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The Greeks get the credit for having invented democracy, philosophy ... and the Olympic Games. But what was life like at home? Find out in the great guide to the Greek world ... and learn why one of ancient Greece's greatest thinkers told people not to eat beans!

A fun take on a Key Stage 2 National Curriculum topic!

This book is part of a book series called At Home With .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Hachette Children's Group .

Tim Cooke is the author of National Geographic's Ancient Aztecs: Archaeology Unlocks the Secrets of Mexico's Past and Concise History of World Religions: An Illustrated Time Line .

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Welcome to Greece!
• 2: A Capital Place
• 3: The Tourist Trail
• 4: Welcome to my Beautiful Home
• 5: Food and Drink
• 6: Keeping Up Appearances
• 7: Body Beautiful
• 8: Let me Have a Think
• 9: Are you Sitting Comfortably?
• 10: Let's See a Show!
• 11: No Place for the Fainthearted
• 12: Health and Wellbeing
• 13: Greeks Abroad
• 14: Glossary
• 15: On the Web/Books
• 16: Index