Introduction
The Stone Age p. 8
Chapter 1: First Civilisations
The Climate Changes p.10
From Food Gathering to Farming p.12
From hunting to stock farming p. 14
Attraction of River Valleys p.16
Irrigation and Flood p. 18
The Rise of the Leaders p.20
Chapter 2: Sumer
The first settlers p. 22
The useful date palm p. 25
Nam-sha learns to read and write p. 26
Clay bricks and buildings p. 28
God and heroes p. 30
Houses and everyday life p. 32
Conquerors and kings p. 34
Law givers p. 36
The Royal Tombs at Ur p. 38
Babylon p. 40
Science in Babylon p. 42
Reading the wedge shaped writing p. 44
Chapter 3: Egypt
Before the Pyramids p. 46
The Discovery of Metal p. 48
Building temples and pyramids p. 50
The oldest ship in the world p. 52
Cleopatra's Needle p.54
Mummies and Tombs p. 56
Akhenaten and religion p. 58
Tutankhamen's tomb p. 60
The lost toy cupboard p. 62
Everyday Life p. 64
The disappearing queen p. 66
Paper, ink and hieroglpyhics p. 68
Chapter 4: Other Early Civilsations
The Indus Valley p. 70
China p. 72
The Hittities p. 74
The Hebrews p. 76
The Assyrians p. 78
The Persians p. 80
The Phoenicians p. 82
Chapter 5: Pre Iron Age Britain
The First Farmers p. 84
Skara Brae p. 86
Silbury, Avebury, and Stonehenge p. 88
Bronze Age Barrows p. 90
The Coming of the Iron Age p. 92
Chapter 6: The Minoans
The Legend of the Minotaur p. 98
Sir Arthur Evans p.102
The Palace at Knosos p. 104
Daily Life p. 106
Religion p. 108
Bull Leaping p. 110
Michael Ventris and Linear 'B' p. 112
Atlantis
Chapter 7: the Mycenaeans
Homer p. 116
The Trojan War p. 118
Heinrich Schliemann p. 120
Schliemann at Mycenae p. 122
Chapter 8: Early Greeks
Achaeans and Dorians p. 124
The emergence of cities p. 126
The early days of Athens p. 128
Chapter 9: Greek Civilisation
How the cities were ruled p. 130
Solon Cleisthenes and Pericles p. 132
Everyday Lifei p. 134
Other Members of the Family p. 136
Art and pottery p.138
Ships and Trade p. 140
The gods p. 142
Chapter 10: The Persian Wars
The persian empire (large map)
Persian Rulers p. 146
The Battle of Marathon p. 148
Thermophylae p. 150
Salamis p. 152
Chapter 11: Pericles and the Golden Age
The wise men of Greece p. 154
Slavery p. 156
Clothes p. 158
The Acropolis and its buildings p. 160
Greek legends p. 162
Music p. 164
A day at the theatre p. 166
The Oracles p. 168
Chapter 12: Athletics and games
Legend of Pelops p. 170
Olympia p. 172
The olympic games p. 176
Chapter 13: The Peloponnesian Wars
Sparta p.178
Why the war started p. 180
Soldiers and battles p. 182
Athens is conquered p. 184
Chapter 14: Alexander the Great
Early Days p. 186
The army p. 188
Battles and Sieges p. 190
Persepolis p. 192
Alexander's Last Battle p. 194
Death of a conqueror p. 196
The empire is divided up p. 198
Chapter 15: Greece conquered
The Romans come to Greece p. 200
Greece becomes a Roman province p. 202
The Greek legacy p. 204
Chapter 16: Origins
The legend of Aeneas p.208
The legend of Romulus and Remus p.210
The truth behind the legends p 214
The early kings p. 216
Sabines and Romans p. 218
The Etruscans p.220
Horatius and the bridge p. 222
The Celts p. 224
Chapter 17: Rome and her neighbours
The Greeks p. 226
Carthage p. 228
A sea fight p. 230
Hannibal and the Punic Wars p. 232
Chapter 18: The City of Rome
What Rome may have looked like (city model)
Aqueducts p. 236
The baths p. 238
Temples p. 240
Private houses and flats p. 242
Shops p. 244
Nero's Golden House p. 246
Chapter 19 Republic and empire
Why the kingdom ended p. 249
The republic and its end p. 250
The early emperors p. 252
The empire expands p. 254
The decline of the glory p. 256
Chapter 20 Daily Life
Pompeii p. 258
Food and Drink p. 260
Clothes p. 262
Education p. 264
Time and Calendar p. 266
Painting, sculpture drama and literature p. 268
Earning a living p. 270
Games and pastimes p. 272
Chapter 21 The State and Religion
Government and the law p. 274
Religion and legends p. 276
Christianity p. 278
Slavery p. 280
Chapter 22 The Arena
The amphitheatre p. 282
The Colosseum p. 284
Gladiators p. 286
The Circus Maximus p. 288
Chapter 23 The Army
The Citizen solider and the legion p. 290
Uniform, weapons, and tactics p. 292
Siege Engines p. 294
Marching camps p. 296
The Officers p. 298
Roman Roads p. 300
Chapter 24 Barbarians at the gate
Barbarians settle inside the frontiers p. 302
Some provinces are abandoned p. 304
Constantine, his town and the division of the empire p. 306
Alaric and the sack of Rome p. 308
More barbarian attacks p. 310
The Byzantine Empire lasts another thousand years p. 312
Postscript
The Legacy of Rome p. 314
