How Would You Survive as an Ancient Greek?

How Would You Survive as an Ancient Greek?
Author: Fiona McDonald
Publisher:
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2005
Genre: Greece
ISBN: 9780749662271

An essential guide taking the reader back through time to experience and understand life in the past; interactive text; charts, questionnaire and time spiral.

How to Survive in Ancient Greece

How to Survive in Ancient Greece
Author: Robert Garland
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2020-05-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1526754711

What would it be like if you were transported back to Athens 420 BCE? This time-traveler’s guide is a fascinating way to find out . . . Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Greece and you had to start a new life there. What would you see? How would the people around you think and believe? How would you fit in? Where would you live? What would you eat? What work would be available, and what help could you get if you got sick? All these questions, and many more, are answered in this engaging blend of self-help and survival guide that plunges you into this historical environment—and explains the many problems and strange new experiences you would face if you were there.

How to Survive in Ancient Greece

How to Survive in Ancient Greece
Author: Robert Garland
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2020-05-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1526754738

Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Greece and you had to start a new life there. How would you fit in? Where would you live? What would you eat? Where would you go to have your hair done? Who would you go to if you got ill, or if you were mugged in the street? All these questions, and many more, will be answered in this new how-to guide for time travelers. Part self-help guide, part survival guide, this lively and engaging book will help the reader deal with the many problems and new experiences that they will face, and also help them to thrive in this strange new environment.

How Would You Survive as an Ancient Egyptian?

How Would You Survive as an Ancient Egyptian?
Author: Jacqueline Morley
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1995
Genre: Egypt
ISBN: 9780531143452

Describes ancient Egyptian daily life, families, houses, food, clothing, farming, work, government, entertainment, health, and beliefs

Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece
Author: Robert Garland
Publisher: Sterling
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2013
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781454909088

You'll explore all aspects of Greek life: literacy, household chores, education, illness, festivals, economy and trade, coinage, law and order, military service, the Olympic Games, theatrical performances, mythology, and more.

Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens

Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens
Author: Robin Waterfield
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 542
Release: 2018
Genre: Civilization, Ancient
ISBN: 0198727887

A fascinating, accessible, and up-to-date history of the Ancient Greeks. Covering the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, and centred around the disunity of the Greeks, their underlying cultural unity, and their eventual political unification.

Greek Models of Mind and Self

Greek Models of Mind and Self
Author: A. A. Long
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2015-01-05
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 067472903X

A. A. Long’s study of Greek notions of mind and human selfhood is anchored in questions of universal interest. What happens to us when we die? How is the mind or soul related to the body? Are we responsible for our own happiness? Can we achieve autonomy? Long shows that Greek thinkers’ modeling of the mind gave us metaphors that we still live by.

How to Survive in Ancient Rome

How to Survive in Ancient Rome
Author: L J Trafford
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2020-12-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1526757877

What you’d need to know if you time-traveled to Ancient Rome—from local customs to clothing to religion to housing to food. Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Rome and you had to start a new life there. How would you fit in? Where would you live? What would you eat? Where would you go to have your hair done? Who would you go to if you got ill, or if you were mugged in the street? All these questions, and many more, are answered in this new how-to guide for time travelers. This lively and engaging twist on ancient history reveals how to deal with the many problems and new experiences you would face—and thrive in this strange new environment.

The Thrifty Guide to Ancient Greece

The Thrifty Guide to Ancient Greece
Author: Jonathan W. Stokes
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2018-09-11
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1101998156

The only guidebook you need for your next time travel vacation! The Thrifty Guide to the Ancient Greece: A Handbook for Time Travelers is a snappy, informative travel guide containing information vital to the sensible time traveler: * How can I find a decent tunic that won't break my bank account? * Where can I score cheap theater tickets in ancient Athens? * What do I do if I'm being attacked by an army of one million Persians? This two-color book is filled with humorous maps, reviews of places to stay and top attractions (Don't miss the first-ever Olympics!), and tips on who to have lunch with (Alexander the Great and his horse, Bucephalus, naturally). If you had a time travel machine and could take a vacation anywhere in history, this is the only guidebook you would need.