Reveals everyday life in ancient China through an account, in graphic novel format, of an ordinary day for a peasant family growing rice during the Han Dynasty.
Examines important technological improvements in ancient Greece from around 1600 B.C.E. to about 100 B.C.E. in the fields of agriculture, building, architecture, sculpture, theaters, science, weapons, astronomy, and more.
More than five thousand years ago the Egyptians established the world s first nation state on the banks of the fertile Nile River whose waters they used for irrigating crops bathing and transporting goods. This comprehensive look at the Egyptians daily lives covers their houses family relationships and duties food and dining customs social status and roles marriage customs health and personal grooming education occupations and crafts leisure activities religious beliefs and rituals and much more.
This book provides the peoples' perspective of life in ancient Rome. It features first-hand accounts of home and family, entertainments, religious practices, the work lives of citizens and slaves, and life in the Roman legion.
