Everyday Life in the Ancient World (Illustrated History Encyclopedia S.)

by Daud Ali, Fiona MacDonald, Lorna Oakes, and Richard Tames

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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.
  • ISBN10 1842154338
  • ISBN13 9781842154335
  • Publish Date 30 September 2001
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 24 June 2006
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Anness Publishing
  • Imprint Southwater
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 256
  • Language English