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• Title:Tools of the Ancient Greeks : a kid's guide to the history & science of life in Ancient Greece / Kris Bordessa.
  
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• Author/Creator:Bordessa, Kris.
  
• Published/Created:Norwich, Vt. : Nomad Press, ©2006.
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: DF77 .B67 2006
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Civilization, Modern--Greek influences--Juvenile literature.
  Inventions--Greece--History--Juvenile literature.
  Greece--Civilization--Juvenile literature.
  
• Subject(s): Civilization, Modern--Greek influences.
  Greece--Civilization.
  
• Description:156 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
  
• Series:Tools of discovery series.
  
• Summary:Explores the scientific discoveries, athletic innovations, engineering marvels, and innovative ideas created more than two thousand years ago in ancient Greece. Through biographical sidebars, interesting facts, anecdotes, and 15 hands-on activities, readers will learn about Greek innovations and ideas of government, science, religion, sport, and warfare that shaped world history and our own world view.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (page 149) and index.
  
• ISBN:0974934461 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Ancient Greece and the beginnings of democracy
  Farming, trade, and the Greek way of life
  The arts of the ancient Greeks
  Greek gods
  Sports and the Olympics
  Philosophy
  Architecture
  Science, math, and medicine
  Mapping the world and the stars
  Warfare.