Ancient civilizations
Record details
- ISBN: 9781465421159 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1465421157 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (72 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps. - Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2013.
Content descriptions
General Note: | At head of title: Eyewitness. Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | First steps to civilization -- Digging up the past -- Mesopotamia -- Kingdoms of ancient Egypt -- Life in ancient Egypt -- Afterlife in ancient Egypt -- Indus Valley civilization -- Bronze Age and Iron Age Europe -- Minoans and Mycenaeans -- Nubia -- America's first civilizations -- Ancient China -- Writing -- The Phoenicians -- The Maya -- Assyria and Babylon -- The Persian Empire -- The Silk Road -- Ancient Greece -- Ancient Greek society -- Alexander and the Hellenistic Age -- Money -- Ancient Rome -- Life in ancient Rome -- The Roman army -- Entertainment -- Mauryan and Gupta India -- Moche and Nazca -- Greatest cities -- Timeline -- Ancient innovations -- Greatest rulers. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Subject: | Civilization, Ancient -- Juvenile literature History, Ancient -- Juvenile literature Civilization, Ancient History, Ancient JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Ancient |
Genre: | Electronic books. |
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Summary:
Introduces young readers to some of the most fascinating ancient civilizations in the world's history and the legacies they left behind, from the intriguing world of pharaohs in Ancient Egypt, to the arts of Greece and Rome, to the amazing culture of the Mayans.