A visual, thematic history that looks at the different ways in which human society and lifestyle have evolved. It tracks key elements of human life and looks at how they developed in different parts of the world. The book is arranged into subject areas that reflect the pattern and preoccupations of everyday life - art, fashion, entertainment, religion and festivals - in the home and at work. In this way the reader can discover what people wore, look right inside their homes, watch them at work, and join them in spectator sports - travelling, meanwhile, to ancient India, Europe, the Far East and the Americas. Readers can discover the sports and games of ancient Greece and Rome and find out what a Mesopotamian child took to school in his lunchbox. Each of the world's major early civilizations and cultures is investigated in turn, from the dramatic changes during the Stone Age and the ancient river valley civilizations of Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley and the Nile, to the continuing cultures of the Arctic and the Native American Indians.

 

This book is part of a book series called The Illustrated History Encyclopedia .

There are 256 pages in this book. This is a reference book. This book was published 2001 by Anness Publishing .

Richard Tames is an experienced author, having written many non-fiction books for children and schools. Fiona Macdonald has written over 300 children's books. She lives in Scotland and visited Coll to write this book. 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. Dr Jen Green received a doctorate from the University of Sussex in 1982. She worked in publishing for 15 years and is now a full-time writer who has written many books for children. Lorna Oakes lectures regularly at the British Museum and Birkbeck College, London University, and has led many lecture tours to Egypt and Syria. Her work with the Education Service at the British Museum includes producing trails and a teacher's guide on the Assyrian Galleries, taking part in the programme of gallery talks and lectures, and teaching school groups and theological college students.