The best books on ancient history, as recommended by some of the leading scholars in the field. Covering ancient Rome, Greece, and Egypt.
Worldhistoryis an increasingly exciting subject for books. In a sign of the vitality of the field, it was a book of global history covering several millennia about the human history of the oceans—David Abulafia'sThe Boundless Sea—that won the UK's most prestigious prize, the Wolfson Histo...
History books tell us that the city of Rome was set up in 152B.C.It's a fact,however,that by 100A.D.,Rome was the centre of a big empire.It was from Syria in the east to Spain in the west,from Britain in the north to Africa in the south.All or part of 27of today's coun...
Chaucer’sABC(ca. 1369) is an intriguing early work in the history of abecedaries. There are alphabet poems in the Hebrew Bible, but according to the artists’ book collector and scholar Nyr Indictor, this Chaucer lyric seems to be the earliest surviving English “ABC poem” of known authors...
Both Greece and Germany have the names given by the Romans rather than the names that their own people first called them.1. The most northern part of the Roman Empire was .A: SpainB: BritainC: SyriaD: Africa2. The main idea of Paragraph 2 is that Roman culture is .A: dead and ...
Minoan artworkis sensual and beautiful and speaks of a culture influenced by the feminine, in contrast to warlike artwork of other cultures in Greece. Read more about this theory here. The monastery atArkadiin Rethymnon in Crete was the centre of a bloody rebellion during the 1866 uprising agai...
Background:Procopius: The Secret History August 13, 2015 online book chats september 2, 16 & 30: 'taken at the flood' by robin waterfield September 2, 16 & 30 Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece byRobin Waterfield also as eBook ...
Both Greece and Germany have the names given by the Romans rather than the names that their own people first called them.67.The most northern part of the Roman Empire was .A.Spain B.Africa C.Syria D.Britain68.The main idea of paragraph 2 is that Roman culture is .A.dead and gone ...
Best history books for kids, recommended by experts. Recommendations cover books for teenagers, as well as younger kids and historical fiction, too
Welcome to thechildren’s books set in Greecesection of Kid’s Travel Books. It’s part of ourchildren’s books set in Europebookshelf. Below you will find more information, some family travel tips for Greece, and of course – books about Greece!