My Account Wish List Shopping Cart Log In
Store Location

Ancient History

History is like a tree—the ancient parts are roots, and as the story progresses the trunk rises and branches expand to encompass every person and event since Adam and Eve. Because history is unified, every element of the story is interconnected, even if that connection is distant. Furthermore, the current parts are all directly the product of the parts that have come before, and to understand the current situation you'll need to understand the past.

Understanding the ancient history roots at the bottom of the tree is essential for a proper perspective of everything that comes after. Some people take this too far and assume that ancient history is all that matters, but those who disregard it or understand it on no more than a cursory level are just as mistaken. Just as a building must have a strong foundation, so a study of history must begin in the right place.

The ancient world was different from ours, and the same. It was different in primarily physical ways: technology was less advanced, there were fewer people, and the general standard of living was far below what we enjoy (at least in the industrialized world). However, human nature never changes, and the same universal conflict that exists today—between God's children and His enemies—raged then.

It's interesting to what extent the dominant theories and philosophies of the modern world reflect those of the ancients. There is truly nothing new under the sun, and the Enlightenment rationalism, faith in human progress, belief in man's innate goodness, evolutionary idealism, and even postmodernism against which Christians fight all have their roots in the ideas of the Babylonians, Greeks, Egyptians, and every other early civilization.

That doesn't mean there isn't a clear trajectory from the ancient world to the present. Ideas all run a distinct course, and some reach prominence at different times; while the seeds of every successive philosophy were sown in the ancient world, it took time to grow them into what we recognize how as humanism, modernism, postmodernism, and the ever-illusory post-postmodernism.

The same is true of events. The history of any period is simply the chronicle of man's attempts to thwart God's will and Yahweh's use of even the most outrageous rebellion to achieve His own ends. In some ways, this is more obvious in ancient history, as the nation of Israel fought the surrounding nations, and too often embraced their paganism.

