This title helps you find out about the Stone Age, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, the Aztec and Maya, the Incas, Ancient China and Ancient Japan. Shown in more than 3000 amazing colour photographs, illustrations, maps and timelines. Important dates, events and facts highlighted in boxes, timelines and information panels. Explore the ideas, discoveries and technology that have shaped the human race since the beginning of time. Nothing is more fascinating for children than to see and understand the way their ancestors lived - whether it is the Roman gladiatorial games in the Coliseum, Stone Age men making primitive weapons with which to hunt and bring down mammoths, Aztec and Mayan children playing some of the earliest versions of today's sports and games, or children in Ancient Greece and China wearing stunning, colourful fashions and experimenting with jewellery and make-up. With the fabulous visual material and accessible and authoritative text in this volume, children can step back in time to discover the wonders of the ancient world. There are over 120 fantastic step-by-step projects and activities to make history come alive.This is the perfect, easy-to-use volume for children to get insights into key aspects of human history.

 

There are 512 pages in this book. This is an encyclopedia. An encyclopedia is a book or numbered set of books containing authoritative summary information about a variety of topics in the form of short essays, usually arranged alphabetically by headword or classified in some manner. An entry may be signed or unsigned, with or without illustration or a list of references for further reading. Headwords and text are usually revised periodically for publication in a new edition. In a multivolume encyclopedia, any indexes are usually located at the end of the last volume. Encyclopedias may be general (example: Encyclopedia Americana) or specialized, usually by subject (Encyclopedia of Bad Taste) or discipline (Encyclopedia of Social Work). This book was published 2016 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. Philip Steele is an experienced author of history books for children. 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.