During a siege, attackers tried to climb over the walls, smash them down with siege engines, o ...

100 NormaN castle the Normans built many stone castles such as this one (above) at Dover, england, between the 11th and 13th cen ...

DOMESTIC CAT Cat experts are continually creating new varieties by selective breeding. The Bombay cat (left) is a new breed that ...

CATS 102 Animals Animal senses Egypt, ancient Lions, tigers, and other big cats Mammals KITTENS Young cats are called kittens. T ...

103 Caspian Sea Black Sea En gur i^ Rion i Kura Iori Sa m u r^ Ara s Ara s K ur a Ar as^ Mingacevir Su Anbari Sevana Lich R U S ...

104 Caves HOW CAVES FORM Large cave systems lie beneath the ground in regions made of limestone rock. For thousands of years, ra ...

105 Celts METALWORKING The Celts worked with many different metals, including iron, bronze, copper, gold, and silver. Farm tools ...

106 106- Central Africa MUCH OF CENTRAL AFRICA is covered by dense rain forest drained by the Congo River, which flows in a swee ...

Emi Koussi 3415m Cameroon Mountain 4070m Kwango Co ng o Con go Uele Ubangi Oubang ui Sankuru Lo ma m i Kw ilu Ka sa i Lu fir a L ...

108 Central America 108- LIKE LINKS IN A CHAIN, the seven Central American countries seem to tie together the continents of Nort ...

CENTRAL AMERICA 109 N S WE BELIZE Area: 8,867 sq miles (22,966 sq km) Population: 347,000 Capital: Belmopan Currency: Belizean d ...

110 Find out more Asia Dams Islam Oceans and seas Soviet union, history of SAMARKAND One of the oldest cities in Central Asia, S ...

Am u Da rya M ur ga p Garagum Canal (^) D ary a-ye Helmand Surkho b^ Vak hsh Da rya ye Murghab Bar tan g^ Pa mir^ Darya ye^ A ...

112 This coin dates from Charlemagne’s period of rule. TWELVE CENTURIES AGO, one man ruled most of western Europe. Charlemagne c ...

113 ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS Elements are substances that are made of a single kind of atom. When different elements combine, thei ...

AGRICULTURE AND LAND USE Most Chinese people are crowded together in just 15 percent of the total land area, mainly in river val ...

CHINA 115 SHANGHAI The largest city in China, Shanghai (right) is one of the world’s biggest seaports. For centuries China was c ...

CHINA 116 The Beijing Opera performs traditional and new works, mainly with political themes. Find out more Asia Asia, history o ...

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118 FROM VERY HUMBLE ORIGINS, Christianity has grown to be the largest of all world religions. Christians are the followers of J ...