This thematic history traces breakthrough ideas and developments around the world and through time. In this book you will discover taht the nacient Mesopotamians cracked aqueduct building long before the ROmans, that the Chinese invented printing, silk, umbrellas, locks and keys, and porcelain long before the Western world. Spanning every key culture and early civilizations, the book explains which peoples were experts at what, and what spurred them to make the technological breakthroughs that shaped the way we live. It includes step-by-step projects for costumes and model-making.

 

This book is part of a book series called Through the Ages .

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Anness Publishing .

Charlotte Hurdman is an editor and author of illustrated information books. Philip Steele is an historian who specializes in writing books for children. Richard Tames has written over 100 books for children, and is also a biographer and a Blue Badge Tourist Guide. Daud Ali lectures in Early South Asian History at the School of Oriental and African Studies. His writing pedigree includes publications on a wide range of ancient Indian subjects, including monarchy, women, cosmology and Hinduism. John Haywood is an honorary research Fellow at Lancaster University, England, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain. Jen Green is a widely published children's nonfiction writer, specializing in natural science topics.