Picture the Past
27 total works
Explore the important details of everyday life in various civilisations during ancient times. Each book examines food, clothing, shelter, education, communications, transportation and entertainment. In addition, community and family life are explored.
Much of Greece is covered by mountains. This made it hard to travel around by land in ancient times. But Greece is also surrounded by sea on three sides, and has many islands around the mainland. So the sea was always important to the ancient Greeks. They travelled by sea as much as they could. This meant they needed harbours to land in. Some of these harbours grew into ports – places where ships came from all over ancient Greece. Ports were especially useful to traders, because they could meet there to trade.
How did the Greeks worship? The ancient Greeks lived in many separate city states. Each was run in different ways. Sometimes, the city states fought each other. But they shared the same religion and language. Religion was important to all ancient Greeks. They believed in many different gods and goddesses, who could affect life on earth. The gods and goddesses had to be worshipped to keep them happy. As part of this worship, the ancient Greeks built beautiful temples as homes for the gods.
What was it like to live in a Viking Town? Find out in this fact-filled title. The Vikings lived in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, more than 1,000 years ago. They had a reputation for being raiders who attacked without warning. There were many different groups of Vikings, each with their own leader. At first, the Vikings lived in small settlements. Then they began to live, work and trade in towns. The Vikings who lived in towns had different lives from those who lived in the countryside.
The Vikings lived in Norway, Sweden and Denmark more than 1,000 years ago. There were lots of different groups of Vikings, all with their own leaders. Ships were important to the Vikings for exploring, trading and fighting. Without their shipbuilding and sailing skills, they could not have spread as widely as they did. They built all their ships in the same way, but had different designs depending on what they were used for.
