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Order of Contents
In General
Mesopotamia
Babylon & Assyria
Greece
Romans
Britain
Southern Europe
Middle East
India
China & Japan
Central America
South America
Africa
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In General
Book
1900’s
National Geographic – Everyday Life in Ancient Times: Highlights of the Beginnings of Western Civilization in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece & Rome (Washington D.C.: National Geographic, 1951) 370 pp. ToC
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Mesopotamia
Short & Friendly
Mehta-Jones, Shilpa – Life in Ancient Mesopotamia (Crabtree Publishing, 2005) 33 pp. ToC
Hunter, Nick – Daily Life in Ancient Sumer (Raintree, 2016) 46 pp. ToC
Life in Ancient Mesopotamia
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Books
1900’s
National Geographic – Everyday Life in Ancient Times: Highlights of the Beginnings of Western Civilization in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece & Rome (Washington D.C.: National Geographic, 1951) 370 pp. ToC
Gordon, Edmund – Sumerian Proverbs: Glimpses of Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia in Museum Monographs (The University Museum, 1959) 660 pp.
Nemet-Nejat, Karen Rhea – Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia (Greenwood Press)
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Babylon & Assyria
Books
1900’s
Contenau, Georges – Everyday Life in Babylon & Assyria (London: Edward Arnold, 1954) 380 pp.
Saggs, H.W.F. – Everyday Life in Babylon & Assyria (Batsford, 1967) 205 pp. ToC
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Babylon
Article
1900’s
Dandamaev, Aaboe & Reiner – ch. 28, ‘The Culture of Babylonia’ in Cambridge Ancient History (NY: 1991), vol. 3, pp. 252-321
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Ancient Greeks
Homer, 750 BC to 650 BC
Books
1800’s
Mahaffy, J.P. – Social Life in Greece from Homer to Menander [290 BC] (London: Macmillan, 1888) 460 pp. ToC
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1900’s
Quennell, Marjorie & C.H.B. Quennell – Everyday Life in Homeric Greece (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1936) 210 pp. ToC
Mireauz, Emile – Daily Life in the Time of Homer (Macmillan, 1959) 260 pp. ToC
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Short & Friendly
1900’s
Nichols, Roger & Sarah – Aspects of Greek Life: Greek Everyday Life (Longman, 1978) 47 pp. ToC
Miquel, Pierre – Life in Ancient Greece in Silver Burdett Picture Histories (Burdett, 1985) 65 pp.
Pearson, Anne – Everyday Life in Ancient Greece in Clues to the Past (Watts, 1993) 37 pp.
Ross, Stewart – Ancient Greece: Daily Life (Peter Bedrick Books, 1999) 50 pp. ToC
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2000’s
Hull, Robet – Everyday Life: the World of Ancient Greece (Watts, 2000) 33 pp. ToC
Senker, Cath – Everyday Life in Ancient Greece in Uncovering History (Smart Apple Media, 2004) 50 pp. ToC
Peppas, Lynn – Life in Ancient Greece (Crabtree Publishing, 2005) 34 pp. ToC
Levine, Michelle – The Greeks: Life in Ancient Greece (Lerner Press, 2010) 50 pp. ToC
Bensinger, Henry – Ancient Greek Daily Life (Rosen Publishing Group, 2014) 27 pp.
Nardo, Don – Daily Life in Ancient Greece (Raintree, 2015) 50 pp. ToC
Simons, Lisa M. Bolt – Daily Life in Ancient Greece (Capstone Global Library, 2017) 23 pp.
