Explore!: Ancient Sumer
No. of pages 32
Published: 2019
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Explore the greatest civilisations throughout history with this fascinating series.
The Sumerians lived in the southern part of Mesopotamia from around 6,000 years ago. Find out how these fantastic farmers and incredible inventors created the world's first urban civilisation.
Read about inventions, such as writing and the wheel, huge cities, ziggurats, tombs and treasure!
Packed with fascinating information, the Explore! series inspires children's curiosity to find out more about the past. A great tool for readers age 8+ or teachers looking for books to support the new history curriculum.
This book is part of a book series called Explore .
There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Hachette Children's Group .
Rachel Minay is an experienced editor and author of children's non-fiction, specialising in history and the arts.
This book has the following chapters:
- 1: Who lived in ancient Sumer?
- 2: The rise of ancient Sumer
- 3: Sumerian inventions
- 4: Writing
- 5: Farming and food
- 6: A day in the life
- 7: Cities and buildings
- 8: Religion and burial
- 9: Art and crafts
- 10: Make the Royal Game of Ur
- 11: War and weapons
- 12: The end of Sumer
- 13: Facts and figures
- 14: Timeline
- 15: Glossary
- 16: Further information
- 17: Index
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