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Zane: What is Earth Science?
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Examine the four branches of earth science - astronomy, meteorology,
geology, and oceanography - to learn the forces that shape our world
and make life on earth possible. See why scientists study the moon and
how satellites help predict our weather. Find out what rock tells us
about our past and how the ocean currents influence all of our lives.
Includes a 29-minute multimedia presentation and more than 350 photos
and 13 minutes of video.
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Zane: What is Physics?
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Study the laws of nature and the great minds whose insightful thinking
explained them, from Aristotle and his observations on motion to
Einstein and his theories of relativity. Learn how physicists and
others have progressed from the study of everyday natural phenomena to
explain our worlds to the invention of laser beams and atom smashers
that have changed our world. Includes a 27-minute multimedia
presentation and more than 325 photos and 12 minutes of video.
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Zane: World Hist: Columbus and the Age of Discovery
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Discover how the world changed in 1492 when Columbus sailed across the
uncharted waters of the Atlantic Ocean in search of a western passage to
the Indies. This informative CD-ROM explains what Europeans knew of
world geography before his voyage to the New World, beginning with the
discoveries made by Alexander the Great and ancient explorers. Includes
a 60-minute multimedia presentation and more than 625 photos.
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Zane: World Hist: Discovering World History
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Based on the best-selling text, The Heritage of World Civilizations,
Fourth Edition, this CD-ROM takes you on a journey from the birth of
civilization in the Near East through the Renaissance and the Age of
Enlightenment and into the present era of global conflict and change.
Examine the roles of the world's great religious and philosophical
traditions and watch the rise and fall of civilization's great
empires. Includes a 140-minute multimedia presentation and more than
1180 photos.
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Zane: World Hist: Imperialism
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Much of world history deals with the building and crumbling of empires,
from the beginnings of recorded history to the present day. The term
imperialism, however,--"the policy and practice of forming and
maintaining an empire," according to one dictionary--usually refers to
the great overseas empires of Europe during the past five hundred years.
This set will focus on three examples of European imperialism in action.
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Zane: World Hist: The French Revolution
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The prolonged political and social struggle between 1789 and 1799 in
France that involved the overthrow of the monarchy and establishment of
the First Republic.
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Zane: World Hist: The Industrial Revolution
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Period marking the introduction of mass production, improved
transportation, technological progress, and the industrial factory
system. In the United States this period is generally agreed to have
begun at the time of the Civil War (1861-1865).
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Zane: World Hist: The Rise & Fall British Empire
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Learn how the small island-nation of Great Britain came to rule a vast
empire covering more than one-quarter of the world.
Trace the rise of the British Empire, from its acquisition of new
territories in the sixteenth century to its end in the twentieth century,
when its colonies gained independence and the empire declined.
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Zane: World Hist: The Thirty Years' War
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Between 1618 and 1648, Europe erupted into continuous warfare. Life
became so terrifying that a contemporary wrote,
In our century, and many believe it to be the last....
The Thirty Years' War--the first European-wide war in history; a war
which mutilated Europe; a war whose horrors were unsurpassed until the
world wars of our own century.
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Zane: World Hist: The Victorian Era
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The Victorian age took its name from the queen who came to the English
throne in 1837 and ruled until her death in 1901.
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