Ancient Greece knowledge cards: Art, civilization and more

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Product Features

• 3.25 by 4 inches
• European related theme
• For parties, games nights
• Educational but fun
• draws on the vast resources of the British Museum

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• ASIN: B001I0SUXU
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Product Description

Product Description

Comprising several city-states and colonies united by a common language and culture (and, periodically, by formal alliance), ancient Greece held considerable sway even before Alexander the Great conquered most of the known world; its influence continues to this day. From the Greeks, we have inherited many of our fundamental ideas about art, architecture, literature, government, and law, not to mention the Olympic games and the most poetic of mythologies. This deck of Knowledge Cards draws on the vast resources of the British Museum to present an illuminating glimpse into the cradle of Western civilization. Each of the forty-eight cards features a color photograph of an antiquity--a sculpture, pottery vessel, architectural fragment, or other Greek artifact--that relates to a particular topic, addressed in a concise essay on the back of the card. Text and images introduce you to important personages (both real-life and mythical), historical periods, aspects of daily and ceremonial life, neighboring peoples, and masterpieces of classical Greek culture.