Synopses & Reviews
Featuring seventeen beautiful hand-illustrated maps and packed with eye-opening information about ancient civilizations and peoples, this is an unbeatable pictorial guide to what the world was like between 10,000 B.C. and A.D. 1000. Each stunning map shows the major sites from a particular civilization or group of civilizations, with their cities, temples, palaces, farmers, and traders brought vividly to life with detailed picture symbols. Feature spreads use photographs of cultural and architectural artifacts, as well as additional information, to focus in greater depth on the key cultures of Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Simon Adams worked as an editor of children's reference and other nonfiction books before becoming a full-time writer. He has written and contributed to more than fifty books on subjects as varied as the sinking of the Titanic, the two world wars, and the history of jazz. He is also the author of The Kingfisher Atlas of the Medieval World and several other reference titles for young scholars. Featuring seventeen engaging, hand-illustrated maps, this pictorial guide offers an in-depth look at ancient life and shows what the world was like between 10,000 B.C. and A.D. 1000. Each full-color map shows the major sites from a particular civilization or group of civilizations. Cities, temples, palaces, farmers, and traders are brought vividly to life with detailed picture symbols. Photographs of cultural and architectural artifacts are also featured and timelines within the margins of each page present additional information. The Kingfisher Atlas of the Ancient World is designed to show students the key details as well as a broader portrait of life and culture in Egypt, Greece, and Rome, and the rest of the ancient world. "Readers interested in ancient history will enjoy traveling back in time with this book about people of long ago. The first map in this book is a helpful companion to, and directly follows, the table of contents. The hand drawn world map of the ancient world on this page has tiny illustrations representing various historical sites. Each site is labeled with the name of the people and the name of its geographical area, plus the page in the book where it can be found. The book covers the civilizations of Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome, Ancient Europe, the Indus Valley in Northern India, the Minoans, the Myceneans, the peoples of the Mediterranean, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Persians, the Ancient Greeks, the Roman Empire, Ancient Africa, Ancient India, Ancient China, the peoples of North America, Central and South America, Australia, and Polynesia. Each ancient civilization has a double page spread that includes an illustrated map of the area, with major ancient cities located and tiny illustrations of the various key elements of that time. The pages for Ancient China show the Yellow Sea, fourteen ancient cities, and illustrations with little figures dressed historically doing typical activities of the time. Some figures are planting rice, doing calligraphy, papermaking, and working the field with oxen. Along the right hand side of every map, a time line denotes the centuries and lists significant dates and events. Key religious dates, invasions by other countries, some politics, major wars, important leaders, inventions, tool developments, and metal working innovations are included on this time line. On the Ancient China page, the time line starts at 600 B.C. and goes through to 600 AD, in 100-year increments. The life of Confucius, the civil war, the Qin dynasty, the use of iron weapons and tools, the introduction of Buddhism, the Mongolian invasion, and the invention of paper are a few of the entries. The back matter contains an index."Children's Literature
Review
Children's Literature Readers interested in ancient history will enjoy traveling back in time with this book about people of long ago.
Synopsis
Featuring eighteen beautiful hand-illustrated maps and packed with fun and fascinating information, The Kingfisher Atlas of the Ancient World examines the key elements of ancient civilizations in Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Africa, India, China, North America, Central and South America, and Australia and Polynesia. Clear, accessible text introduces each civilization and its history and includes interesting details about the people and the artifacts they have left behind. Well-known civilizations such as the ancient Egyptians and imperial Rome are given additional coverage. This title is an ideal companion to any study of ancient cultures.
Synopsis
Featuring seventeen beautiful hand-illustrated maps and packed with eye-opening information about ancient civilizations and peoples, this is an unbeatable pictorial guide to what the world was like between 10,000 B.C. and A.D. 1000. Each stunning map shows the major sites from a particular civilization or group of civilizations, with their cities, temples, palaces, farmers, and traders brought vividly to life with detailed picture symbols. Feature spreads use photographs of cultural and architectural artifacts, as well as additional information, to focus in greater depth on the key cultures of Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
About the Author
Simon Adams worked as an editor of children's reference and other nonfiction
books before becoming a full-time writer. He has written and contributed to more than fifty books on subjects as varied as the sinking of the Titanic, the two world wars, and the history of jazz. He is the author of Kingfisher Knowledge: Castles & Forts, Kingfisher Knowledge: Life in Ancient Rome, The Kingfisher Atlas of the Ancient World and The Kingfisher Atlas of the Medieval World.