Life in Ancient Greece in Living History
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Books
1800’s
Mahaffy, J.P. – Social Life in Greece from Homer [750 to 650 BC] to Menander [290 BC] (London: Macmillan, 1888) 460 pp. ToC
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1900’s
McClees, Helen – The Daily Life of the Greeks & Romans, as Illustrated in the Classical Collections (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1925) 145 pp. ToC
Robinson, C.E. – Everyday Life in Ancient Greece (Greenwood Press, 1933) 163 pp. ToC
Flaceliere, Robert – Daily Life in Greece at the Time of Pericles [c. 495 – 429 BC] (Macmillan, 1965) 345 pp. ToC
Guhl, E. & W. Koner – Everyday Life of the Greeks & Romans (London: Studio Editions, 1989) 625 pp. ToC
Garland, Robert – Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks (Greenwood Press, 1998) 260 pp. ToC
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2000’s
Matz, David – Voices of Ancient Greece & Rome: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life (Greenwood, 2012) 300 pp. ToC
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Special Topics
Mythology
Short & Friendly
2000’s
MacDonald, Fiona – Gods & Goddesses in the Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks (Peter Bedrick Books, 2002) 40 pp. ToC
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Families
Short & Friendly
Millard, Anne – Family Life in Ancient Greece (Wayland, 1995) 34 pp. ToC
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Cooking
Short & Friendly
Gifford, Clive – Food & Cooking in Ancient Greece (Wayland, 2009) 35 pp. ToC
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Sex
Licht, Hans – Sexual Life in Ancient Greece tr. J.H. Freese (London: Routledge & Sons, 1935) 630 pp. ToC
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City of Athens
Friendly
Kotapish, Dawn – Daily Life in Ancient & Modern Athens (Runestone Press, 2001) 65 pp. ToC
Shuter, Jane – Life in Ancient Athens in Picture the Past (2006) 33 pp. ToC
Nardo, Don – Life in Ancient Athens (Lucent Books, 2000) 110 pp. ToC
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Books
Tucker, Thomas G. – Life in Ancient Athens (Macmillan, 1906) 340 pp. ToC
Gardner, Ernest A. – Ancient Athens (Macmillan, 1907) 635 pp. ToC
Webster, T.B.L. – Everyday Life in Classical Athens [500 BC – 323 BC] (Batsford, 1969) 190 pp. ToC
Deighton, Hilary – A Day in the Life of Ancient Athens (Bristol Classical Press, 1995) 85 pp.
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Source Anthology
eds. Ferguson & Chisholm – Political & Social Life in the Great Age of Athens [478 BC to 336 BC]: a Source Book (Ward Lock Educational, 1978) 275 pp. ToC
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Crete
Willetts, R.F. – Everyday Life in Ancient Crete (Batsford, 1969) 190 pp. ToC
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Hellenistic World
Evans, James Allan – Daily Life in the Hellenistic Age from Alexander to Cleopatra (Greenwood Press, 2008) 250 pp. ToC
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Ancient Romans
Encyclopedia
2000’s
Ermatinger, James W. – The World of Ancient Rome: a Daily Life Encyclopedia, vol. 1, 2 (Greenwood, 2015)
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Short & Friendly
1900’s
Miquel, Pierre – Life in Ancient Rome in Silver Burdett Picture Histories (Burdett, 1984) 60 pp.
Kaufman, William – Life in Ancient Rome (Dover, 1997) 45 pp.
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2000’s
Grant, Neil – Everyday Life in Ancient Rome in Uncovering History (Smart Apple Media, 2003) 44 pp. ToC
Adams, Simon – Life in Ancient Rome (Kingfisher, 2005) 62 pp. ToC
Mehta-Jones, Shilpa – Life in Ancient Rome (Crabtree, 2005) 35 pp.
Williams, Brenda – Staying Alive in Ancient Rome (Raintree, 2008) 34 pp.
Life during the Roman Empire
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Books
1900’s
McClees, Helen – The Daily Life of the Greeks & Romans, as Illustrated in the Classical Collections (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1925) 145 pp. ToC
Quennell, Marjorie & C.H.B. – Everyday Life in Roman Times (Transworld Publishers, 1972) 125 pp.
