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1000 Things You Should Know About Ancient History is an incredible reference resource. There are 100 illustrated subject panels each with 10 key facts. No long passages of text, just facts like these:

- The Emperor Trajan went to a gladiator contest that lasted 117 days and involved 10,000 gladiators.

- Catching a bull by the horns and leaping over it (bull leaping) was an important Minoan religious rite.

- Legend has it that Cleopatra had herself delivered to Caesar in a carpet. Whatever the truth, he fell in love with her.

Now discover the other 997 brilliant facts in 1000 Things You Should Know About Ancient History.

Titles in this series: Ancient History; Birds; Dinosaurs; Human Body; Myths and Legends; Planet Earth; Science; Space; Wild Animals; World Geography