Giulia Lombardo Books

This book begins with a ‘prehistory’ section, and then the ancient civilisations are organised into geographical regions. Within those sections, the civilisations are in chronological order. As well as including civilisations that are typically studied at primary school (such as Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece), less common ones are included, such as those in Ancient China and Japan and the Minoans.

Each page is really colourful with engaging illustrations such as maps showing where the ancient civilisations were, pictures of their artwork, labelled diagrams of their houses and examples of what their clothing was like. There is a handy glossary at the back of some of the trickier words that are used in the book. The pages are arranged in an accessible way with clear subheadings for the different sections.

This is a fantastic overview of many ancient civilisations and would be great for any KS2 classroom.