Early Civilization Booklist

Book recommendations pertaining to Early Civilizations.

Topics include Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient India, Ancient China, Ancient Africa

Book Title	Author	Reading Age	Time Period	Time Frame	Geographic Area	Country	Topic	Genre	Format
Ancient History: A Secular Exploration of the World	Hanson, Stephanie Hauris, Elizabeth	MG UMG	Early Civilization	49,000 BCE-1200 CE	Various	Various	World History	NF	CB
Ancient Eats: An Edible Exploration of the World	Hanson, Stephanie	UMG YA	Early Civilization	49,000 BCE-1200 CE	Various	Various	World History	NF	CB
The Elephant's Friend and Other Tales from Ancient India	Williams, Marcia	LE MG	Early Civilization	6000-5000 BCE	Asia	India	Hindu Mythology	M F	PB
The Palace of Illusions	Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee	YA A	Early Civilization	6000-5000 BCE	Asia	India	Hindu Mythology	M HF	N
Hieroglyphs	Milton, Joyce	LE	Early Civilization	3200 BCE-400 CE	Africa	Egypt	Hieroglyphs	NF	PB
Ancient Egypt: Tales of Gods and Pharaohs	Williams, Marcia	LE	Early Civilization	3200 BCE-400 CE	Africa	Egypt	Mythology Egyptian Gods	F M	PB
You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Sumerian Slave	Morley, Jacqueline	LE MG	Early Civilization	3000 BCE	Western Asia	Middle East	Mesopotamia	NF	PB
The Golden Bull	Cowley, Marjorie	MG	Early Civilization	3000 BCE	Western Asia	Middle East	Mesopotamia	F	CB
You Wouldn't Want to Be an Egyptian Mummy	Stewart, David	LE MG	Early Civilization	2600 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Mummies	NF	PB
Mummies Made in Egypt	Aliki	LE MG	Early Civilization	2600 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Mummies	NF	PB
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Pyramid Builder	Morley, Jacqueline	LE MG	Early Civilization	2589-2504 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Building Pyramids	NF	PB
The Last Quest of Gilgamesh (The Gilgamesh Trilogy)	Zeman, Ludmila	LE	Early Civilization	2500 BCE	Western Asia	Middle East	Mesopotamia Gilgamesh	M F	PB
Gilgamesh the King	Silverberg, Robert	YA A	Early Civilization	2500 BCE	Western Asia	Middle East	Mesopotamia Gilgamesh	F M	N
Mummy Cat	Ewert, Marcus	LE	Early Civilization	2500 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Mummies	F	PB
The Revenge of Ishtar (The Gilgamesh Trilogy)	Zeman, Ludmila	LE	Early Civilization	2500 BCE	Western Asia	Middle East	Mesopotamia Gilgamesh	M F	PB
Cat Mummies	Trumble, Kelly	MG	Early Civilization	2500 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Mummies	NF	PB
Gilgamesh the King (The Gilgamesh Trilogy)	Zeman, Ludmila	LE	Early Civilization	2500 BCE	Western Asia	Middle East	Mesopotamia Gilgamesh	M F	PB
Pyramid	Macaulay, David	LE MG	Early Civilization	2470 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Building Pyramids	F	PB
The Red Tent	Diamant, Anita	YA A	Early Civilization	1600 BCE	Western Asia	Middle East	Mesopotamia Biblical Patriarchy	M	N
Hatshepsut, His Majesty, Herself	Andronik, Catherine M.	LE	Early Civilization	1508-1458 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Hatshepsut	NF	PB
The Woman Who Would Be King	Cooney, Kara	YA A	Early Civilization	1508-1458 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Hatshepsut	NF	N
Mara, Daughter of the Nile	Jarvis McGraw, Eloise	UMG YA	Early Civilization	1478-1458 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Hatshepsut	F	N
24 Hours in Ancient Egypt	Ryan, Donald P.	YA A	Early Civilization	1414 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Ancient Egypt	NF	B
The Golden Goblet	Jarvis McGraw, Eloise	UMG YA	Early Civilization	1400 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Ancient Egypt	F	N
Nefertiti	Moran, Michelle	YA A	Early Civilization	1351-1335 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Nefertiti	F Bio	N
You Wouldn't Want to Be Tutankhamen	Stewart, David	LE MG	Early Civilization	1342-1325 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Tutankhamen	NF	PB
Tutankhamen's Gift	Sabuda, Robert	LE	Early Civilization	1342-1325 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Tutankhamen	F	PB
The Heretic Queen	Moran, Michelle	YA A	Early Civilization	1283-1278 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Nefertari	F Bio	N
Gilgamesh the Hero	McCaughrean, Geraldine	UMG	Early Civilization	1200 BCE	Western Asia	Middle East	Mesopotamia Gilgamesh	M	PB CB
Babylonia	Casati, Costanza	A	Early Civilization	823-813 BCE	Western Asia	Middle East	Mesopotamia Gilgamesh	F Bio	N
The Great Wall Of China	Fisher, Leonard Everett	LE	Early Civilization	770 BCE	Asia	China	Great Wall of China	NF	PB
You Wouldn't Want to Work on the Great Wall of China	Morley, Jacqueline	LE MG	Early Civilization	770-206 BCE	Asia	China	Great Wall of China	NF	PB
Ancient Egypt: An Interactive History Adventure	Adamson, Heather	MG	Early Civilization	305-30 BCE	Europe	Egypt	Ancient Egypt	NF	CB
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Mayan Soothsayer	Matthews, Rupert	LE MG	Early Civilization	300 BCE - 600 CE	Central America	Various	Mayans	NF	PB
The Memoirs of Cleopatra	George, Margaret	A	Early Civilization	69-30 BCE	Egypt	Egypt	Cleopatra	F Bio OV	N
Cleopatra	Stanley, Diane	LE MG	Early Civilization	51–30 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Cleopatra	NF Bio	PB
Cleopatra's Daughter	Moran, Michelle	YA A	Early Civilization	30-5 BCE	Africa	Egypt	Cleopatra Selene II	F Bio	N
The Egyptian Cinderella	Climo, Shirley	LE	Early Civilization	7 BCE-24 CE	Africa	Egypt	Egyptian Tales	F	PB
Mulan: Before the Sword	Lin, Grace	MG UMG	Early Civilization	400	Asia	China	Mulan Han Dynasty Mythology	F	CB
Bill and Pete go Down the Nile	DePaola, Tomie	LE	Early Civilization	1987	Africa	Egypt	Ancient Egypt	F HF	PB
City of the Plague God	Chadda, Sarwat	MG UMG	Early Civilization	2021	Western Asia	Middle East	Mesopotamia Gilgamesh	OV M	N

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List of abbreviations:

Reading Age	Genre	Format
LE = lower elementary MG = middle grade (8 – 12) UMG = upper-middle grade (11 – 14) YA = young adult (14+) A = adult	NF - non-fiction F = fiction Bio = Biography HF = historical fantasy OV - own voices M = mythology S = spine book	PB = picture book GN = graphic novel ER = early reader CB = chapter book N = novel