Balsdon & Ferguson – Social Life in the Early Empire (Open University, 1974) 65 pp. ToC
Casson, Lionel – The Horizon Book of Daily Life in Ancient Rome [in the 2nd Century AD] (American Heritage Publishing Co., 1975) 125 pp. ToC
Liversidge, Joan – Everyday Life in the Roman Empire (Batsford, 1976) 235 pp. ToC
Fleming, Stuart J. – Roman Glass: Reflections of Everyday Life (University of Pennsylvania Museum, 1997) 75 pp. ToC
This book draws observations on everyday life from a study of Roman pottery, statues, etc.
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2000’s
McGowen, Stacey – Roman Daily Life (University Readers, 2012) 150 pp. ToC
Matz, David
Daily Life of the Ancient Romans (Greenwood Press)
Voices of Ancient Greece & Rome: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life (Greenwood, 2012) 300 pp. ToC
Chrystal, Paul – How to be a Roman: a Day in the Life of a Roman Family (Stroud: Amberlsy, 2017) 94 pp. ToC
Chrystal, Paul – When in Rome: Social Life in Ancient Rome [753 BC to 550 AD] (Fonthill, 2017) 300 pp. ToC
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Historical Fiction
Army
Whitehead, A.C. – The Standard Bearer: a Story of Army Life in the Time of Caesar [100 BC to 44 BC] (Biblo & Tannen, 1967) 300 pp. ToC
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City of Rome
Short & Friendly
Millard, Anne – Ancient Rome: Everyday Life in Roman Times (1981) 63 pp. ToC
Nardo, Don – Daily Life in Ancient Rome (Raintree, 2015) 48 pp. ToC
Barghusen, Joan – Daily Life in Ancient & Modern Rome (Runestone Press, 1999) 60 pp.
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Books
Treble, H.A. & K.M. King – Everyday Life in Rome in the Time of Caesar & Cicero (Clarendon Press, 1939) 160 pp. ToC
Carcopino, Jerome – Daily Life in Ancient Rome: the People & the City at the Height of the Empire (Yale Univ. Press, 1940) 355 pp. ToC
Cowell, F.R. – Everyday Life in Ancient Rome (London: Batsford, 1961) 220 pp. ToC
Casson, Lionel – Everyday Life in Ancient Rome (Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1998) 180 pp. ToC
Dupont, Florence – Daily Life in Ancient Rome (Blackwell, 1993) 315 pp. ToC
Aldrete, Gregory S. – The Roman City: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia (Greenwood Press)
Angela, Alberto – A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome tr. Gregory Conti (Europa, 2009) 380 pp. ToC
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City of Pompeii
Books
De Albentiis, Emidio – Secrets of Pompeii: Everyday Life in Ancient Rome (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2009) 195 pp.
Tuck, Steven – Pompeii: Daily Life in an Ancient Roman City: Course Guidbook in The Great Courses (The Teaching Company, 2010) 110 pp.
Aldrete, Gregory S. – The Roman City: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia (Greenwood Press)an
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Etruscans
Heurgon, Jacques – Daily Life of the Etruscans (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1961) 340 pp. ToC
MacNamara, Ellen – Everyday Life of the Etruscans (Batsford, 1973) 220 pp. ToC
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Roman Frontier
Book
Southern, Patricia – Hadrian’s Wall: Everyday Life on a Roman Fontier (Amberley: 2016) 460 pp. ToC
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Britain
Historical Fiction
Allason-Jones Lindsay – Roman Woman: Everyday Life in Hadrian’s Britain [AD 122-138] (Michael O’Mara Books, 2000) 235 pp. ToC
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Families
Chrisp, Peter – Family Life in Roman Britain (Wayland, 1994) 34 pp. ToC
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Special Topics
Religion
Turcan, Robert – The Gods of Ancient Rome: Religion in Everyday Life from Archaic to Imperial Times tr. Antonia Nevill (Routledge, 2000) 200 pp. ToC
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Women
Allason-Jones Lindsay – Roman Woman: Everyday Life in Hadrian’s Britain [AD 122-138] (Michael O’Mara Books, 2000) 235 pp. ToC
This is historical fiction.
