Customer Reviews

The Kingfisher Atlas of the Ancient World

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I got this book for my daughter. It's "pretty" with nice big maps, colored pictures, etc. I quickly read through it and everything seemed in order and factually correct. It's not in-depth, but it does hit all the high points on all the major ancient civilizations. A nice little reference, or introduction to ancient history for kids.

We got this book to use for homeschooling our kids, but when it came in the mail, my husband and I found we really enjoyed it too! The maps are fabulous!

Bought this to go alongside the Kingfisher World History Encyclopedia I use with my older kids. The younger ones can now get more involved. Works great!

Targeted towards kids, but I found the information quite nice.

When reading a book on ancient history, it can get a bit frustrating not to know where all the places mentioned are. Therefore, it was really nice to have this book on-hand with its clear sketches and maps to help out.

One day while teaching at a local school, I noticed this book and decided to give it a gander. To my surprise this "authority" on the ancient world, contains virtually nothing on the Hebrew people or the influence that the early Christians had on the Roman empire. The only two bits of info on Christianity was a conquering "Christian" nation on the continent of Africa and Constantine's removal of Christian persecution in 313. As far as Israel is concerned, only one out of the several mesopotamian maps even had Israel listed on it; the only other two bits of info on the Jews was their enslavement under Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon, and their emergence as a "strong nation" in 1020 B.C. I have a degree in history and as far as I could tell the history of the other cultures featured in this book was fairly accurate, but to almost completely discard Israel's role in the ancient world is a bit unusual! Sure,ancient Israel may not have grown to the size of Rome or Persia but someone with even a cursory knowledge of history know's that Israel played an important role in sculpting Western Civilization!