Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece — page 3 — www abdopublishing com Published by Abdo Publishing a division of ABDO PO Box 398166 Minneapolis Minnesota 55439 Copyright 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group Inc International copyrights reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Essential Library is a trademark and logo of Abdo Publishing Printed in the United States of America North Mankato Minnesota 102014 012015 Cover Photos Leemage Corbis foreground Shutterstock Images background Interior Photos iStock Thinkstock 6 7 10 background 14 15 97 Red Line Editorial 10 inset 59 Nick Pavlakis Shutterstock Images 13 Gianni Dagli Orti Corbis 18 Photos com Thinkstock 23 Mikhail Markovskiy Shutterstock Images 24 25 Bettmann Corbis 28 World History Archive Alamy 33 Christophe Boisvieux Corbis 35 VPC Travel Photo Alamy 36 37 Haris Vythoulkas Shutterstock Images 41 North Carolina Museum of Art Corbis 45 Zoonar N Sorokin Thinkstock 46 47 Anthony Devlin LOCOG PA AP Images 48 49 DeAgostini SuperStock 51 Public Domain 57 Orestis Panagiotou epa Corbis 60 61 Stefano Bianchetti Corbis 67 GraphicaArtis Corbis 68 69 Ancient Art and Architecture Collection Ltd Alamy 75 Thanassis Stavrakis AP Images 77 Andrei Ruchkin Shutterstock Images 78 79 Alamy 83 84 North Wind Picture Archives 88 Erin Babnik Alamy 90 91 Dorling Kindersley Thinkstock 94 Editor Melissa York Series Designer Jake Nordby Library of Congress Control Number 2014943862 Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bailey Diane Ancient Greece Diane Bailey p cm Ancient civilizations ISBN 978-1-62403-538-8 lib bdg Includes bibliographical references and index 1 Greece Civilization To 146 B C Juvenile literature 2 Greece History Juvenile literature 3 Greece Social life and customs Juvenile literature I Title 938 dc23 2014943862 ABD_ANC_GRE_FPGS indd 410 23 14 11 42

Ancient Greece — page 4 — CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 A Crossroads of Cultures 6 CHAPTER 2 On Mediterranean Shores 14 CHAPTER 3 Citizens and Slaves 24 CHAPTER 4 Daily Life 36 CHAPTER 5 Ideas and Ideals 48 CHAPTER 6 In Service to the Gods 60 CHAPTER 7 The First Scientists 68 CHAPTER 8 Military Muscle 78 CHAPTER 9 The Greek Legacy 90 TIMELINE 98 ANCIENT HISTORY 100 GLOSSARY 102 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 104 SOURCE NOTES 106 INDEX 110 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 112 ABD_ANC_GRE_FPGS indd 510 23 14 11 42

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Ancient Greece — page 6 — A CROSSROADS OF CULTURES One warm day approximately 2,500 years ago the future Greek playwright Aeschylus had only one task to tend the grapes which were slowly ripening on the hillsides It was not hard work so it was no wonder Aeschylus fell asleep on the job He had a dream then in which the god Dionysus the one in charge of wine and festivals visited him The message Dionysus CHAPTER 1 Ruins of ancient Greek theaters still exist 7 7 ABD_ANC_GRE_FPGS indd 710 23 14 11 42

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