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Ancient
Civilizations
Biographies
Ancient
Civilizations
Biographies
Judson Knight
Stacy A. McConnell and
Lawrence W. Baker, Editors
  Judson Knight
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Front cover: Cleopatra, drawing. Archive Photos. Reproduced by permission.
Back cover: Confucius, drawing. Library of Congress.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Knight, Judson
Ancient Civilizations: Biographies / Judson Knight; edited by
Stacy A. McConnell and Lawrence W. Baker
p. cm.
Includes biographical references and index
ISBN 0-7876-3985-0
Civilization, Ancient–Juvenile literature. 2. Biography–To
500–Juvenile literature.
[1. Civilization, Ancient–Biography.] I. McConnell, Stacy A. II.
Title
CB311 .K595 2000
930–dc21
99-045751
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99-20707
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To Tyler, from her ancient daddy;
and to Deidre, from her modern husband.
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Contents
Advisory Board
....................ix
Reader’s Guide
....................xi
Words to Know
....................xiii
Timeline
.......................xix
Biographies
Akhenaton ...................1
Alexander the Great ...............8
Aristotle ....................15
Asoka .....................24
Marcus Aurelius ................30
Boadicea ...................38
Buddha ....................45
Julius Caesar ..................52
Cleopatra ...................60
Confucius ...................68
Constantine ..................76
Akhenaton attempted to
completely reshape
Egyptian religion.
(Reproduced by permission.
Corbis-Bettmann.)
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