Publisher's Synopsis
Step back in time to discover life during the Shang Dynasty with this handy time travel guidebook
Travel back in time to the age of the Shang dynasty in China and find out all about Shang life and culture. Get ready to visit a bronze-making workshop, eat elephant at a banquet, play panpipes and shop for precious jade and silk at a Shang market.
Like modern travel guides, the books in this series highlight must-see features and explain local culture. Each highlighted destination contains an explanation of what took part in these areas, as well as a look at important artefacts found there providing a bigger picture of life in the past. Typical travel guide notes include, 'best time to visit', 'what to eat' and 'where to stay'. Perfect for the KS2 history curriculum, and for readers aged 7 and up.
Titles in the series:
The Ancient Egyptians and Thebes
The Ancient Greeks and Athens
The Maya and Chichén Itzá
Roman Britain and Londinium
The Shang Dynasty and Yinxu
The Stone Age and Skara Brae
The Victorians and London
Viking Britain and Jorvik
