Ancient World
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Published on 1. July 1999
Book
Hardback
96 pages
978-0-7460-2760-8 (ISBN)
Description
Using reconstructions and photographs of historical artefacts and architecture this book, which is one of a series on world history, looks at the ancient world.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Illustrations
colour illustrations, photographs, maps, glossary, index
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
800 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7460-2760-8 (9780746027608)
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Content
When? where? how?; the first farmers; the first towns; the first civilization; crafts and trade; kings and war; farmers of the Nile valley; mummies and pyramids; cities of the Indus valley; Europe's first villages; the monument builders; palaces and legends; life on Crete; palaces and tombs; warriors and traders; the empire of Hammurabi; the Hittite empire; the Egyptian empire; temples and gods; life at home; the people of Canaan; raiders of the Mediterranean; the Hebrew kingdoms; traders from Phoenicia; the Assyrians at war; the Assyrians at home; the city of Babylon; the power of Persia; the Greeks at war; life in ancient Greece; the city of Athens; Alexander the Great; riders of the plains; the people of early China; China's first emperor; the Han dynasty; the people of ancient Japan; the riches of Arabia; life in ancient Africa; the ideas of India; the first North Americans; the people of ancient Peru; the Olmecs; ancient cities of the Americas; the Celtic tribes; the rise of Rome; the Roman army; life in a Roman town; fun and games; the spread of Christianity; the fall of Rome.