That story, of God's work among His people and in the world, and of man's continual rebellion, is also our story. The Church fights the same battles our Israelite forefathers did, though on a more ideological rather than physical scale. When we realize how much the story of the ancients is our own story, the significance of studying their world becomes much clearer, and the urgency of such study is made plain.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he's a husband and father who loves church, good food, and weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.
Did you find this review helpful?
Parent Categories
Subcategories
97 Items found Print
Filter
Active Filters: 1st grade (Ages 6-7)
Aesop's Fables
Puffin Classics
by Aesop
Reprint from Puffin Books
Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Puffin Classics (Location: FIC-PUF)
$6.79
AIO Imagination Station Book #02
by Marianne Hering & Paul McCusker
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$6.79
AIO Imagination Station Book #05
by Brock Eastman & Marianne Hering
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$6.79
AIO Imagination Station Book #07
by Marianne Hering & Marshal Younger
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$6.79
AIO Imagination Station Book #12
by Marianne Hering, Nancy I. Sanders
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$6.79
AIO Imagination Station Book #16
by Marianne Hering, Paul McCusker
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$5.09 $2.80 (1 in stock)
AIO Imagination Station Book #19
by Marianne Hering
from Focus on the Family
for 1st-3rd grade
in Imagination Station (Location: SER-AIO)
$5.09
Alexander the Great
by Andrew Langley
Reissue from Oxford University
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$5.94
Alexander the Great
by Demi
from Two Lions
for 1st-3rd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
Alexander the Great Coloring Book
by John K. Anderson
from Bellerophon Books
for 1st-4th grade
in Ancient Greece (Location: HISW-ANGR)
All Through the Ages
by Christine Miller
3rd edition from Nothing New Press
World History Reference for All grades
in World History Reference (Location: HISW-REF)
Ancient China: To the Great Wall...and Beyond
by Judy Wilcox
from Zeezok Publishing
for Kindergarten-12th grade
in China (Location: HISMC-CHI)
$13.95
Ancient Civilizations & the Bible - True Tales CDs
by Diana Waring
3rd edition from Diana Waring Presents
History Curriculum for 1st-10th grade
in Diana Waring History Revealed (Location: OHIS-DWHR)
Ancient Civilizations & the Bible - What in the World? CDs
by Diana Waring
3rd edition from Diana Waring Presents
History Curriculum for 1st-10th grade
in Diana Waring History Revealed (Location: OHIS-DWHR)
Ancient Civilizations: Greeks!
by Carmella Van Vleet, illustrated by Tom Casteel
from Nomad Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Ancient Greece (Location: HISW-ANGR)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Ancient Egypt and Her Neighbors
by Lorene Lambert
from Simply Charlotte Mason
for 1st-12th grade
in Ancient Egypt (Location: HISW-ANEG)
Ancient Egyptian Costumes - Paper Dolls
by Tom Tierney
from Dover Publications
for 1st-3rd grade
in Dover Paper Dolls (Location: COL-DOLL)
Ancient Egyptian Design
by Ed Sibbett, Jr.
from Dover Publications
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in History of the World Coloring Books (Location: COL-HISW)
Ancient Egyptians
History Opens Windows
by Jane Shuter
Revised and Updated from Heinemann-Raintree
for 1st-3rd grade
in Ancient Egypt (Location: HISW-ANEG)
$4.00 (2 in stock)
Archaeologists Dig For Clues
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Stage 2
by Kate Duke
from HarperCollins
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Archaeology (Location: HISRF-ARCH)
$5.99 $4.00 (3 in stock)
Atarax the Wolf Tells: Greek Myths
by Adam De Gree
from Classical Historian
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$7.50
BiblioPlan Companion, Year One
by Julia Nalle, Rob Nalle
from BiblioPlan for Families
for Kindergarten-12th grade
in Miscellaneous History Curriculum (Location: HISCUR-MISC)
Classical Acts and Facts History Cards: Ancient World
from Classical Conversations
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Classical Acts & Facts Cards (Location: HISCUR-CC)
$28.20 $17.50 (4 in stock)
Coloring Book of Ancient Greece
from Bellerophon Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Ancient Greece (Location: HISW-ANGR)
Coloring Book of Incas, Aztecs & Mayas
from Bellerophon Books
for 1st-5th grade
in Ancient America (Location: HISW-ANAM)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Coloring Book of the Odyssey
from Bellerophon Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Ancient Greece (Location: HISW-ANGR)
Coloring Book of the Trojan War: The Iliad Vol. 1
by John K. Anderson
from Bellerophon Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Ancient Greece (Location: HISW-ANGR)
Count Your Way Through Israel
by James Haskins
from First Avenue Editions
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Israel (Location: HISW-ANIS)
Damon, Pythias, and the Test of Friendship
by Teresa Bateman
from Albert Whitman & Company
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
David and Goliath
by Barbara Shook Hazen
from Golden Books
for Nursery-1st grade
in Little Golden Books (Location: PIC-GOLD)
Egyptian Cinderella
by Shirley Climo & Ruth Heller
from HarperCollins