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Cooking
Short & Friendly
Gifford, Clive – Food & Cooking in Ancient Rome (Power Kids Press, 2010) 35 pp. ToC
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Military
Short & Friendly
Wood, Richard – The Daily Life of a Roman Centurion (Wayland, 2008) 30 pp.
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Sex
Keifer, Otto – Sexual Life in Ancient Rome (Dorset Press, 1993) 395 pp. ToC
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Charioteer
Anderson, Scoular – A Day in the Life of a Roman Charioteer (Pearson Education, 2001) 24 pp. ToC
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Ancient Britain
Books
1800’s
Windle, Bertram – Life in Early Britain, being an Account of the Early Inhabitants of this Island & the Memorials which they have left behind them (London: David Nutt, 1897) 255 pp. ToC
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1900’s
Synge, M.B. – A Short History of Social Life in England (Hodder & Stoughton, 1922) 445 pp. ToC
Hall, H.R. Wilton – Social Life in England through the Centuries (Blackie & Son, 1927) 250 pp. ToC
ed. Barraclough, Geoffrey – Social Life in Early England (Barnes & Noble, 1960) 280 pp. ToC
Barrett, John – Fragments from Antiquity: an Archaeology of Social Life in Britain, 2900-1200 BC (Blackwell, 1994) 190 pp. ToC
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Celts
Short & Friendly
1900’s
Walkley, Victor – Celtic Daily Life (London: Robinson, 1997) 120 pp. ToC
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2000’s
Grant, Neil – Everyday Life of the Celts in Uncovering History (Smart Apple Media, 2004) 45 pp.
Butterfield, Moira – Discover the Celts & the Iron Age: Everyday Life (Watts, 2016) 35 pp. ToC
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Books
1900’s
Ross, Anne – Everyday Life of the Pagan Celts (Batsford, 1970) 220 pp.
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2000’s
Alcock, Joan P. – Daily Life of the Pagan Celts (Greenwood Publishing, 2009) 240 pp.
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Roman Britain
Books
Quennell, Marjorie & C.H.B. – Everyday Life in Roman Britain 3rd ed. (London: Batsford, 1924) 150 pp. ToC
ed. Barraclough, Geoggrey – Social Life in Early England (Greenwood Press, 1980) 275 pp. ToC
Allason-Jones, Lindsay – Daily Life in Roman Britain (Greenwood, 2008) 195 pp. ToC
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Scotland
1800’s
Rogers, Charles – Social Life in Scotland from Early to Recent Times, vol. 1, 2, 3 (Edinburgh: Paterson, 1884) 420 pp. ToC 1, 2, 3
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Ancient Southern Europe
Italy
Book
1900’s
Friedlander, Ludwig – Town Life in Ancient Italy tr. William Waters (Sanborn, 1908) 70 pp. no ToC
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Ancient Middle East & North Africa
Middle East
Book
eds. Averbeck, Chavalas & Weisberg – Life & Culture in the Ancient Near East (CDL Press, 2003) 515 pp. ToC
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Turkey
City of Istanbul
Whole of History
Bator, Robert – Daily Life in Ancient & Modern Istanbul (Runestone Press, 2000) 65 pp. ToC
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1900 to 1950
Johnson, Clarence – Constantinople To-day; or the Pathfinder Survey of Constantinople; a Study in Oriental Social Life (Macmillan, 1922) 475 pp. ToC
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City of Troy
The Trojan Woman tr. Gilbert Murray (Allen & Unwin, 1925)
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Ugarit
van Selms, A. – Marriage & Family Life in Ugaritic Literature (Luzac & Co., 1954) 160 pp. ToC
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Israel
See ‘Everyday Life in Bible Times & Lands’.
