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The story of the world : history for the classical child, [Susan Wise Bauer], Volume 1

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The story of the world : history for the classical child

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[Susan Wise Bauer]

This reading of the first volume of Bauer's history series brings to life the stories of the peoples of the ancient world, from 6000 B.C. to 400 A.D, from the tribes of early nomads wandering the Fertile Crescent to hordes of barbians invading Rome

Disc 1. Introduction: How do we know what happened?. What is history; what is archaeology? -- Ch. 1. The earliest people. The first nomads ; The first nomads become farmers -- Ch. 2. Egyptians lived on the Nile River. Two kingdoms become one ; Gods of ancient Egypt -- Ch. 3. The first writing. Hieroglyphs and cuneiform -- Ch. 4. The Old kingdom of Egypt. Making mummies ; Egyptian pyramids -- Ch. 5. The first Sumerian dictator. Sargon and the Akkadians -- Ch. 6. The Jewish people. God speaks to Abraham ; Joseph goes to Egypt -- Ch. 7. Hammurabi and Babylonians. Hammurabi's codeDisc 2. Ch. 8. The Assyrians. Shamshi-Adad, king of the whole world ; The story of Gilgamesh -- Ch. 9. The first cities of India. The river road ; The mystery of Mohenjo-Daro -- Ch. 10. The Far East : ancient China. Lei Zu and the silkworm ; The pictograms of ancient China ; Farming in ancient China -- Ch. 11. Ancient Africa. Ancient peoples of West Africa ; Anansi and Turtle ; Anansi and the make-believe food -- Ch. 12. The Middle kingdom of Egypt. Egypt invades Nubia ; The Hyksos invade Egypt -- Ch. 13. The New kingdom of Egypt. General and the woman PharoahDisc 3. Ch. 13 (cont'd) Amenhotep and King Tut -- Ch. 14. The Israelites leave Egypt. The baby Moses ; The exodus from Egypt -- Ch. 15. The Phoenicians. Phoenician traders ; The founding of Carthage -- Ch. 16. The return of Assyria. Ashurbanipal's attack ; The library of Nineveh -- Ch. 17. Babylon takes over again. Nebuchadnezzar's madness ; The Hanging Gardens of Babylon -- Ch. 18. Life in early Crete. Bull-jumpers and sailors ; King Minos and the minotaur ; The mysterious end of the Minoans -- Ch. 19. The early Greeks. The Mycenaeans ; The Greek dark ages -- Ch. 20. Greece gets civilized again. Greece gets an alphabetDisc 4. Ch. 20 (cont'd). The stories of Homer ; The first Olympic games -- Ch. 21. The Medes and the Persians. A new empire ; Cyrus the great -- Ch. 22. Sparta and Athens. Life in Sparta ; Life in Athens -- Ch. 23. The Greek gods. The golden apple -- Ch. 24. The wars of the Greeks. Greece's war with Persia ; The Greeks fight each other -- Ch. 25. Alexander the Great. Philip and his son ; Alexander's invasions ; The death of Alexander -- Ch. 26. The People of the Americas. The Nazca drawings ; The Heads of the OlmecsDisc 5. Ch. 26 (cont'd). Rabbit shoots the Sun -- Ch. 27. The rise of Rome. Romulus and Remus ; The power of Rome -- Ch. 28. The Roman empire. The Roman gods ; The Roman builders ; The Roman gladiators ; The Gladiator school -- Ch. 29. Rome's war with Carthage. The Punic Wars -- Ch. 30. The Aryans of India. Life on the Ganges River ; The castes of Ancient India ; Siddhartha -- Ch. 31. The Mauryan empire of India. The empire united ; The Jakata (i.e., Jataka) talesDisc 6. Ch. 32. China: writing and the Qin. Calligraphy in China ; Warring states ; The first emperor and the Great Wall ; The first Emperor's grave -- Ch. 33. Confucius. China's wise teacher -- Ch. 34. The rise of Julius Caesar. Caesar is kidnapped ; The consuls of Rome ; Caesar and the Senate -- Ch. 35. Caesar the hero. Caesar fights the Celts ; Caesar crosses the Rubicon -- Caesar and Cleopatra ; The death of Caesar -- Ch. 36. The first Roman prince. Augustus Caesar -- Ch. 37. The beginning of Christianity. The birth of Jesus ; Jesus crucified and resurrected -- Ch. 38. The end of the ancient Jewish nation. The destruction of the templeDisc 7. Ch. 39. Rome and the Christians. Nero, the evil emperor ; Christians in the catacombs ; The emperor is a Christian! -- Ch. 40. Rome begins to weaken. The British rebellion ; Rome divided in two -- Ch. 41. The attacking barbarians. Attila the Hun ; Stilicho, Roman and barbarian ; The coming of the Visigoths -- Ch. 42. The end of Rome. The last Roman emperor ; The gifts of Rome

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