for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$8.49
Exodus
by Brian Wildsmith
from Eerdmans
Bible Stories for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
Explore Greek Myths!
by Anita Yasuda, illustrated by Mike Crosier
from Nomad Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Ancient Greece (Location: HISW-ANGR)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Explore the Holy Land
A Child's Geography Volume II
by Ann Voskamp & Tonia Peckover
from Master Books
for 1st-6th grade
in Geography Curriculum (Location: GEO-CUR)
$39.19
Famous Figures of Ancient Times
by Cathy Diez-Luckie
First Edition from Figures in Motion
for 1st-4th grade
in Ancient History (Location: HISW-ANC)
$21.95 $14.00 (2 in stock)
Favorite Greek Myths
by Mary Pope Osborne
from Scholastic Inc.
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
Game On in Ancient Greece
Time Travel Guides
by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Bill Slavin
from Kids Can Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Comic Books & Graphic Novels (Location: FIC-COMIC)
Genesis through Deuteronomy & Ancient Egypt (old)
by Sonya Shafer
3rd edition from Simply Charlotte Mason
for 1st-12th grade
in Old Edition History & Geography (Location: OHIS)
$12.50 (1 in stock)
Gilgamesh the King
by Ludmila Zeman
from Tundra Books (NY)
for 1st-4th grade
$8.49 $5.20 (1 in stock)
Gilgamesh Trilogy
by Ludmila Zeman
for 1st-4th grade
in Ancient History (Location: HISW-ANC)
Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt
by Leonard Everett Fisher
from Holiday House
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Ancient Egypt (Location: HISW-ANEG)
Gods and Goddesses of Olympus
by Aliki
from HarperCollins
for 1st-3rd grade
in Ancient Greece (Location: HISW-ANGR)
$7.99
Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient Maya
by Leonard Everett Fisher
from Holiday House
for 1st-4th grade
in Ancient America (Location: HISW-ANAM)
Greek and Roman Eras
Journey Through History
by Carme Peris, Glòria & Oriol Vergés
from Barron's
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Ancient Greece (Location: HISW-ANGR)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Greek Myths
by Marcia Williams
from Walker Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Oversized History Books (Location: HISW-OVER)
$8.99
Growing Up in Ancient Egypt
by Rosalie David
from Troll Publishing
for 1st-3rd grade
in Ancient Egypt (Location: HISW-ANEG)
$2.80 (1 in stock)
Growing Up in Ancient Greece
by Chris Chelepi
from Troll Publishing
for 1st-3rd grade
in Ancient Greece (Location: HISW-ANGR)
Growing Up in Ancient Rome
by Mike Corbishley
from Troll Publishing
for 1st-3rd grade
in Ancient Rome (Location: HISW-ANRO)
$2.80 (1 in stock)
Guide to Egypt
by Michael March
from Highlights for Children
for 1st-6th grade
in Near & Middle East (Location: HISMC-NME)
$1.50 (2 in stock)
Hands-On History: Romans
by Fiona Macdonald
from Crabtree Publishing
for 1st-4th grade
in Ancient Rome (Location: HISW-ANRO)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Hieroglyphs
by Joyce Milton, illustrated by Charles Micucci
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 1st-4th grade
in Ancient Egypt (Location: HISW-ANEG)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
History Pockets: Ancient Civilizations
by Jill Norris
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 1st-3rd grade
in Ancient History (Location: HISW-ANC)
$10.00 (2 in stock)
I Wonder Why Greeks Built Temples
by Fiona Macdonald
from Kingfisher
for 1st-4th grade
in Ancient Greece (Location: HISW-ANGR)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
If You Were Me and Lived in... Egypt
A Child's Introduction to Cultures Around the World Volume 17
by Carole P. Roman
for 1st-3rd grade
in Near & Middle East (Location: HISMC-NME)
$10.99
If You Were Me and Lived in... Greece
by Carole P. Roman
from CreateSpace
for 1st-3rd grade
in Ancient Greece (Location: HISW-ANGR)
If You Were Me and Lived in...Ancient Greece
An Introduction to Civilizations Throughout Time Volume 1
by Carole P. Roman
from CreateSpace
for 1st-3rd grade
in Ancient Greece (Location: HISW-ANGR)
Jerusalem, Shining Still
by Karla Kuskin, illustrated by David Frampton
from Harper & Row
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Joseph
by Brian Wildsmith
from Eerdmans
Bible Stories for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Joshua in the Promised Land
by Miriam Chaikin
from Clarion Books
for Preschool-4th grade
in Bible Stories for Kids (Location: BIBR-STO)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Kings of Rome - Cycle 1
Copper Lodge Library
by Stephanie B. Meter (editor)
from Classic Conversations Press
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Classical Conversations (Location: CUR-CC)
$17.80 $11.00 (1 in stock)
Last Quest of Gilgamesh
by Ludmila Zeman
from Tundra Books (NY)
for 1st-4th grade
$8.49
Learn About Pyramids
by Peter Mellett
from Hermes House
for 1st-3rd grade
in Ancient Egypt (Location: HISW-ANEG)
$8.00 (2 in stock)
Modern Rhymes: Ancient Rome
by Susan Altman & Susan Lechner
from Scholastic Inc.
for 1st-3rd grade
in Ancient Rome (Location: HISW-ANRO)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Ancient Egypt
by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen (Illustrator)
from Scholastic Inc.
for 1st-3rd grade
in Oversized History Books (Location: HISW-OVER)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Ancient Egypt
by Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen (Illustrator)
from Scholastic Inc.
for 1st-3rd grade
in Oversized History Books (Location: HISW-OVER)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Imperial China
by Joanna Cole, illustrated by Bruce Degen
from Scholastic Inc.
for 1st-3rd grade
in China (Location: HISMC-CHI)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Mummies
National Geographic Kids Level 2
by Elizabeth Carney
from National Geographic
for 1st-2nd grade
in National Geographic Early Readers (Location: EAR-NGR)
$2.40 (1 in stock)
Pegasus
by Marianna Mayer & K. Y. Craft
1st ed from HarperCollins
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$16.99
Pegasus
by Marianna Mayer & K. Y. Craft
1st ed from Morrow Eagle
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Pepi and the Secret Names
by Jill Paton Walsh & Fiona French
New edition from Frances Lincoln
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Oversized History Books (Location: HISW-OVER)
Persephone
by Sally Clayton, Illustrated by Virginia Lee
from Eerdmans
for 1st-5th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$17.00
Persian Cinderella
by Shirley Climo & Robert Florczak
Reprint from HarperCollins
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$7.64
Prehistory to Egypt
by Gloria Verges, Maria Rius, Oriol Verges
1st edition from Barron's
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Revenge of Ishtar
by Ludmila Zeman
from Tundra Books (NY)
for 1st-4th grade
$7.61
Riding on a Caravan
by Laurie Krebs, illustrated by Helen Cann
from Barefoot Books
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Romans
Usborne Beginners
by Katie Daynes, illustrated by Adam Larkum
from Usborne
for 1st-2nd grade
in Usborne Beginners (Location: SCI-USBREA)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Romans, Reformers, Revolutionaries - What in the World? CD
by Diana Waring
3rd edition from Diana Waring Presents
History Curriculum for 1st-10th grade
in Diana Waring History Revealed (Location: OHIS-DWHR)
Romulus and Remus
Ready-to-Read Level 2
by Anne Rockwell
from Aladdin Paperbacks
for 1st-3rd grade
in Ready-to-Read (Location: EAR-R2R)
Run with Me, Nike!
by Cassandra Case
from Soundprints
in Ancient Greece (Location: HISW-ANGR)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Saint Valentine
by Robert Sabuda
from Aladdin Paperbacks
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Seeker of Knowledge
by James Rumford
from Sandpiper Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Ancient Egypt (Location: HISW-ANEG)
$9.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Senators of Rome
Copper Lodge Library
by Mary MacGregor, edited and introduced by Stephanie B. Meter
from Classical Conversations
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Classical Conversations (Location: CUR-CC)
$17.80
Song to Demeter
by Cynthia & William Birrer
from Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Ancient Greece (Location: HISW-ANGR)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Stories from the History of Rome
by Emily Beesly
from Yesterday's Classics
for 1st-4th grade
in Ancient Rome (Location: HISW-ANRO)
$12.95
Stories from the History of Rome
by Emily Beesly
from Purple House Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Ancient Rome (Location: HISW-ANRO)
$9.99
Tali's Jerusalem Scrapbook
by Sylvia Rouss, illustrated by Nancy Oppenheimer
from Pitspopany Press
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Near & Middle East (Location: HISMC-NME)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Teaching Ancient History with Games
by John De Gree
from Classical Historian
for Preschool-6th grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$7.50
Temple Cat
by Andrew Clements
None from HMH Books for Young Readers
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$6.79
Temple Cat
by Andrew Clements
from HMH Books for Young Readers
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Time Trekkers Visit the Romans
by Antony Mason
from Copper Beech Books
Animal Fantasy for 1st-3rd grade
in Ancient Rome (Location: HISW-ANRO)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Tut's Mummy
Step Into Reading Level 4
by Judy Donnelly & James Watling
from Random House
Non-fiction for 1st-3rd grade
in Step into Reading (Location: EAR-STEP)
$5.09 $2.40 (3 in stock)
Tutankhamen's Gift
by Robert Sabuda
from Aladdin Paperbacks
for 1st-3rd grade
in Ancient Egypt (Location: HISW-ANEG)
$7.99
What Do We Know About the Greeks?
by Anne Pearson
1st American ed from Peter Bedrick Books
for 1st-5th grade
in Ancient Greece (Location: HISW-ANGR)
$6.00 (3 in stock)
Who in the World Was the Acrobatic Empress?
by Robin Phillips & Jeff West
from Well-Trained Mind Press
Picture Book Biography for 1st-3rd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$9.31 $5.20 (1 in stock)
Who Was Genghis Khan?
by Nico Medina
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 1st-4th grade
in Who Was? biographies (Location: BIO-WHO)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
World History in Verse - Volume 1
by David Manley
from Accent Publications
for 1st-3rd grade
in Ancient History (Location: HISW-ANC)
Zen Shorts
by Jon J. Muth
from Scholastic Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Sign Up!

Shop

Support

Hours & Directions

Learn more about our store location and hours

Connect

503.655.1951

hello@exodusbooks.com

19146 Molalla Ave,
Oregon City, OR 97045