A Child’s History of Rome Volume II
Volume II of John Bonner’s classic retelling of the history of Rome provides the perfect introduction to younger readers.
A Child’s History of Rome Volume I
Volume I of John Bonner’s classic retelling of the history of Rome provides the perfect introduction to younger readers.
Assyria: Its Princes, Priests, and People
By A. H. Sayce. The great library at the ancient city of Nineveh, located on the east bank of the Tigris…
The Empire of the Hittites
By William Wright. Decipherment of Hittite inscriptions by Professor Archibald Henry Sayce. Written by a senior biblical scholar at the…
The Hittites: The Story of a Forgotten Empire
By A.H. Sayce. One of the first books to reveal in detail the history of the Hittites—a people once thought…
The Religion of Ancient Egypt
By W. M. Flinders Petrie. A marvelous overview of the main gods, goddesses, religious practices, and belief systems of ancient…
The Periplus of Hanno: A Voyage of Discovery down the West African Coast, by a Carthaginian Admiral of the Fifth Century BC.
By Hanno. Translated by Wilfred H. Schoff, A.M. One of the only surviving complete documents from the great city of…
The History of Julius Caesar
By Jacob Abbott. The name of Julius Caesar reverberates through history, not only as the most famous Roman ever, but…
Stories of the East from Herodotus
By Alfred J. Church. Herodotus, the “father of history,” is possibly the most famous historian of all—and perhaps the most…
Pyrrhus
By Jacob Abbott. The English saying “a Pyrrhic victory” comes from the name of the third century BC king of…