The Usborne Internet-Linked Ancient World

Usborne Illustrated World History

by Fiona;McCaffrey Chandler

How was an Egyptian Mummy made? Why did Celtic warriors paint themselves blue? These and hundreds of other questions are answered in this lavishly illustrated book which builds up a picture of life right across the globe from the first farming village of the Middle East to the end of the Roman Empire. Age 8+

Genres: History, Reference, Childrens, Nonfiction, Ancient History, Ancient, School

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Diz · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an extensively illustrated book for children on ancient history. It covers history from the rise of the first civilizations to the fall of Rome. The illustrations of cities, towns, and daily life will inspire children to imagine what life was like in those days. The only reservation that I have is that the images contain a fair amount of speculation, but the book presents what is featured as fact. For example, there is a depiction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, but we don't really know what they looked like.

[Elissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the 'workbook' version of the 400-pg text that I use in presenting ancient world history to my 6th graders. The series does a great job of clearly, concisely giving life to the key details of early civilizations. Compared to our assigned textbook, I love sharing pages from this book with students as this series does a much better job of depicting details of daily life, inventions, etc. with clear and engaging illustrations. I also like being able to give students access to both this short version and my longer (400 pg) version when they are doing research, as it allows them to access ideas in the briefer summaries or with increased complexity and detail, as needed for their research goals. I highly recommend both books. Last point: Usborne does have certain online resources that connect to these books.

[History · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I was younger my older brother forgot to return this book to his school library, I read it when I was in 3rd grade (I am older now), I decided to get a version of the book which had all pages in it (so I could revisit childhood memories) when I saw I could review the book. I can confidently say after reading this book as a young child I was addicted to history. I have made history my passion now, and I am happy to say this is what introduced me to how interesting history is.

[Iman Khatam · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nothing about the Persian civilization?!! nothing about the Charter of Human Rights & The Cyrus Cylinder, The Royal Road & Postal System (The "Angarium"), the Satrapy System, Qanat System, Pax Persica (Persian Peace) and many other profound impacts on our world.

I hope this neglect of Persia in this CHILDREN'S HISTORY BOOK comes from an igronance rather than a po li tical bias.

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book gives a great snapshot of different ancient civilisations and, although it is chiefly aimed at children, it is also quite fun for adults to browse through if they simply want a quick introduction to a period of history.

[Shari · Rating 3 out of 5]

We used this as supplemental reading for our year and a half studying of Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. Provided tiny tidbits of important information and detailed illustrations of each civilization.

[Nattapan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A brief summary of ancient civilizations. Good for all children.

[Gregory · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got this book from school when I was quite young. I never read it until now. It is well done. It gives a good overview of history. It had things in there I didn't know and it has somethings, correctly, that most people think they know.

[Audrey · Rating 3 out of 5]

A basic history book with detailed pictures. A reasonably good introduction to the ancient world that hopefully will spark an interest for further studies in a child's mind.

[Mellanie C]

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
http://www.BookCrossing.com/journal/13118425

[Tnb · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quite good for a quick introduction.

This is a fantastic spline for elementary school to which you can add corresponding historical texts and hirstorical fiction texts.

[Belle Meade School]

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[Heidi Morrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent resource for our history study of Ancient Civilizations and the Bible this year.

[Zww · Rating 2 out of 5]

It wasn't interesting (age 8)