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Pyramid Challenge Journey back four and a half thousand years to Egypt's Old Kingdom, to the Pyramid Age. As the vizier, or head of state, you are about to undertake the most important project of your career - the building of the king’s pyramid. To succeed in this task, you must be a good all-rounder. Not only should you be able to motivate your workforce, but you must have good observational skills and the ability to steer a barge up the Nile, avoiding hippos and crocodiles. Have you got what it takes to be a pyramid builder? Creation • • • • • ANCIENT HISTORY 1250 BC • • • • • • • • • 220 BC • • A.D 61 • A.D.70 Relying on the records of the ancient historian Josephus, Henty weaves a story of the first century Jewish-Roman War, recounting the sieges of Jotapata, Gamala and Jerusalem.

As Rome seeks to destroy the Jews, desperate city-dwellers endure starvation, capture, and death. 387 THE MIDDLE AGES 870 A.D. 1340: Opens at the dawn of the Hundred Years' War. Edward III is the beloved ruler of England during an era of great battles, disasters, and uprisings. • (20) 1380 A.D. When England levied a poll-tax on the workers in 1381, outraged peasants joined in a wide-spread uprising, led by the charismatic Wat Tyler.

'A March on London' tells the story of young Edgar Ormskirk, an idealistic lad who comes to London to strike out on his own, and finds himself swept up by the turbulence of the times. • (22) 1480 A.D. REFORMATION AND EXPLORATION William of Orange (with Cortez in Mexico): Roger Hawkshaw is a rambunctious young lad who sails with his father on the Swan, a British merchant ship. When a Spanish map of secret trade routes falls into their hands, they decide to defy the Spanish trade monopoly and set sail for the Indies in search of gold. WARS OF RELIGION AND SUCCESSION The Thirty Years' War, one of the great conflicts of early modern Europe, ultimately established religious freedom in Germany. The complexity of the war increased as it spanned decades and crossed borders, encompassing many countries, alliances, and religious sects who fought for dominance and survival.

In this novel, Henty focuses only on the Swedish phase of the Thirty Years' War, which lasted from 1630 through 1634. Is upon Europe - Richelieu endeavors to consolidate power in France while Protestants and Catholics throughout the Continent struggle for political supremacy. England is torn by a great conflict between the Cavaliers and the Roundheads. The two heroes, Harry Furness and Herbert Rippinghall, are on opposite sides of the struggle, with adventures that spread to Ireland and Bermuda and the efforts of Charles II to regain the throne.