A fascinating guide to Ancient Greek civilisation from the Minoans to Alexander's empire. Includes information on the key figures, battles and geography of the Ancient Greek empire, as well gods and goddesses, the Olympic games and the day-to-day life of its citizens. Features stunning photographs and illustrations, a comprehensive factfinder section with a time chart, whos who and glossary, making it perfect for reference use. Internet links to websites with virtual tours, reconstructions and more information.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Usborne, Usborne Encyclopedias .

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

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published in 2012 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

Straun Reid is a graduate in archaeology, and worked for five years on historical sites in the Middle East. He returns to give lectures on the castles of the saracens and the crusaders. Lisa Miles spent her entire career in children's publishing, as both a writer and an editor. She worked in educational publishing for schools, children's trade publishing and also on a variety of children's magazines.