| Edition |
American edition. |
| Description |
96 pages : color illustrations, maps, diags. ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Usborne illustrated world history
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| Note |
Originally published: London : Usborne Publishing, Ltd., 1990. |
| Contents |
The first Greeks -- The Minoan palaces -- Minoan religion -- The end of the Minoans -- The Mycenaeans -- Mycenaean cities -- The Trojan War -- The end of the age -- The Dark Ages -- The Archaic Period -- The Greeks and their neighbours -- Social structure and government -- Sparta -- Farming and food -- A Greek house -- Clothes and jewellery -- Pottery -- Markets, money and trade -- Travel by land and sea -- The army -- The navy -- The Persian Wars -- The city of Athens -- Architecture -- Sculpture -- Metalworkers and miners -- The role of women -- Childhood and education -- Music and poetry -- Parties and games -- The theatre -- Athletics and sport -- Democracy in Athens -- The Golden Age and the Peloponnesian War -- Gods and goddesses -- Temples, worship and festivals -- Oracles and mystery cults -- Death and the Underworld -- The rise of Macedonia -- Alexander the Great -- The Hellenistic World -- Learning -- Medicine. |
| Summary |
Outlines the history of Ancient Greece to the time of Alexander the Great and examines the detail of everyday life. |
| Subject |
Greece -- Civilization -- Juvenile literature.
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| Added Author |
Millard, Anne.
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Jackson, Ian, 1960- illustrator.
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Chisholm, Jane (Photographer)
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| ISBN |
0746003420: $8.95 |
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