veecaswell's review

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4.0

With 100 carefully chosen pictures, each explained in just 100 words, this book provides a quick and fun insight into the characters, events and inventions of the ancient world. With entries on the Egyptians, the Phoenicians, the Minoans, the Greeks,and the Romans.

I really enjoy the diversity of the different parts of the ancient world, featuring so many parts and giving an insight into different eras. I didn’t know much about the Minoans or the Phoenicians but this book gives an insight, no matter how old or young you are into these cultures and really made me want to learn more about them in the future.

Accompanying each short entry are some really wonderful illustrations from Herba that work so well, Their simplicity but boldness really works throughout this book and adds to the learning experience of the book. In particular the illustrations for ‘Pets’, ‘Cleopatra’, ‘Knossos’ and ‘Mosaics’ are some of my favourite illustrations however throughout this book they all are so beautiful.
A really great book that keeps teaching until the end, ‘The Ancient World In 100 Words’ is a really great introduction to the classical world.

ijustkindalikebooks's review

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4.0

With 100 carefully chosen pictures, each explained in just 100 words, this book provides a quick and fun insight into the characters, events and inventions of the ancient world. With entries on the Egyptians, the Phoenicians, the Minoans, the Greeks,and the Romans.

I really enjoy the diversity of the different parts of the ancient world, featuring so many parts and giving an insight into different eras. I didn’t know much about the Minoans or the Phoenicians but this book gives an insight, no matter how old or young you are into these cultures and really made me want to learn more about them in the future.

Accompanying each short entry are some really wonderful illustrations from Herba that work so well, Their simplicity but boldness really works throughout this book and adds to the learning experience of the book. In particular the illustrations for ‘Pets’, ‘Cleopatra’, ‘Knossos’ and ‘Mosaics’ are some of my favourite illustrations however throughout this book they all are so beautiful.
A really great book that keeps teaching until the end, ‘The Ancient World In 100 Words’ is a really great introduction to the classical world.

erikasarutobi's review

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3.0

This was a fast read but it was too focused on the Egyptian, Roman and Greek history which consisted mostly of already known facts about them. Though despite not knowing much about the Phoenician and Minoans, there were just 3-4 pages about them while the other 3 was around 30 pages each.

Another issue I had were some grammatical mistakes but otherwise this book was good and a fast read since each page consisted of 100 words only. I've read another review that mentions that there are more stuff known that could fit more pages and some discrepancies.

Overall, this would be a good read for children who haven't read much history to be able to enjoy it more than I have.

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with the digital copy for an honest review.

iriswindmeijer's review against another edition

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3.0

De Olympische spelen, Aphrodite, en de kalender. Deze woorden komen uit de klassieke wereld, maar weet jij wat hun origine is? In De klassieke wereld in 100 woorden kun je deze belangrijke begrippen lezen.

De klassieke wereld in 100 woorden is een prachtige hardcover editie, met mooi dik, mat papier. Het voelt als een kwaliteitsboek, een die je in je boekenkast laat staan om te laten zien! Maar, don’t judge a book by it’s cover, ook van binnen is er over iedere pagina goed nagedacht. Er wordt bijvoorbeeld op iedere pagina wordt door middel van symbolen aangegeven bij welke bevolkingsgroepen een begrip hoort. Van de 100 begrippen (met illustraties), tot en met de tijdlijn en wereldkaart achterin. Er staan zelfs tips in voor musea en parken in Nederland, België en Duitsland (net over de grens) voor als je meer wil weten. Hier is duidelijk veel aandacht in gestopt.

De klassieke wereld in 100 woorden bestaat uit 100 begrippen. Al deze begrippen zijn voorzien van een prachtige, klassiek mooie illustratie van Gosia Herba. Extra bijzonder is dat alle 100 woorden ook in 100 woorden worden uitgelegd (ik heb ze steeksproefsgewijs gecontroleerd). Hier heeft de vertaler Imme Dros vast flink over zitten nadenken, dit is echt het verfijndere vertaalwerk.
De begrippen gaan van bekendere termen, zoals bier en de Olympische spelen, naar minder bekende woorden. Je hebt vast wel gehoord van Cleopatra, maar ken je ook Hatshepsut? En wist je dat het Griekse woord biblion verwijst naar de stad Byblos, een van de oudste plaatsen ter wereld? Deze verzameling woorden gaat gelukkig verder dan de ‘standaard’ bekende termen, waardoor je er ook iets van opsteekt.

Clive Gifford heeft met De klassieke wereld in 100 woorden weer een prachtig boekwerk neergezet. De klassieke wereld in 100 woorden is duidelijk met heel veel zorg samengesteld, geïllustreerd en vertaald. Een aanwinst voor je boekenkast!

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bookish_4life's review

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4.0

I got a copy of this graphic novel through NetGalley. All opinions are my own

Great quick read. I love Ancient History, re-reading about the different civilizations and just learning some new stuff I didn't learn back in High School was great. I especially loved the concept of describing key concepts in 100 words because it was straight to the point and provided enoguh information to understand each culture.
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