The Story of the World Volume 1

The Story of the World: Volume 1 – Ancient Times Step into a world of pyramids, palaces, sneaky spiders, and six-year-old emperors with The Story of the World Volume 1: Ancient Times—the unforgettable kickoff to your family's history adventure. Spanning from 5000 BC to 400 AD, this first volume of Susan Wise Bauer's beloved four-part series takes curious kids (and their equally curious parents) on a globe-trotting journey through the earliest nomads, mighty Egyptian pharaohs, Greek gods, Chinese emperors, and Roman rulers—all told in a way that feels more like a bedtime story than a dusty old textbook. Whether you're reading it aloud with young learners or handing it off to your middle schooler for independent reading, the Volume 1 text makes history lively, funny, and totally relatable. It's the storybook spine of your ancient history study—and it's anything but boring. So if you're ready to turn your home into a time machine, The Story of the World Volume 1 is your boarding pass. Whe