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The Greeks
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The Greeks

Author: Susan Peach; Anne Millard; Ian Jackson; Jane Chisholm
Publisher: Tulsa, Okla. : EDC, ©1990.
Series: Usborne illustrated world history
Edition/Format: Book : Juvenile audience : English : American edView all editions and formats
Summary: Outlines the history of Ancient Greece to the time of Alexander the Great and examines the detail of everyday life.
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Material Type: Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Susan Peach; Anne Millard; Ian Jackson; Jane Chisholm
ISBN: 0746003420 : 9780746003428
OCLC Number: 22348475
Notes: Originally published: London : Usborne Publishing, Ltd., 1990.
Description: 96 p. : col. ill., maps, diags. ; 26 cm.
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.
Series Title: Usborne illustrated world history
Responsibility: Susan Peach, Anne Millard ; edited by Jane Chisholm ; designed by Robert Walster, Radhi Parekh and Iain Ashman ; illustrated by Ian Jackson.

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Outlines the history of Ancient Greece to the time of Alexander the Great and examines the detail of everyday life.

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