The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: Volume 1: Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor, Revised Edition
by Susan Wise Bauer Author
(From Amazon): This first book in the four-volume narrative history series for elementary students will transform your study of history. The Story of the World has won awards from numerous homeschooling magazines and readers' polls—over 150,000 copies of the series in print!What terrible secret was buried in Shi Huangdi's tomb? Did nomads like lizard stew? What happened to Anansi the Spider in the Village of the Plantains? And how did a six-year-old become the last emperor of Rome? Told in a straightforward, engaging style that has become Susan Wise Bauer's trademark, The Story of the World series covers the sweep of human history from ancient times until the present. Africa, China, Europe, the Americas—find out what happened all around the world in long-ago times. This first revised volume begins with the earliest nomads and ends with the last Roman emperor. Newly revised and updated, The Story of the World, Volume 1 includes maps, a new timeline, more illustrations, and additional parental aids. This read-aloud series is designed for parents to share with elementary-school children. Enjoy it together and introduce your child to the marvelous story of the world's civilizations. Each Story of the World volume provides a full year of history study when combined with the Activity Book, Audiobook, and Tests—each available separately to accompany each volume of The Story of the World Text Book. Volume 1 Grade Recommendation: Grades 1-5. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white drawings and maps
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-1-933339-00
- Print Status
- In Print
- Topics
- 43
- Pages
- 338
- Publisher
- Peace Hill Press
- Edition
- Revised Second Edition
- Copyright
- 2006
Topics
- 1 Introduction: How Do We Know What Happened?
- 2 Chapter 1: The Earliest People
- 3 Chapter 2: Egyptians livedon the Nile River
- 4 Chapter 3: The First Writing
- 5 Chapter 4: The Old Kingdom of Egypt
- 6 Chapter 5: The First Sumerian Dictator
- 7 Chapter 6: The Jewish People
- 8 Chapter 7: Hammurabi and the Babylonians
- 9 Chapter 8: The Assyrians
- 10 Chapter 9: The First Cities of India
- 11 Chapter 10: The Far East: Ancient China
- 12 Chapter 11: Ancient Africa
- 13 Chapter 12: The Middle Kingdon of Egypt
- 14 Chapter 13: The New Kingdom of Egypt
- 15 Chapter 14: The Israelites Leave Egypt
- 16 Chapter 15: The Phoenicians
- 17 Chapter 16: The Return of Assyria
- 18 Chapter 17: Babylon Takes Over Again!
- 19 Chapter 18: Life in Early Crete
- 20 Chapter 19: The Early Greeks
- 21 Chapter 20: Greece Gets Civilized Again
- 22 Chapter 21: The Medes and the Persians
- 23 Chapter 22: Sparta and Athens
- 24 Chapter 23: The Greek gods
- 25 Chapter 24: The War of the Greek gods
- 26 Chapter 25: Alexander the Great
- 27 Chapter 26: The People of the Americas
- 28 Chapter 27: The Rise of Rome
- 29 Chapter 28: The Roman Empire
- 30 Chapter 29: Romes War with Carthage
- 31 Chapter 30: The Aryans of India
- 32 Chapter 31: The Mauryan Empire of India
- 33 Chapter 32: China: Writing and the Qin
- 34 Chapter 33: Confucius
- 35 Chapter 34: The Rise of Julius Caesar
- 36 Chapter 35: Caesar the Hero
- 37 Chapter 36: The First Roman Prince
- 38 Chapter 37: The Beginning of Christianity
- 39 Chapter 38: The End of the Ancient Jewish Nation
- 40 Chapter 39: Rome and the Christians
- 41 Chapter 40: Rome Begins to Weaken
- 42 Chapter 41: The Attacking Barbarians
- 43 Chapter 42: The End of Rome
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