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Iran
Whole History
Article
Adams, Robert – “Agriculture & Urban Life in Early Southwestern Iran” in Science, vol. 136, no. 3511 (1962), pp. 109-36
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Egypt
Friendly
Harris, Nathaniel – Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt (Sea-to-Sea, 2006) 35 pp. ToC
Rockwood, Leigh – Ancient Egyptian Daily Life in Spotlight on Ancient Civilizations: Egypt (2014) 28 pp.
Nardo, Don
Daily Life in Ancient Egypt (2015) 48 pp. ToC
People of the Nile: Rhythms of Daily Life (Thomson/Gale, 2005) 110 pp. ToC
Doxey, Denise – Life in Ancient Egypt: a Journey into the Mysterious Past (Running Press, 1996) 62 pp. ToC
Challen, Paul – Life in Ancient Egypt (Crabtree Publishing, 2004) 35 pp. ToC
Streissguth, Thomas – Life in Ancient Egypt (Lucent Books, 2001) 98 pp.
Life in Ancient Egypt in Living History
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Article
A.M.L. – “An Exhibit Illustrating the Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians” in Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. 13 (1918), pp. 283-88
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Books
Budge, E.A. Wallis – A Short History of the Egyptian People, with chapters on their Reglion, Daily Life, etc. (Dent & Sons, 1914) 300 pp. ToC
Petrie, W.M. Flinders – Social Life in Ancient Egypt (Constable & Co., 1923) 220 pp. ToC
Shorter, Alan W. – Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt (London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1932) 240 pp. ToC
Wilson, John – The Culture of Ancient Egypt (Phoenix Books / Univ. of Chicago Press, 1951) 375 pp. ToC
Winlock, H.E. – Models of Daily Life in Ancient Egypt from the Tomb of Meket-Re at Thebes (Harvard Univ. Press, 1955) 205 pp. ToC
Montet, Pierre – Everyday Life in Egypt in the days of Ramesses the Great tr. Maxwell-Hyslop & Drower (St. Martin’s Press, 1958) 410 pp. ToC
Lindsay, Jack – Daily Life in Roman Egypt [30 BC to AD 640] (London: Frederick Muller, 1963) 410 pp. ToC
Sameh, Waley-el-dine – Daily Life in Ancient Egypt (McGraw-Hill, 1964) 160 pp. ToC
Mertz, Barbara – Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Egypt rev. ed. (Dodd, Mead & Co., 1978) 400 pp. ToC
Romer, John – Ancient Lives: Daily Life in Egypt of the Pharaohs (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984) 280 pp. ToC
Montet, Pierre – Everyday Life in Egypt in the Days of Ramesses the Great [1279-1213 BC] (Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 1981) 410 pp.
White, Jon M. – Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt (Dorset Press, 1989) 208 pp. ToC
Romano, James F. – Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians (Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 1990) 55 pp. ToC
Brier, Bob & Hoyt Hobbs – Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians (Greenwood Press, 1999) 265 pp. ToC
Casson, Lionel – Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt rev. ed. (Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2001) 175 pp.
Booth, Charlotte – Lost Voices of the Nile: Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt (Amberley, 2015) 300 pp.
Egyptian Museum of Turin – Egyption Civilization: Daily Life (Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino, 1988) 260 pp.
