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