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The Ancient Worlds Atlas
From the first cities of Sumer to the empire of the Incas, travel around the world and through 5,000 years of history in this illustrated guide to see where and how ancient peoples lived.
From North America to New Zealand, this book takes you on a trip around the world and through history to visit ancient cities and empires, showing who lived where and explaining the unique features of each civilization.
The Ancient Worlds Atlas is a pictorial guide to past civilizations, covering big history topics for curious kids aged 9-12 years. What was it like to live in the crowded city of Rome? Why did the Egyptians build pyramids? When did Samurai warriors first ride into battle? How did sailors first navigate the Pacific Ocean? Which Chinese emperor has a palace with 1,000 bedrooms? Find out the answers to these fascinating questions and much more in this lavishly illustrated guide to past civilizations.
This fascinating children’s book about ancient civilizations
- A visual guide to where our forebears lived, putting their lifestyles into context of where they lived and at what time.
- An engaging, fact-packed, and educational book for children - especially those interested in history, ethnography, archaeology, and classics.
- A timeline at the end of the book which traces the major events, battles, people, and inventions covered in the guide.
- A stunning, retro illustration style combined with modern fonts that creates a fun and unique approach to this topic.
Russell Barnett’s hand-drawn illustrations literally put the past on map, showing where and why the world’s great cities grew and how archaeological evidence has provided clues to the past. With stunning illustrations throughout, this large format book makes an appealing gift for young historians that will take pride of place on any bookshelf.
From North America to New Zealand, this book takes you on a trip around the world and through history to visit ancient cities and empires, showing who lived where and explaining the unique features of each civilization.
The Ancient Worlds Atlas is a pictorial guide to past civilizations, covering big history topics for curious kids aged 9-12 years. What was it like to live in the crowded city of Rome? Why did the Egyptians build pyramids? When did Samurai warriors first ride into battle? How did sailors first navigate the Pacific Ocean? Which Chinese emperor has a palace with 1,000 bedrooms? Find out the answers to these fascinating questions and much more in this lavishly illustrated guide to past civilizations.
This fascinating children’s book about ancient civilizations
- A visual guide to where our forebears lived, putting their lifestyles into context of where they lived and at what time.
- An engaging, fact-packed, and educational book for children - especially those interested in history, ethnography, archaeology, and classics.
- A timeline at the end of the book which traces the major events, battles, people, and inventions covered in the guide.
- A stunning, retro illustration style combined with modern fonts that creates a fun and unique approach to this topic.
Russell Barnett’s hand-drawn illustrations literally put the past on map, showing where and why the world’s great cities grew and how archaeological evidence has provided clues to the past. With stunning illustrations throughout, this large format book makes an appealing gift for young historians that will take pride of place on any bookshelf.
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64 pages, Hardcover
Published April 25, 2023
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9,071 books2,080 followersDorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.
Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.
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Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.
Source: Wikipedia.
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August 12, 2025
Táto kniha rozpráva príbehy starovekých civilizácií, ktoré formovali náš svet tak, ako ho dnes poznáme. Začína v 4. tisícročí pred n.l.v preplnených a uponáhľaných mestách sumerskej civilizácie medzi riekami Tigris a Eufrat (áno, už vtedy boli mestá horúce a plné ľudí!), končí sa 15. storočím nášho letopočtu v Ríši Inkov v juhoamerických Andách.
Na úvod je mapa sveta, kde sú prehľadne zakreslené všetky civilizácie aj s príslušným časovým rozpätím. Na konci zase chronologický prehľad staroveku.
Každá civilizácia má jednu-dve dvojstrany. Keďže je to atlas, ústredným prvkom je veľká mapa, kde sú zakreslené mestá, rieky a pohoria, ale aj obrázky stavieb, typických činností, obydlí, dopravných prostriedkov či jedál. Popri mape sú krátke texty a fotografie, ktoré vysvetľujú, ako ktoré spoločenstvo fungovalo, čím sa živili, s kým obchodovali a čo z ich výdobytkov využívame dodnes.
Toto je jedna z tých kníh, ktoré by mohli byť učebnicami dejepisu, a deti by tie učebnice čítali dobrovoľne! A samozrejme, je ako stvorená na školské projekty. Ale zaujme vás, aj ak už máte školu dávno za sebou. Ja si s jej pomocou pekne utrieďujem vedomosti a učím sa nové veci.
Na úvod je mapa sveta, kde sú prehľadne zakreslené všetky civilizácie aj s príslušným časovým rozpätím. Na konci zase chronologický prehľad staroveku.
Každá civilizácia má jednu-dve dvojstrany. Keďže je to atlas, ústredným prvkom je veľká mapa, kde sú zakreslené mestá, rieky a pohoria, ale aj obrázky stavieb, typických činností, obydlí, dopravných prostriedkov či jedál. Popri mape sú krátke texty a fotografie, ktoré vysvetľujú, ako ktoré spoločenstvo fungovalo, čím sa živili, s kým obchodovali a čo z ich výdobytkov využívame dodnes.
Toto je jedna z tých kníh, ktoré by mohli byť učebnicami dejepisu, a deti by tie učebnice čítali dobrovoľne! A samozrejme, je ako stvorená na školské projekty. Ale zaujme vás, aj ak už máte školu dávno za sebou. Ja si s jej pomocou pekne utrieďujem vedomosti a učím sa nové veci.
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