List of reference books to go with Unit 6 of Big Ideas through History which covers Building Empires; Invasion and Conquest; Kings, Emperors, and Rulers; and the Roman Empire.
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Expanding Empires | Section 17:
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Invasion and Conquest | Section 18:
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Kings, Emperors, and Rulers | Peoples VI:
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Roman Empire |
| Epic! Empires |  | | | |
| Empire: Rise and Fall |  | | | |
| Tribes and Empires (How We Lived) | | | | |
| Prehistory, First Empires, and the Ancient World | | | | |
| Peoples and Empires of Ancient Mesopotamia | | | | |
| The Ancient Near East: An Encyclopedia for Students | | | | |
| The Chinese Empire | | | | |
| Empires of Ancient Mesopotamia | | | | |
| Conquerors: From the Age of Legions, Empires and Kings, 3000 Years of Conquest and Rule | | | | |
| Age of Conquests: The Greek World from Alexander to Hadrian | | | | |
| Encyclopedia of Civilizations, Explorations & Conquest | | | | |
| The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Warfare: From Ancient Egypt to Iraq | | | | |
| The Mesopotamians: Conquerors Of The Middle East | | | | |
| The Conquests of Alexander the Great | | | | |
| The Greek and Persian Wars 500-323 BC | | | | |
| Julius Caesar: Conqueror and Dictator | | | | |
| Empire Builders | | | | |
| The Ancient Chinese: Gruesome Graves and Evil Emperors | | | | |
| An Emperor’s Guide (How-To Guides for Fiendish Rulers) | | | | |
| Rulers of Ancient Egypt | | | | |
| Roman Empire | | | | |
| The Countryside (Life in the Roman Empire) | | | | |
| The Bloody, Rotten Roman Empire | | | | |
| The Roman Empire | | | | |
| DKfindout! Ancient Rome | | | | |
| The Ancient Roman World | | | | |
| An Introduction to the Roman World | | | | |
| Tools of the Ancient Romans | | | | |
| Ancient Rome: A Mighty Empire | | | | |
| Rome, Grades 3 – 6: Rise and Fall of an Empire | | | | |
| The World of the Roman Emperor | | | | |
| The Romans: Gods, Emperors, and Dormice | | | | |
| The Rise of the Roman Empire | | | | |
| The Fall of the Roman Empire | | | | |
| Rome: The Rise and Fall | | | | |
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