24 Hours in Ancient History Series 5 Books Collection Set - Non Fiction - Paperback

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What was it like to live in one of the ancient world’s most powerful and bustling cities – one that was eight times more densely populated than modern day New York?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this entertaining and enlightening guide, bestselling historian Philip Matyszak introduces us to 24 characters who lived and worked there. In each hour of the day we meet a new character – from a senator to a slave girl, a gladiator to an astrologer, watchmen to washerwomen – and discover the fascinating details of their daily lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e24 Hours in Ancient Egypt\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eSpend 24 hours with the inhabitants of the most powerful kingdom in the ancient world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAncient Egypt wasn’t all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. 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The city-state’s political and military might are feared throughout the ancient world; it pushes the boundaries of social, literary and philosophical experimentation in an era when it has a greater concentration of geniuses per capita than at any other time in human history. Yet even geniuses go to the bathroom, argue with their spouse and enjoy a drink with friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the course of a day we meet 24 Athenians from all strata of society – from the slave-girl to the councilman, the vase painter to the naval commander, the housewife to the hoplite – and get to know what the real Athens was like by spending an hour in their company. We encounter a different one of these characters every chapter, with each chapter forming an hour in the life of the ancient city. We also get to spy on the daily doings of notable Athenians through the eyes of regular people as the city hovers on the brink of the fateful war that will destroy its golden age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e24 Hours in Ancient China\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eSpend 24 hours with the ancient Chinese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe year is AD 17. The Han dynasty is in power and we are in and around Chang’an, the capital and one of the most developed regions of the empire, which is enjoying a prolonged economic and cultural pinnacle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are extraordinary palaces, military bases and city walls. Households are benefitting from the invention of numerous agricultural technologies and an unprecedented level of craft production, which includes ceramics, bronzes, iron objects and many other elaborate goods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an age that is both vibrant and innovative but also riven with conflict and contradictions. 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Every hour we meet a different person – from dancers to doctors, priests to convicts, textile workers to tomb looters – and build a multi-layered picture of the social fabric of ancient China and this fascinating period in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e24 Hours in the Viking World\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eA richly drawn account of a single day in the Viking world, chronicling an hour in the life of 24 individuals from every corner of Viking society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetween the infamous Lindisfarne raid in 793 CE and the Norman conquest of 1066, the peoples we know now as the Vikings became one of the most far-ranging and influential civilizations in history. 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What was it like to live in one of the ancient world’s most powerful and bustling cities – one that was eight times more densely populated than modern day New York?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this entertaining and enlightening guide, bestselling historian Philip Matyszak introduces us to 24 characters who lived and worked there. In each hour of the day we meet a new character – from a senator to a slave girl, a gladiator to an astrologer, watchmen to washerwomen – and discover the fascinating details of their daily lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e24 Hours in Ancient Egypt\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eSpend 24 hours with the inhabitants of the most powerful kingdom in the ancient world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAncient Egypt wasn’t all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life was tough, and work was hard, conducted under the burning gaze of the sun god Ra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the course of a day in the ancient city of Thebes (modern-day Luxor), Egypt’s religious capital, we meet 24 Egyptians from all strata of society – from the king to the bread-maker, the priestess to the fisherman, the soldier to the midwife – and get to know what the real Egypt was like by spending an hour in their company. We encounter a different one of these characters every hour and in every chapter, and through their eyes see what an average day in ancient Egypt was really like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e24 Hours in Ancient Athens\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eSpend 24 hours with the ancient Athenians. See the city through their eyes as it teeters on the edge of the fateful war that would end its golden age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAthens, 416 BC. A tenuous peace holds. The city-state’s political and military might are feared throughout the ancient world; it pushes the boundaries of social, literary and philosophical experimentation in an era when it has a greater concentration of geniuses per capita than at any other time in human history. Yet even geniuses go to the bathroom, argue with their spouse and enjoy a drink with friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the course of a day we meet 24 Athenians from all strata of society – from the slave-girl to the councilman, the vase painter to the naval commander, the housewife to the hoplite – and get to know what the real Athens was like by spending an hour in their company. We encounter a different one of these characters every chapter, with each chapter forming an hour in the life of the ancient city. We also get to spy on the daily doings of notable Athenians through the eyes of regular people as the city hovers on the brink of the fateful war that will destroy its golden age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e24 Hours in Ancient China\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eSpend 24 hours with the ancient Chinese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe year is AD 17. The Han dynasty is in power and we are in and around Chang’an, the capital and one of the most developed regions of the empire, which is enjoying a prolonged economic and cultural pinnacle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are extraordinary palaces, military bases and city walls. Households are benefitting from the invention of numerous agricultural technologies and an unprecedented level of craft production, which includes ceramics, bronzes, iron objects and many other elaborate goods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an age that is both vibrant and innovative but also riven with conflict and contradictions. For as successful as the empire is, the reality is that life for the ordinary inhabitants is still about the same problems: earning money, work struggles and family dramas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover what one day in ancient China is like by spending twenty-four hours with the people who lived there. Every hour we meet a different person – from dancers to doctors, priests to convicts, textile workers to tomb looters – and build a multi-layered picture of the social fabric of ancient China and this fascinating period in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e24 Hours in the Viking World\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eA richly drawn account of a single day in the Viking world, chronicling an hour in the life of 24 individuals from every corner of Viking society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetween the infamous Lindisfarne raid in 793 CE and the Norman conquest of 1066, the peoples we know now as the Vikings became one of the most far-ranging and influential civilizations in history. The Vikings are frequently portrayed as raiders, marauding across medieval Europe and Britain, but the culture and society of the medieval Nordic peoples was so much more diverse, multifaceted and influential than it is often depicted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 24 Hours in the Viking World, author and Viking expert Kirsten Wolf chronicles an hour in the life of 24 individuals from every corner of Viking society over the course of a single day. From the warrior to the thrall, the shipbuilder to the farmer, the poet to the oracle, each chapter offers a snapshot of the world as it was in medieval Scandinavia, and an insight into how these people lived, loved, worked, fought and died.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe latest entry in the bestselling 24 Hours series, 24 Hours in the Viking World presents an absorbing, grounded and tangible look at what it was really like to be alive during this pivotal era in history.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}