Record details

• ISBN: 0756606497
• ISBN: 9780756606497
• Physical Description: 72 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
• Edition: revised edition
• Publisher: New York : DK Pub., 2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"Discover the lives of ancient Greeks, from their myths and gods to the first Olympics"--Cover.

4-6

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Greek world 6 -- Minoan civilization 8 -- Mycenaean civilization 10 -- To Troy and back 12 -- Greek expansion 14 -- Athens, city of Athena 16 -- Power and politics in Athens 18 -- Gods, goddesses, and heroes 20 -- Festivals and oracles 24 -- Temples 26 -- At home 28 -- Women's world 30 -- Growing up in Greece 32 -- Fun and games 34 -- Wining and dining 36 -- A day out 38 -- Body beautiful 40 -- Clothes for comfort 42 -- Greek games 44 -- Wisdom and beauty 46 -- Vases and vessels 48 -- Farming, fishing, and food 50 -- Crafts, travel, and trade 52 -- Warfare 54 -- State of Sparta 56 -- Science and medicine 58 -- Death and the afterlife 60 -- Alexander and the Hellenistic age 62 -- Who's who 66.

Target Audience Note:

1050L Lexile

Study Program Information Note:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.8 1 17204.

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Subject:

Greece > Civilization > To 146 B.C.

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