See Inside the Ancient World
Published on 8. May 2025
Book
Board book
16 pages
978-1-83604-459-8 (ISBN)
Description
Take a tour of the ancient world, to discover the wonders, and terrors, of its incredible civilisations.
Eight scenes show readers all around the cities, countryside, and mighty monuments of several incredible ancient civilisations - from the dawn of civilization in Ancient Egypt, to the rise of the great Mayan culture in Central America. Lift the flaps to find out how ancient people people lived, and how they died, what they ate, and how they built some of their amazing monuments. Look inside an Egyptian temple, open the doors of ancient Chinese houses, witness an Assyrian army laying siege to a fortress, and find out what goes on behind the walls of a Roman army fort.
Chapters in this book include:
- Ancient Egypt
- Assyrians attack!
- Ancient Greece
- A Chinese city
- Celtic tribes
- Roman frontier
- Mighty Mayans
- Ancient wonders
Eight scenes show readers all around the cities, countryside, and mighty monuments of several incredible ancient civilisations - from the dawn of civilization in Ancient Egypt, to the rise of the great Mayan culture in Central America. Lift the flaps to find out how ancient people people lived, and how they died, what they ate, and how they built some of their amazing monuments. Look inside an Egyptian temple, open the doors of ancient Chinese houses, witness an Assyrian army laying siege to a fortress, and find out what goes on behind the walls of a Roman army fort.
Chapters in this book include:
- Ancient Egypt
- Assyrians attack!
- Ancient Greece
- A Chinese city
- Celtic tribes
- Roman frontier
- Mighty Mayans
- Ancient wonders
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 6 to 9 years
Dimensions
Height: 277 mm
Width: 219 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
498 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83604-459-8 (9781836044598)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Rob studied Egyptology at university, but never thought he'd do much with it. Since joining Usborne in 2005, he's written loads of books about Ancient Egypt, and on topics ranging from space to the story of Islam. He is also the author of several award-winning historical adventure novels, and a hopeless cook
Content
Chapters in this book include:
- Ancient Egypt
- Assyrians attack!
- Ancient Greece
- A Chinese city
- Celtic tribes
- Roman frontier
- Mighty Mayans
- Ancient wonders
- Ancient Egypt
- Assyrians attack!
- Ancient Greece
- A Chinese city
- Celtic tribes
- Roman frontier
- Mighty Mayans
- Ancient wonders