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The Illustrated History Encyclopedia Everyday Life in the Ancient World

The Illustrated History Encyclopedia Everyday Life in the Ancient World

by RichardTames (Author), Fiona Macdonald (Author), Lorna Oakes (Author), Daud Ali (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

    $40.20
Synopsis

A visual, thematic history that looks at the different ways in which human society and lifestyle have evolved. It tracks key elements of human life and looks at how they developed in different parts of the world. The book is arranged into subject areas that reflect the pattern and preoccupations of everyday life - art, fashion, entertainment, religion and festivals - in the home and at work. In this way the reader can discover what people wore, look right inside their homes, watch them at work, and join them in spectator sports - travelling, meanwhile, to ancient India, Europe, the Far East and the Americas. Readers can discover the sports and games of ancient Greece and Rome and find out what a Mesopotamian child took to school in his lunchbox. Each of the world's major early civilizations and cultures is investigated in turn, from the dramatic changes during the Stone Age and the ancient river valley civilizations of Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley and the Nile, to the continuing cultures of the Arctic and the Native American Indians.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Southwater
Published: 30 Sep 2001
ISBN 10: 1842154338
ISBN 13: 9781842154335

Author Bio
Daud Ali lectures in Early South Asian History at the School of Oriental and African Studies. His writing includes publications on a wide range of ancient Indian subjects, including monarchy, women, cosmology and Hinduism. Jen Green received her doctorate in English and American Studies from the University of Sussex in 1982. She has written over 50 children's books. Charlotte Hurdman is an experienced children's book editor and has written or contributed to a number of books. Fiona Macdonald is a historian and experienced children's author and has won The Times Educational Supplement Senior Information Book of the Year award. Lorna Oakes lectures at the British Museum and Birkbeck College, London University. She has led many lecture tours to Egypt and Syria, and has written guides and activity books for the Education service at the British Museum, and a Historical Association booklet for teachers at Key Stage 2 in the National Curriculum. Philip Steele is a historian specialising in writing books for the children's market. Michael Stotter is a specialist in the history of North America, crime and real-life mysteries. Richard Tames is the author of over 100 books for children. He specialises in writing history books and biographies and is a Blue Badge Tourist Guide.