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Pharaohs
Short & Friendly
Helbrough, Emma – A Day in the Life of a Pharaoh [Ramesses, c. 1270 BC] (Power Kids Press, 2008) 36 pp. ToC
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Families
Short & Friendly
Clayton, Peter – Family Life in Ancient Egypt (Wayland, 1995) 40 pp. ToC
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Nubians
3,500 BC to 300 BC
Bianchi, Robert S. – Daily Life of the Nubians (Greenwood Press)
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Mythology
Short & Friendly
McCall, Henrietta – Gods & Goddesses in the Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians (Peter Bedrick Books, 2001) 44 pp. ToC
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Book
Meeks, Dimitri & Christine Favard-Meeks – Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods (Cornell Univ. Press, 1996) 275 pp. ToC
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Cooking
Short & Friendly
Gifford, Clive – Food & Cooking in Ancient Egypt (Power Kids Press, 2010) 32 pp. ToC
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City of Antioch
Haddad, George – Aspects of Social Life in Antioch in the Hellenistic-Roman Period (Univ. of Chicago, 1949) 185 pp. ToC
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North Africa
Carthage
Charles-Picard, Gilbert & Colette – Daily Life in Carthage at the Time of Hannibal [247-183 BC] tr. A. Foster (Macmillan, 1961) 265 pp. ToC
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Ancient India
Indus Valley
Short & Friendly
Williams, Brian – Daily Life in the Indus Valley Civilization (Raintree, 2016) 47 pp. ToC
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Books
Speir, Charlotte – Life in Ancient India (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1856) 515 pp. ToC
Jain, Jagdish Chandra – Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons (New Book Co., 1947) 415 pp. ToC
Sengupta, Padmini – Everyday Life in Ancient India (Oxford Univ. Press, 1950) 210 pp. ToC
Auboyer, Jeannine – Daily Life in Ancient India from approximately 200 BC to AD 700 (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1961) 385 pp. ToC
Edwardes, Michael – Everyday Life in Early India (Batsford, 1969) 185 pp. ToC
Murthy, K. Krishna – Social & Cultural Life in Ancient India (Delhi: Sundeep Prakashan, 1982) 175 pp. ToC
ed. Sircar, D.C. – Social Life in Ancient India (Univ. of Calcutta, 1971) 160 pp. ToC
Chakladar, Haran Chandra – Social Life in Ancient India: Study in Vatsyayana’s Kamasutra (Cosmo Publications, 1929) 215 pp. no ToC
Narayan – Some Aspects of Social Life in Ancient India (Allhabad Narayan Publishing House, 1976) 345 pp. ToC
Singh, Madan Mohan – Life in North-Eastern India in Pre-Mauryan Times (with special reference to c. 600 B.C. – 325 B.C.) (Motilal Banarsidass, 1967) 330 pp. ToC
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Sex
Meyer, Johann J. – Sexual Life in Ancient india: a Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture, vol. 1, 2 (Dutton & Co., 1930) 280 pp. ToC 1, 2
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Ancient China & Japan
China
Whole History
ed. Kerr, Rose – Chinese Art & Design: Art Objects in Ritual & Daily Life (Overlook Press, 1991) 250 pp. ToC
ed. Kuiper, Kathleen – The Culture of China in Understanding China (Rosen, 2010) 300 pp. ToC
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1766 BC to 1046 BC
Hile, Lori – Daily Life in the Shang Dynasty China (Raintree, 2016) 45 pp. ToC
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200 BC to AD 220
Loewe, Michael – Everyday Life in Early Imperial China during the Han Period, 202 BC – AD 220 (Dorset Press, 1988) 200 pp. ToC
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600 to 1400
Contracts
Hansen, Valerie – Negotiating Daily Life in Traditional China: How Ordinary People used Contracts 600-1400 (Yale Univ. Press, 1995) 300 pp.
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618 to 907
Benn, Charles – China’s Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty [AD 618-907] (Oxford Univ. Press, 2004) 335 pp. ToC
Benn, Charles – Daily Life in Traditional China: the Tang Dynasty (Greenwood Press, 2002) 340 pp. ToC
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1200’s
Gernet, Jacques – Daily Life in China on the Eve of the Mongol Invasion, 1250-1276 (Macmillan, 1962) 265 pp. ToC
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City of Beijing
Baldwin, Robert – Daily Life in Ancient & Modern Beijing (Runestone Press, 1999) 65 pp. ToC
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Sex
van Gulik, R.H. – Sexual Life in Ancient China (Brill, 1961) 435 pp. ToC
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Japan
Books
Farris, William W. – Daily Life & Demographics in Ancient Japan (Univ. of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies, 2020) 140 pp. ToC
Deal, William E. – Handbook to Life in Medieval & Early Modern Japan (Facts on File, 2006) 425 pp.
