Ancient World

by Chandler, Fiona

• ISBN13: 9780746027608
• ISBN10: 0746027605
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Edc Pub

Summary

-- Each title covers a huge range of information

-- Clear text and lively, labeled illustrations and pictures introduce children to the history of the world

-- Ancient World covers 10,000 BC - 500 AD

-- Medieval World covers 500 AD - 1500 AD

-- The Last 500 Years covers 1500 AD - present

-- Timelines of World History is an indispensable guide to what happened when and where in the world, with plenty of illustrations and covers over 3,500 dates

Table of Contents

When? Where? How?	3	(1)
The First Farmers	4	(1)
The First Towns	5	(1)
The First Civilization	6	(2)
Crafts and Trade	8	(1)
Kings and War	9	(1)
Farmers of the Nile Valley	10	(2)
Mummies and Pyramids	12	(2)
Cities of the Indus Valley	14	(2)
Europe's First Villages	16	(2)
The Monument Builders	18	(2)
Palaces and Legends	20	(2)
Life on Crete	22	(2)
Palaces and Tombs	24	(2)
Warriors and Traders	26	(2)
The Empire of Hammurabi	28	(1)
The Hittite Empire	29	(1)
The Egyptian Empire	30	(2)
Temples and Gods	32	(2)
Life at Home	34	(2)
The People of Canaan	36	(1)
Raiders of the Mediterranean	37	(1)
The Hebrew Kingdoms	38	(2)
Traders from Phoenicia	40	(2)
The Assyrians at War	42	(2)
The Assyrians at Home	44	(2)
The City of Babylon	46	(2)
The Power of Persia	48	(2)
The Greeks at War	50	(2)
Life in Ancient Greece	52	(2)
The City of Athens	54	(2)
Alexander the Great	56	(2)
Riders of the Plains	58	(2)
The People of Early China	60	(2)
China's First Emperor	62	(2)
The Han Dynasty	64	(2)
The People of Ancient Japan	66	(1)
The Riches of Arabia	67	(1)
Life in Ancient Africa	68	(2)
The Ideas of India	70	(2)
The First North Americans	72	(2)
The People of Ancient Peru	74	(1)
The Olmecs	75	(1)
Ancient Cities of the America	76	(2)
The Celtic Tribes	78	(2)
The Rise of Rome	80	(2)
The Roman Army	82	(2)
Life in a Roman Town	84	(2)
Fun and Games	86	(2)
The Spread of Christianity	88	(2)
The Fall of Rome	90	(2)
World Time Chart	92	(2)
Word List	94	(1)
Index	95