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Discusses daily life in ancient Greece and Rome, and highlights some of the most unpleasant jobs during this time, including that of a slave, gladiator, or miner. Includes color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.

Find out how the ancient Greeks lived and worked.

Colette's life is near-perfect, if boring, so when her ex-best friend, Sadie, asks her to come on vacation to the Greek Islands for a family wedding, Colette agrees but is surprised to learn Sadie's true reason for the invitation.

Describes horrible jobs that were performed during the Middle Ages, including baths slave, ship builder, and gladiator.

Readers will be introduced to Greek innovations from the civilization's earliest days through the Bronze and Iron Ages. Photographs of artifacts will draw in readers and excite their imaginations.

Readers will learn how Greeks used everything at their disposal, such as the sea, minerals in the earth, and fertile farmland, to flourish as a civilization. The concept of a society's relationship to its land and resources is covered in depth.

Readers will discover that Greece's trading was so influential that its pottery has been discovered in many different areas of the world. Exemplifying how an ancient civilization still holds great importance to this day.

Questions and answers introduce the clothing, food, weapons, religion, and other aspects of daily life in Ancient Greece.

Explores life in ancient Greece through a discussion of sixteen major gods and goddesses, showing how they were portrayed in art, their family relationships, and their places in Greek society.