The Story of the World

by Bauer, S. Wise; Martirosian, Patty; Wilson, Sharon; Graves, Sheila

• ISBN13: 9780971412965
• ISBN10: 0971412960
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-07-01
• Publisher: Well-Trained Mind Pr

Summary

This read-aloud series is designed for parents to share with elementary-school children. Enjoy it together and introduce your child to the marvelous story of the world's civilizations. Now more than ever, other cultures are affecting our everyday livesand our children need to learn about the other countries of the world and their history. Susan Wise Bauer has provided a captivating guide to the history of other lands. Written in an engaging, straightforward manner, The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Volume 1: Ancient Times weaves world history into a story book format. What terrible secret was buried in Shi Huangdi's tomb? Did nomads like lizard stew? What happened to Anansi the Spider in the Village of the Plantains? And how did a six-year-old become the last emperor of Rome? The Story of the World covers the sweep of human history from ancient times until the present. Africa, China, Europe, the Americasfind our what happened all around the world in long-ago times. Designed as a read-aloud project for parents and children to share together, The Story of the World includes each continent and major people group. Volume 1: Ancient Times is the first of a four-volume series and covers the major historical events in the years BCE 500 to 400 CE, as well as including maps, illustrations, and tales from each culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction How Do We Know What Happened?	13	(8)
What is History?
What is Archaeology?
Chapter 1 The Earliest People	21	(8)
The First Nomads
The First Nomads Become Farmers
Chapter 2 Egyptians Lived on the Nile River	29	(6)
Two Kingdoms Become One
Gods of Ancient Egypt
Chapter 3 The First Writing	35	(4)
Chapter 4 The Old Kingdom of Egypt	39	(6)
Making Mummies
Egyptian Pyramids
Chapter 5 The First Sumerian Dictator	45	(4)
Chapter 6 The Jewish People	49	(10)
God Speaks to Abraham
Joseph Goes to Egypt
Chapter 7 Hammurabi and the Babylonians	59	(4)
Chapter 8 The Assyrians	63	(8)
Shamshi-Adad, King of the Whole World
The Story of Gilgamesh
Chapter 9 The First Cities of India	71	(6)
The River-Road
The Mystery of Mohenjo-Darn
Chapter 10 The Far East - Ancient China	77	(10)
Lei Zu and the Silkworm
The Pictograms of Ancient China
Farming in Ancient China
Chapter 11 Ancient Africa	87	(12)
Ancient Peoples of West Africa
Anansi and Turtle
Anansi and the Make-Believe Food
Chapter 12 The Middle Kingdom of Egypt	99	(6)
Egypt Invades Nubia
The Hyksos Invade Egypt
Chapter 13 The New Kingdom of Egypt	105	(10)
The General and the Woman
Pharaoh Amenhotep and King Tut
Chapter 14 The Israelites Leave Egypt	115	(8)
The Baby Moses
The Exodus from Egypt
Chapter 15 The Phoenicians	123	(6)
Phoenician Traders
The Founding of Carthage
Chapter 16 The Return of Assyria	129	(8)
Ashurbanipal's Attack
The Library of Nineveh
Chapter 17 Babylon Takes Over Again!	137	(6)
Nebuchadnezzar's Madness
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Chapter 18 Life in Early Crete	143	(10)
Bull-jumpers and Sailors
King Minos and the Minotaur
The Mysterious End of the Minoans
Chapter 19 The Early Greeks	153	(4)
The Mycenaeans
The Greek Dark Ages
Chapter 20 Greece Gets Civilized Again	157	(14)
Greece Gets an Alphabet
The Stories of Homer
The First Olympic Games
Chapter 21 The Medes and the Persians	171	(6)
A New Empire
Cyrus the Great
Chapter 22 Sparta and Athens	177	(6)
Life in Sparta
Life in Athens
Chapter 23 The Greek Gods	183	(4)
Chapter 24 The Wars of the Greeks	187	(6)
Greece's War with Persia
The Greeks Fight Each Other
Chapter 25 Alexander the Great	193	(6)
Philip and His Son
Alexander's Invasions
The Death of Alexander
Chapter 26 The People of the Americas	199	(10)
The Nazca Drawings
The Heads of the Olmecs
Rabbit Shoots the Sun
Chapter 27 The Rise of Rome	209	(6)
Romulus and Remus
The Power of Rome
Chapter 28 The Roman Empire	215	(12)
The Roman Gods
The Roman Builders
The Roman Gladiators
The Gladiator School
Chapter 29 Rome's War with Cart age	227	(6)
Chapter 30 The Aryans of India	233	(8)
Life on the Ganges River
The Castes of Ancient India
Siddhartha
Chapter 31 The Mauryan Empire of India	241	(6)
The Empire United
The Jakara Tales
Chapter 32 China - Writing and the Qin	247	(14)
Calligraphy in China
Warring States
The First Emperor and the Great Wall
The First Emperor's Grave
Chapter 33 Confucius	261	(4)
Chapter 34 The Rise of Julius Caesar	265	(10)
Caesar is Kidnapped
The Consuls of Rome
Caesar and the Senate
Chapter 35 Caesar the Hero	275	(10)
Caesar Fights the Celts
Caesar Crosses the Rubicon
Caesar and Cleopatra
The Death of Caesar
Chapter 36 The First Roman Prince	285	(4)
Chapter 37 The Beginning of Christianity	289	(6)
The Birth of Jesus
Jesus Crucified and Resurrected
Chapter 38 The End of the Ancient Jewish Nation	295	(4)
Chapter 39 Rome and the Christians	299	(8)
Nero, the Evil Emperor
Christians in the Catacombs
The Emperor Is a Christian!
Chapter 40 Rome Begins to Weaken	307	(6)
The British Rebellion
Rome Divided In Two
Chapter 41 The Attacking Barbarians	313	(8)
Attila the Hun
Stilicho, Roman and Barbarian
The Coming of the Visigoths
Chapter 42 The End of Rome	321
The Last Roman Emperor
The Gifts of Rome