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Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece

Struan Reid, Lisa Miles and Jane Chisholm

Age: 8+

Series: Usborne Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece

By: Struan Reid, Lisa Miles, Jane Chisholm

Illustrated by Various

Series : Usborne Encyclopedias

Age 8+

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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, who's who and glossary, making it perfect for reference use. Internet links to websites with virtual tours, reconstructions and more information.

Chapters in this book include:
- How we know about the Greeks
- Map of Ancient Greece

Early Greece
- The first Greeks
- The Minoans
- Minoan palaces
- Minoan religion
- Explosions and Invasions
- The Mycenaeans
- Mycenaean royal tombs
- Warriors and traders
- Troy and the Trojan War
- Things fall apart
- The Dark Ages

Archaic Greece
- The Archaic Period
- Greek City-states
- Sparta - a warrior state
- Greek armies
- Hoplites
- Greek warships
- The Persian Wars
- The decline of Persia
- The birth of literacy

Classical Greece
- The gold age of Athens
- The Acropolis
- The first democratic states
- Life in Sparta
- The Peloponnesian Wars
- The end of an era

Everyday Life
- Growing up
- Women and the home
- Greek Houses
- Clothes and fashion
- Farming and food
- The marketplace
- Architecture
- Building
- Sculpture
- Pottery
- Metalwork
- Travel by land and sea
- Feasting and fun
- Plays and players
- The Games
- Religion and mythology
- Temples and worship
- Talking to the gods
- Death and the Underworld
- Funerals and burials

Macedonia and the Hellenistic World
- The rise of Macedonia
- Alexander the Great
- The Hellenistic World
- Alexandria
- Inquiring minds
- The Roman conquest

Factfinder
- Gods and goddesses
- Greek myths
- Greek philosophy
- Greek lays
- Battles and battle formations
- Who's who
- Time chart

Extent:
144 pages
Dimensions:
276 x 216mm
Paperback ISBN:
9781409549451
Key Stage:
KS2
Publication Date:
July 2012
Work Reference:
00995

Chapters in this book include:
- How we know about the Greeks
- Map of Ancient Greece

Early Greece
- The first Greeks
- The Minoans
- Minoan palaces
- Minoan religion
- Explosions and Invasions
- The Mycenaeans
- Mycenaean royal tombs
- Warriors and traders
- Troy and the Trojan War
- Things fall apart
- The Dark Ages

Archaic Greece
- The Archaic Period
- Greek City-states
- Sparta - a warrior state
- Greek armies
- Hoplites
- Greek warships
- The Persian Wars
- The decline of Persia
- The birth of literacy

Classical Greece
- The gold age of Athens
- The Acropolis
- The first democratic states
- Life in Sparta
- The Peloponnesian Wars
- The end of an era

Everyday Life
- Growing up
- Women and the home
- Greek Houses
- Clothes and fashion
- Farming and food
- The marketplace
- Architecture
- Building
- Sculpture
- Pottery
- Metalwork
- Travel by land and sea
- Feasting and fun
- Plays and players
- The Games
- Religion and mythology
- Temples and worship
- Talking to the gods
- Death and the Underworld
- Funerals and burials

Macedonia and the Hellenistic World
- The rise of Macedonia
- Alexander the Great
- The Hellenistic World
- Alexandria
- Inquiring minds
- The Roman conquest

Factfinder
- Gods and goddesses
- Greek myths
- Greek philosophy
- Greek lays
- Battles and battle formations
- Who's who
- Time chart

Struan Reid
Struan was born in East Africa and spent many years in Africa and the Middle East. He read Archaeology and Anthropology at UCL, and before joining Usborne worked and lived for a number of years in Petra, Jordan. He now lives in London and Dorset.

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Jane Chisholm
As Editorial Director, Jane oversees books about absolutely everything. She grew up in Moscow, Singapore, and in a forest in Sussex, building treehouses and pretending to be one of the Famous Five. Before university she was a social worker in Botswana and camped under the stars in the Kalahari Desert.

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