Tiberius Claudius Maximus (Rebuilding the Past S.) (Roman World S.)
by Peter Connolly
Part of a series for lower secondary history courses, which aims to bring to life the people and places of bygone days, this volume describes the life and times of Roman legionary Tiberius Claudius Maximus.
Meet some of the powerful gods, brave heroes and terrifying monsters that occupy Greek myths and legends. Learn how myths helped the Ancient Greeks to understand their universe, and even how they influence the world we live in today. WOW! Facts is a progressively levelled series of non-fiction books that support reading fluency and comprehension for struggling and reluctant readers. It is available in banded levels from Turquoise to Grey, with reading ages ranging from 6 to 9. The titles in Whi...
Let's Look for Lost Treasure (First Discovery/Torchlight)
by Claude Delafosse, Ute Fuhr, and Raoul Sautai
Living in Ancient Greece (Living in the Ancient World)
by Norman Bancroft-Hunt
Living in Ancient Greece primarily focuses on an ""ideal"" period set some time in the Classical period of Perikles. This book examines all the aspects of daily life across all strata of Greek society, from the aristoi to the Metics and slaves; from food to religious beliefs. Coverage includes major Greek heroes, the mystery of oracles, festivals and their origins, fishing and farming, what Greeks ate, the training of athletes, and the importance of drama in daily life. This reference is a usefu...
EXCLUSIVE COLORING BOOK Edition of W. T. Stace's A Critical History of Greek Philosophy
From the 500s Bce to the 200s Ce: Pythagoras to Nagarjuna (History's Most Influential Philosophers)
by Brian Duignan
"The Roman Empire" is a resource for Key Stage 3 teaching and learning about the issues and events that characterize the history of the Roman peoples and their world. It never lets go of the period's story providing innovative and exciting opportunities to examine the big picture and investigate particular topics. Did you know that archaeologists have found ancient huts on the Palatine Hill in Rome, right where legends claim Romulus founded the city; that the government paid for free corn to be...
Communication through the Ages (Technology Through the Ages)
by Michael Woods and Mary B Woods
How many female Viking warriors does it take to make a fact? When archaeologist Dr. Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson discovers that the bones contained in the most significant Viking warrior grave ever opened are in fact female, she and her team upend centuries of historically accepted conclusions and ignite a furious debate around the reality of female Viking warriors and the role of gender in both ancient and modern times. In The Bones of Birka, author C. M. Surrisi introduces young readers t...
Democracy's Birth in Ancient Rome-Children's Ancient History Books
by Baby Professor
Burrell and Connolly take us to opening night for a play by Euripides, the first Olympic Games, Alexander the Great's last battle, the rebuilding of the Acropolis, and through the whole fascinating history of ancient Greece. The Greeks covers the centuries from the Minoans to the breakup of Alexander's empire and the conquest of Greece by Rome. Especially geared for the young reader, the short, fact-filled chapters with easy-to-read text is accompanied by Connolly's richly detiled and authentic...
For more than 2,000 years, plays, poetry, movies, and television have portrayed Cleopatra as an ambitious woman who used her beauty to seduce powerful men like Julius Caesar and Mark Antony in a ruthless attempt to increase her own power and wealth. But is this the real Cleopatra or one invented by male historians anxious to discredit an intelligent, competent woman who was the last great pharaoh of Egypt? In ""Cleopatra"", the true story reveals her to be a woman who used her great intelligence...
Exploring the Life, Myth, and Art of Ancient Egypt (Civilizations of the World (Rosen Group)) (Civilizations of the World)
by Joann Fletcher
Exploring the Life, Myth, and Art of Ancient Greece (Civilizations of the World) (Civilizations of the World (Rosen Group))
by Emma J Stafford
