civilization

Photographs, illustrations, and simple text describe the history, culture, and people of ancient Greece.

Offers insight into ancient times through the words of its peoples by featuring modern translations of written records from ancient Mesopotamia, including the Sumerian King List, the Code of Hammurabi, the Hittite-Egyptian treaty of Kadesh, and the "Epic of Gilgamesh," with examples of scripts carved into clay tablets and pillars using cuneiform letters.

Contains a selection of Egyptian myths and discusses related aspects of ancient Egyptian civilization, such as burial customs, trade, food, and pharaohs.

Contains a selection of Chinese myths and discusses related aspects of ancient Chinese civilization, such as religion, agriculture, daily life, warfare, and art.

Describes daily life in ancient Egypt and discusses the culture's religion, social structure, and technological achievements.

Text and color illustrations present background information on the ancient Greeks, a time line, glossary, pronunciation guide, and further-reading list, and profiles of nine significant Greeks such as Socrates and Sappho.

Presents profiles of cultures in Mesopotamia, the Chinese empire, and ancient India and Japan, describing their histories, traditions, and everyday life, and includes time lines, and related projects.

Text and photographs examine the mummies and tombs of ancient Egypt as well as the everyday life there.

A guide to how the ancient Greeks lived, including how they built cities, how they spent their days, and how they set up a democracy.