Ancient World

by Chandler, Fiona

• ISBN13: 9781580861922
• ISBN10: 158086192X
• 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?	p. 3
The First Farmers	p. 4
The First Towns	p. 5
The First Civilization	p. 6
Crafts and Trade	p. 8
Kings and War	p. 9
Farmers of the Nile Valley	p. 10
Mummies and Pyramids	p. 12
Cities of the Indus Valley	p. 14
Europe's First Villages	p. 16
The Monument Builders	p. 18
Palaces and Legends	p. 20
Life on Crete	p. 22
Palaces and Tombs	p. 24
Warriors and Traders	p. 26
The Empire of Hammurabi	p. 28
The Hittite Empire	p. 29
The Egyptian Empire	p. 30
Temples and Gods	p. 32
Life at Home	p. 34
The People of Canaan	p. 36
Raiders of the Mediterranean	p. 37
The Hebrew Kingdoms	p. 38
Traders from Phoenicia	p. 40
The Assyrians at War	p. 42
The Assyrians at Home	p. 44
The City of Babylon	p. 46
The Power of Persia	p. 48
The Greeks at War	p. 50
Life in Ancient Greece	p. 52
The City of Athens	p. 54
Alexander the Great	p. 56
Riders of the Plains	p. 58
The People of Early China	p. 60
China's First Emperor	p. 62
The Han Dynasty	p. 64
The People of Ancient Japan	p. 66
The Riches of Arabia	p. 67
Life in Ancient Africa	p. 68
The Ideas of India	p. 70
The First North Americans	p. 72
The People of Ancient Peru	p. 74
The Olmecs	p. 75
Ancient Cities of the Americas	p. 76
The Celtic Tribes	p. 78
The Rise of Rome	p. 80
The Roman Army	p. 82
Life in a Roman Town	p. 84
Fun and Games	p. 86
The Spread of Christianity	p. 88
The Fall of Rome	p. 90
World Time Chart	p. 92
World List	p. 94
Index	p. 95
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