The Usborne Encyclopedia of the Ancient World: Internet Linked (History Encyclopedias) [Paperback]

Jane Bingham (Author), Fiona Chandler (Author), Jane Chisholm (Author), Gill Harvey (Author), Lisa Miles (Author)

Book Description

Series: History Encyclopedias

This encyclopaedia traces the extraordinary history of the Ancient World, from the first farmers, and the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome to the eventual decline and fall of the Roman Empire. It covers all aspects of life in the Ancient World - from building the pyramids to a day at the Roman Games. There are photographs of glowing treasures in gold, silver and precious stones, 3000-year-old wall paintings with vivid colours, and blackened, shrivelled mummies, combined with reconstructions and cutaways of architecture, to recreate the atmosphere of the time. Internet links are given to a selection of recommended Web sites, containing additional information for school projects and homework. Many of the Web sites include sound, animation or video clips, which bring the subject to life.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Usborne Pub Ltd (January 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0794511414
• ISBN-13: 978-0794511418
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,966 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

61 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful resource for the history students library, July 17, 2004

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Mrs Annette Shue (An Australian homeschooling in Laos) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encyclopedia of the Ancient World (Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia) (Hardcover)

Not only does this Encyclopedia look impressive on the bookshelf, but it is quite impressive in content as well. On opening this 400 page hard covered book, it oozes tactfully and beautifully layed out illustrations and photographs from start to finish.
This Encyclopedia covers the Mesopotamian World, Ancient Egypt, Ancient, Archaic and Classical Greece and the Roman World giving you historical background along with insight to the every day life that one may of experienced in that time. For Example, in covering Ancient Rome, the major headings are Early Rome, The Roman Republic, the Roman Empire, Everyday Life, The End of Empire, The Roman Word factfinder etc.
If you want to look further into a topic that is covered in this Encyclopedia, it does add an internet link on the same page of that topic so you aren't scouring the back trying to find the link.
My only dissapointment with this Encyclopedia is that it does not cover Ancient China and other ancient civilisations. When I looked at the title of this Encyclopedia, I just presumed that they would be covered, but not so.
Other than this, this is a very user friendly Encyclopedia and glad it is in my home library.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have for any Home Library!, July 24, 2008

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K. Nugent "Mother of Four" (Wake Forest, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Usborne Encyclopedia of the Ancient World: Internet Linked (History Encyclopedias) (Paperback)

This book is a GREAT resource for your family. Your kids will love the pictures and facts scattered throughout the pages. It is well organized, colorful, and full of information. My kids are 9, 8, and 6 and have all benefitted from having this book at home. This book makes reading assignments fun! Great for homsechoolers, and the internet links are terrific. Even as an adult, I have enjoyed reviewing the stuff I learned when I was in school as a child.

The only downside to this book is that some of the pictures cover the page numbers. This makes it a little hard to find a certain page because this sometimes occurs for several pages in a row.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I needed., December 12, 2007

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Darcy D. Bentley - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Usborne Encyclopedia of the Ancient World: Internet Linked (History Encyclopedias) (Paperback)

I am teaching my children ancient history and needed something to give my curriculum some meat. This book does it! Very thorough (100 pages on Egypt), colorful, covers concepts such as government, religion, architecture, and daily life for each civilization. Even mentions a few empires other books don't bother to bring up.