Usborne Book of the Ancient World

by Chisholm, Jane; Chisolm, J.; Peach, Susan; Marks, Anthony; Jackson, Ian; Wood, Gerald

• ISBN13: 9780746012338
• ISBN10: 0746012330
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-01-01
• Publisher: Edc Pub

Summary

The book is densely packed with colourful pictures, maps and diagrams, and includes summaries of dates for quick and easy reference.

Table of Contents

The beginnings of civilization	4	(2)
Sumer	6	(3)
Early Egypt	9	(1)
Writing	10	(2)
The Archaic Period and the Old Kingdom	12	(2)
Farming	14	(2)
Pyramids and tombs	16	(2)
Death and burial	18	(2)
Egyptian gods and goddesses	20	(2)
Early civilization in India	22	(2)
After Sumer	24	(2)
The Middle Kingdom	26	(2)
Nubia	28	(2)
Travel and transport	30	(2)
Mining and trade	32	(2)
The government of Egypt	34	(2)
Costume, jewellery and cosmetics	36	(2)
Entertainment	38	(2)
Law	40	(1)
Medicine	41	(1)
Early civilization in China	42	(2)
Migrations in the Middle East	44	(2)
The early New Kingdom	46	(2)
The Egyptian army	48	(2)
The reign of Akhenaten	50	(2)
Egyptian building methods	52	(2)
Egyptian houses	54	(3)
Bread, beer and wine	57	(1)
Women and family life	58	(2)
Egyptian temples	60	(2)
Dreams and oracles	62	(1)
Sacred animals	63	(1)
Education	64	(1)
Stars, calendars and measuring systems	65	(1)
Crafts and trade	66	(2)
The Amarna letters	68	(1)
Ramesses the Great and Dynasty	69	(2)
Ramesses III and the Sea Peoples	71	(1)
The world after the Sea peoples	72	(2)
The Assyrians	74	(2)
The Babylonians	76	(1)
The Persians	77	(1)
The Late Period	78	(2)
The Ptolemies	80	(8)
Appendix
Map of Ancient Egypt	81	(1)
Egyptian Kings	82	(2)
Who was who in Egypt and the Middle East	84	(4)
Glossary	88	(2)
Date chart	90	(2)
Myths and legends	92	(4)
The legacy of Egypt and Mesopotami	96