The Greeks
by Susan Peach Author, Anne Millard Author
Typical Usborne two-page spreads with lots of text and illustrations. Focuses in depth on Greek civilization from the Minoans to Alexander the Great. Contains some nudity in illustrations and statues.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0-7460-0342-0
- Print Status
- In Print
- Sections
- 43
- Pages
- 96
- Suggested Grades
- 3rd - 12th
- Geographical Setting
- Greece
- Historical Setting
- 2900 BC - 30 BC
- Publisher
- Usborne Publishing
- Edition
- Usborne Illustrated World History series
- Copyright
- 1990
Sections
- 1 The first Greeks
- 2 The Minoan palaces
- 3 Minoan religion
- 4 The end of the Minoans
- 5 The Mycenaeans
- 6 Mycenaean cities
- 7 The Trojan War
- 8 The end of the age
- 9 The Dark Ages
- 10 The Archaic Period
- 11 The Greeks and their neighbours
- 12 Social structure and government
- 13 Sparta
- 14 Farming and food
- 15 A Greek house
- 16 Clothes and jewellery
- 17 Pottery
- 18 Markets, money and trade
- 19 Travel by land and sea
- 20 The army
- 21 The navy
- 22 The Persian Wars
- 23 The city of Athens
- 24 Architecture
- 25 Sculpture
- 26 Metalworkers and miners
- 27 The role of women
- 28 Childhood and education
- 29 Music and poetry
- 30 Parties and games
- 31 The theatre
- 32 Athletics and sport
- 33 Democracy in Athens
- 34 The Golden Age and the Peloponnesian War
- 35 Gods and goddesses
- 36 Temples, worship and festivals
- 37 Oracles and mystery cults
- 38 Death and the Underworld
- 39 The rise of Macedonia
- 40 Alexander the Great
- 41 The Hellenistic World
- 42 Learning
- 43 Medicine
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