The story of the world. history for the classical child / Volume 1, Ancient times, from the earliest Nomads to the last Roman emperor
(Book on CD, Book)

Disc 1. How do we know what happened?. What is history; what is archaeology? -- Earliest people. The first nomads -- The first nomads become farmers -- Egyptians lived on the Nile River. Two kingdoms become one -- Gods of ancient Egypt -- The first writing. Hieroglyphs and cuneiform -- The Old kingdom of Egypt. Making mummies -- Egyptian pyramids -- First Sumerian dictator. Sargon and the Akkadians -- Jewish people. God speaks to Abraham -- Joseph goes to Egypt -- Hammurabi and Babylonians. Hammurabi's code -- Disc 2. Assyrians. Shamshi-Adad, king of the whole world -- The story of Gilgamesh -- First cities of India. The river road -- The mystery of Mohenjo-Daro -- The Far East : ancient China. Lei Zu and the silkworm -- The pictograms of ancient China -- Farming in ancient China -- Ancient Africa. Ancient peoples of West Africa -- Anansi and Turtle -- Anansi and the make-believe food -- The Middle kingdom of Egypt. Egypt invades Nubia -- The Hyksos invade Egypt -- The New kingdom of Egypt. General and the woman Pharoah -- Disc 3. Amenhotep and King Tut -- The Israelites leave Egypt. Baby Moses -- Exodus from Egypt -- The Phoenicians. Phoenician traders -- The founding of Carthage -- The return of Assyria. Ashurbanipal's attack -- The library of Nineveh -- Babylon takes over again. Nebuchadnezzar's madness -- Hanging gardens of Babylon -- Life in early Crete. Bull-jumpers and sailors -- King Minos and the minotaur -- Mysterious end of the Minoans -- The early Greeks. The Mycenaeans -- The Greek dark ages -- Greece gets civilized again. Greece gets an alphabet -- Disc 4. The stories of Homer -- The first Olympic games -- The Medes and the Persians. A new empire -- Cyrus the great -- Sparta and Athens. Life in Sparta -- Life in Athens -- Greek gods. The golden apple -- Wars of the Greeks. Greece's war with Persia -- The Greeks fight each other -- Alexander the Great. Philip and his son -- Alexander's invasions -- Death of Alexander -- People of the Americas . Nazca drawings -- Head of the Olmecs --

Disc 5. Rabbit shoots the Sun

Rise of Rome. Romulus and Remus

The power of Rome

The Roman empire. Roman gods

Roman builders

Roman gladiators

Gladiator school

Rome's war with Carthage. Punic Wars

Aryans of India. Life on the Ganges River

The castes of Ancient India

Siddhartha

Mauryan empire of India. The empire united

The Jakata (i.e., Jataka) tales tales

Disc 6. China, writing and the Qin. Calligraphy in China - Warring states

First emperor and the Great Wall

The first Emperor's grave

Confucius. China's wise teacher

The rise of Julius Caesar. Caesar is kidnapped

The consuls of Rome

Caesar and the Senate

Caesar the hero. Caesar fights the Celts

Caesar crosses the Rubicon

Caesar and Cleopatra

The Death of Caesar

First Roman prince. Augustus Caesar

Beginning of Christianity. The birth of Jesus

Jesus crucified and resurrected

The end of the ancient Jewish nation. The destruction of the temple

Disc 7. Rome and the Christians. Nero, the evil emperor

Christians in the catacombs

The emperor is a Christian!

Rome begins to weaken. British rebellion

Rome divided in two

Attacking barbarians. Attila the Hun

Stilicho, Roman and barbarian

The coming of the Visigoths

The end of Rome. The last Roman emperor

The gifts of Rome.