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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- How to Use the Student Study Guides to The World in Ancient Times -- Graphic Organizers -- Important Vocabulary Words -- Chapter 1 Ancient Trash and Buried Treasure: Archaeologists at Work -- Chapter 2 Rivers and Ditches, Temples and Farms: Irrigation and the Growth of Towns -- Chapter 3 Of Potters and Pots, Plowmen and Plows: Technology and the First Cities -- Chapter 4 How Words Changed the World: The Invention of Writing -- Chapter 5 A World Full of Gods and Goddesses: Religion in Mesopotamia -- Chapter 6 The Death of a Sumerian Lady: Queens, Kings, and Religion in Early Cities -- Chapter 7 The First Superhero: The Story of Gilgamesh -- Chapter 8 The World's First Empire Builder: Sargon, King of Akkad -- Chapter 9 The Care and Feeding of Ancient Gods: Priestesses and Priests in Mesopotamia -- Chapter 10 Laying Down the Law: Hammurabi and the First Lawmakers -- Chapter 11 Order in the Court! The Justice System in Mesopotamia -- Chapter 12 Farmers and Doctors, Barbers and Builders: Mesopotamian Workers, Slave and Free -- Chapter 13 Ur-Utu's Story: The Mesopotamian Family -- Chapter 14 Scribes, School, and Schoolboys: Education in Mesopotamia -- Chapter 15 Lovers, Sisters, and Cooks: Scenes from a Mesopotamian Palace -- Chapter 16 The Surprise Ending of the Babylonian Empire: Hittite Victories and Indo-European Languages -- Chapter 17 Brides and Brother Kings: Diplomacy and the Great Powers -- Chapter 18 King David and His Family: The Settlements and Movements of the Israelites -- Chapter 19 One God, Many Stories: The Beliefs of the Israelites -- Chapter 20 The Lost Laws of the Israelites: The Exodus and the Ten Commandments -- Chapter 21 Assyria's Fighter Kings: Warriors Build an Empire -- Chapter 22 A Bright Star Shines-Briefly: Babylon Rises, Judah Falls |
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Chapter 23 A Mother's Love and a Ruler's Tears: The Last Mesopotamian King -- Chapter 24 Of Camels, Kings, and Conquerors: The Persian Empire -- Reports and Special Projects -- Library/Media Center Research Log |
| Summary |
The Student Study Guides are important and unique components that are available for each of the books in The World in Ancient Times series. Each of the Student Study Guides is designed to be used with the main text at school or sent home for homework assignments. The activities in the Student Study guide will help students get the most out of their history books. Each student study guide includes a chapter-by-chapter two-page lesson that uses a variety of interesting activities to help a student master history and develop important reading and study skills |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Middle East-History-To 622-Study guides-Juvenile literature
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Middle East-Antiquities-Study guides-Juvenile literature
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History, Ancient-Study guides-Juvenile literature
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McGee, Marni
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| ISBN |
9780199770229 |
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0199770220 |
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