From the earliest civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt and China, through the glories of Greece and Rome to the fall of the Roman Empire, this children's history tells the story of the ancient world. It is a tale of mighty conquerors and common people, of myths and legends, and of the hard realities of making and keeping huge empires intact. The text is blended with personal dialogue based on real historical characters.

 

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 320 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Oxford University Press .

Peter Connolly is an acclaimed archaeologist, artist and writer. He is the major contributor to Oxford's Rebuilding the Past series. The late Roy Burrell was the author of The Greeks and The Romans and many other historical books for children.