The Illustrated History Encyclopedia Everyday Life In The Ancient World

An action-packed thematic history for 8 to 12-year-olds comparing life, work and trade in ancient Eygpt, Greece and Rome. China, India and the Americas - with step-by-step projects and 1500 pictures.

Describes the everyday life of ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Aztecs, and Incas, including transportation, clothing, food, homes, shopping, and monuments.

This educational and inspiring book for family reference is packed full of information on art, food, clothing, war and transport.

"Explore the ideas, discoveries and beliefs that have shaped the human race. Packed with full-color photographs and illustrations this series takes a thematic approach to world history. Learn amazing facts about the lifestyles and skills of past societies, and how they developed through time. You will be able to compare the way farming methods, fashions, sports, religious beliefs and use of language changed from country to country throughout the world. Photographs and drawings of many historical objects and buildings, from axes and sickles to a Stone Age long house and an Indian sweat lodge, help set the themes in context of daily life, place and period. Exciting step-by-step projects such as how to make an ancient Indian board game, Celtic oatcakes and a Japanese Theatre mask all bring the past alive."--Publisher comments.

This reference tells the stories of the peoples of the ancient past and shows how they laid the foundations of the modern world. Each of the first five chapters looks at the cultures and civilizations that developed in one particular region. The last chapter looks at some general aspects of life in the ancient world, such as agriculture or legal codes, and examines them in different cultures. A time line shows how civilizations in different parts of the world relate to each other in time. Nicely illustrated with many color images. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

This lively thematic history investigates many aspects of the world's civilizations and cultures. Follow the development of art, leisure, beliefs and festivals, home life, work and trade through history and around the globe, from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, to China and India and the Americas. You will see parallel developments in countries that were separated by vast oceans, such as the birth of civilizations on the banks of mighty rivers such as Nile and the Indus. In each country, as people developed particular skills, interests, lifestyles and traditions, they contributed to the growth of human experience, social progress and knowledge.