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Samurai
Fredeic, Louis – Daily Life in Japan at the Time of the Samurai, 1185-1603 (Praeger, 1972) 265 pp. ToC
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Ancient Central America
Sex & Drugs
Book
Guerra, Francisco – The Pre-Columbian Mind: a Study into the Aberrant Nature of Sexual Drives, Drugs affecting Behaviour and the attitude towards life and death, with a survey of psychotherapy in pre-Columbian America (Seminar Press, 1971) 370 pp. ToC
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Mexico
Burland, C.A. – Art & Life in Ancient Mexico (Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1948) 105 pp.
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Aztecs
Short & Friendly
Niver, Heather – Ancient Aztec Daily Life (Power Kids Press, 2017) 33 pp.
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Books
Thompson, J. Eric – Mexico Before Cortez: an Account of the Daily Life, Religion & Ritual of the Aztecs & Kindred Peoples (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1937) 345 pp. ToC
Bray, Warwick – Everyday Life of the Aztecs (Batsford, 1968) 205 pp.
Soustelle, Jacques – Daily Life of the Aztecs on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest (Macmillan, 1968) 360 pp. ToC
Carrasco, David & Scott Sessions – Daily Life of the Aztecs: People of the Sun & Earth 2nd ed. (Greenwood Press, 1998; 2011) 300 pp.
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Mayans
Short & Friendly
Hunter, Nick – Daily Life in the Maya Civilization (Raintree, 2016) 48 pp.
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Books
Whitlock, Ralph – Everyday Life of the Maya (Dorset Press, 1987) 190 pp. ToC
Sharer, Robert – Daily Life in Maya Civilization (Greenwood Press, 1996) 250 pp.
Foster, Lynn – Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya World (Oxford Univ. Press, 2005) 415 pp. ToC
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Mexico City
Cory, Steve – Daily Life in Ancient & Modern Mexico City (Runestone Press, 1999) 65 pp. ToC
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Ancient South America
Short & Friendly
Richardson, Hazel – Life in Ancient South America (Crabtree, 2005) 38 pp.
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Sex & Drugs
Book
Guerra, Francisco – The Pre-Columbian Mind: a Study into the Aberrant Nature of Sexual Drives, Drugs affecting Behaviour and the attitude towards life and death, with a survey of psychotherapy in pre-Columbian America (Seminar Press, 1971) 370 pp. ToC
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Peru
Wood, Alix – Uncovering the Culture of Ancient Peru (2015) 34 pp.
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Incas
Books
Kendall, Ann – Everyday Life of the Incas (Batsford, 1973) 210 pp. ToC
Malpass, Michael – Daily Life in the Inca Empire (Hackett Publishing Co., 2008) 190 pp. ToC
Baudin, Louis – Daily Life in Peru under the Last Incas [1500-1572] (Macmillan, 1962) 250 pp. ToC This was republished as: Daily Life of the Incas (Dover, 2003)
Rome, Jesus & Lucienne – Life of the Incas in Ancient Peru (1987) 142 pp.
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Ancient Africa
Short & Friendly
Richardson, Hazel – Life in Ancient Africa (Crabtree, 2005) 32 pp.
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West Africa
Short & Friendly
Mason, Paul – Daily Life in Ancient Benin (Raintree, 2016) 50 pp. ToC
Brook, Larry – Daily Life in Ancient & Modern Timbuktu (Runestone Press, 1999) 65 pp. ToC
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Ghana
Whole History
Bibliography
Amedekey, E.Y. – The Culture of Ghana: a Bibliography (Ghana Univ. Press, 1970) 225 pp. ToC
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