A reduced edition of this outstanding reference book, which follows the dramatic history of the world's early civilizations, from the first farmers of the Middle East to the rise of the mighty empires of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome. This lavish encyclopedia is absolutely packed with stunning photographs and dramatic original reconstructions that present a vivid picture of life in the ancient world. The fact-filled text is authoritative, informative and hugely absorbing. It includes Internet links that can be accessed through the Usborne Quicklinks website, which take you to approved websites that provide an extra level of fun and information. It contains a time chart, who's who and comprehensive glossary.

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 400 pages in this book. This book was published in 2005 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

Gill Harvey studied French and Philosophy at Oxford, and has been puzzling over life ever since. She became a writer/editor at Usborne Publishing then decided to go freelance and writing has become a way of life. Her love of horses has resulted in eight of the Heartland titles for Scholastic Inc under the name of Lauren Brooke; she has also written for the Young Animal Ark series as Lucy Daniels. A year spent commuting to Egypt led to the writing of Orphan of the Sun, Gill's first book for Bloomsbury, and subsequently to the Egyptian Chronicles series.