Contents
Introduction: How Do We Know What Happened?
What Is History?
What Is Archaeology?
Chapter One: The Earliest People
The First Nomads
The First Nomads Become Farmers
Chapter Two: Egyptians Lived on the Nile River
Two Kingdoms Become One
Gods of Ancient Egypt
Chapter Three: The First Writing
Hieroglyphs and Cuneiform
Chapter Four: The Old Kingdom of Egypt
Making Mummies
Egyptian Pyramids
Chapter Five: The First Sumerian Dictator
Sargon and the Akkadians
Chapter Six: The Jewish People
God Speaks to Abraham
Joseph Goes to Egypt
Chapter Seven: Hammurabi and the Babylonians
Hammurabi’s Code
Chapter Eight: The Assyrians
Shamshi-Adad, King of the Whole World
The Story of Gilgamesh
Chapter Nine: The First Cities of India
The River-Road
The Mystery of Mohenjo-Daro
Chapter Ten: The Far East: Ancient China
Lei Zu and the Silkworm
The Pictograms of Ancient China
Farming in Ancient China
Chapter Eleven: Ancient Africa
Ancient Peoples of West Africa
Anansi and Turtle
Anansi and the Make-Believe Food
Chapter Twelve: The Middle Kingdom of Egypt
Egypt Invades Nubia
The Hyksos Invade Egypt
Chapter Thirteen: The New Kingdom of Egypt
The General and the Woman Pharaoh
Amenhotep and King Tut
Chapter Fourteen: The Israelites Leave Egypt
The Baby Moses
The Exodus From Egypt
Chapter Fifteen: The Phoenicians
Phoenician Traders
The Founding of Carthage
Chapter Sixteen: The Return of Assyria
Ashurbanipal’s Attack
The Library of Nineveh
Chapter Seventeen: Babylon Takes Over Again!
Nebuchadnezzar’s Madness
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Chapter Eighteen: Life in Early Crete
Bull-Jumpers and Sailors
King Minos and the Minotaur
The Mysterious End of the Minoans
Chapter Nineteen: The Early Greeks
The Mycenaeans
The Greek Dark Ages
Chapter Twenty: Greece Gets Civilized Again
Greece Gets an Alphabet
The Stories of Homer
The First Olympic Games
Chapter Twenty-One: The Medes and the Persians
A New Empire
Cyrus the Great
Chapter Twenty-Two: Sparta and Athens
Life in Sparta
Life in Athens
Chapter Twenty-Three: The Greek Gods
The Golden Apple
Chapter Twenty-Four: The Wars of the Greeks
Greece’s War With Persia
The Greeks Fight Each Other
Chapter Twenty-Five: Alexander the Great
Philip and His Son
Alexander’s Invasions
The Death of Alexander
Chapter Twenty-Six: The People of the Americas
The Nazca Drawings
The Heads of the Olmecs
Rabbit Shoots the Sun
Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Rise of Rome
Romulus and Remus
The Power of Rome
Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Roman Empire
The Roman Gods
The Roman Builders
The Roman Gladiators
The Gladiator School
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Rome’s War With Carthage
The Punic Wars
Chapter Thirty: The Aryans of India
Life on the Ganges River
The Castes of Ancient India
Siddhartha
Chapter Thirty-One: The Mauryan Empire of India
The Empire United
The Jakata Tales
Chapter Thirty-Two: China: Writing and the Qin
Calligraphy in China
Warring States
The First Emperor and the Great Wall
The First Emperor’s Grave
Chapter Thirty-Three: Confucius
China’s Wise Teacher
Chapter Thirty-Four: The Rise of Julius Caesar
Caesar Is Kidnapped
The Consuls of Rome
Caesar and the Senate
Chapter Thirty-Five: Caesar the Hero
Caesar Fights the Celts
Caesar Crosses the Rubicon
Caesar and Cleopatra
The Death of Caesar
Chapter Thirty-Six: The First Roman Prince
Augustus Caesar
Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Beginning of Christianity
The Birth of Jesus
Jesus Crucified and Resurrected
Chapter Thirty-Eight: The End of the Ancient Jewish Nation
The Destruction of the Temple
Chapter Thirty-Nine: Rome and the Christians
Nero, the Evil Emperor
Christians in the Catacombs
The Emperor Is a Christian!
Chapter Forty: Rome Begins to Weaken
The British Rebellion
Rome Divided in Two
Chapter Forty-One: The Attacking Barbarians
Attila the Hun
Stilicho, Roman and Barbarian
The Coming of the Visigoths
Chapter Forty-Two: The End of Rome
The Last Roman Emperor
The Gifts of Rome
Appendix One
A Chronology of Ancient Times
Appendix Two
The Geography of Ancient Times
Appendix Three
Pronouncing the Names of Ancient Times
Appendix Four
The Abraham Story
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