"What do mummies, the Olympics, and Confucius have in common? These selections, ranging from an advice column to an interview to a graphic story, will have you travelling back in time, and then talking about it!"--Publisher.
This series of reference books covers the topics kids love and study as special units in school. Each softcover book contains 32 full-color pages and a CD-ROM in sleeve.
Presents a history of the ancient world, from 6000 B.C. to 400 A.D.
Easy to read and understand, this story shows kids how ancient people thought, how they traveled, how they looked at marriage and family, what they ate, what they built, what they wore, and what their houses were like.
Hardcover reprint of the original 1916 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience.
In the selection of subject matter as well as in style and diction, it has been the purpose of the author to make this book sufficiently simple to be put into the hands of first-year high-school pupils.