Dialectic: Ancient Times: 5000 B.C. - 400 A.D.

Beat the Story-drum, pum-pum retold by Ashley Bryan (Nigerian folktales)

Tales from Africa (Oxford Myths and Legends) by Kathleen Arnott (Folktales)

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (China/based on legends)

Myth Atlas: Maps and Monsters, Heroes and Gods from Twelve Mythological Worlds by Thiago de Moraes (Stunning book!/Myths and Legends from twelve cultures--can't be pinned to a specific timeframe)

Ancient Japan by Captivating History (Nonfiction/Survey/Poorly named as it goes through the Middle Ages--198,000 B.C.-1603 A.D.)

Stone Age Sentinel by Paul Dowswell (Nonfiction/"Newspaper" book--30,000-3,000 B.C.)

Timelines of World History by Jane Chisholm (Nonfiction/Five primary continents side-by-side--30,000 B.C.-2000 A.D.)

The Story of Scotland: Inspired by the Great Tapestry of Scotland by Allan Burnett (Nonfiction/Survey of people and events/fascinating!)

The Usborne Ancient World by Fiona Chandler (Nonfiction--9,500 B.C.-1453 A.D.)

Mysterious Bones: The Story of Kennewick Man by Katherine Kirkpatrick (Nonfiction/Archaeology/Columbia River--6500 B.C.)

Their Skeletons Speak: Kennewick Man and the Paleoamerican World by Sally M. Walker (Nonfiction/Archaeology/Columbia World--6500 B.C.)

Visitor's Guide to Ancient Egypt by Lesley Sims (Nonfiction--3100 B.C.-332 B.C.)

The Egyptian Echo by Paul Dowswell (Nonfiction--3100 B.C.-332 B.C.)

Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green (Ancient Egyptian stories--3100 B.C.-332 B.C.)

The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt by Elizabeth Payne (Nonfiction/Ancient Egyptian--3100 B.C.-332 B.C.)

The Ancient Ritual Sites: The Citadel of Machu Picchu and Stonehenge by Ricard Regas, et al. (Nonfiction--c. 3000 B.C. and c. 1450 A.D.)

Greek Myths for Young Children by Heather Amery (3000 B.C.-1100 B.C.)

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Ingrid d'Aulaire and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (3000 B.C.-1100 B.C.)

Greek Myths by Olivia Coolidge (3000 B.C.-1100 B.C.)

Ancient India by Allison Lassieur (Nonfiction/Survey--3000 B.C.-467 A.D.)

Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World by Philip Matyszak (Nonfiction/Short profiles of forty lesser-known peoples/Includes maps and photos--3000 B.C.-550 A.D.)

Visitors' Guide to Ancient Greece by Lesley Sims (Nonfiction--2700 B.C.-323 B.C.)

Greek Gazette by Fergus Fleming (Nonfiction/"newspaper" format--2700-323 B.C.)

Mesopotamian Myths by Matt Clayton (Sumerian and Mesopotamian myths/Began to be recorded--2300 B.C.)

The Story of Exploration by Anna Claybourne (from 2270 B.C.-2003 A.D.)

Hammurabi: A Captivating Guide to the Sixth King of the First Babylonian Dynasty, Including the Code of Hammurabi by Captivating History (Nonfiction/Babylon--1792-1750 B.C.)

The Story of Ancient China by Suzanne Strauss Art (Nonfiction/Survey--1750 B.C.-907 A.D.)

Warrior Queens: True Stories of Six Ancient Rebels Who Slayed History by Vicky Alvear Shecter (Nonfiction/Short biographies--1492 B.C.-on)

Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis Mcgraw (Egypt--1478 B.C.-1458 B.C.)

Tirzah by Lucille Travis (Hebrews in Egypt/Exodus--1446 B.C.)

The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis (Egypt--1400 B.C.)

Pharaoh's Daughter by Julius Lester (Novel/Egypt/Moses--c. 1300 B.C.)

The Cat Of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt by G. A. Henty (Egypt--1250 B.C.)

Hittite Warrior by Joanne Williamson (Hittites/Canaanites/Hebrews/Egyptians--1200 B.C.)

The Trojan War by Olivia E. Coolidge (Troy--1194-1184 B.C.)

The Children't Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy by Padraic Colum (Ancient Greece/Troy--1194-1164 B.C.)

Mighty Men by Eleanor Farjeon (Narrative nonfiction/Biographical stories from Achilles to William the Conqueror--1194 B.C.-1066 A.D.)

Mysterious Polynesia: The Myths, Legends, and Mysteries of the Polynesians by Charles River Editions (Some history/Cultural--c. 900 B.C.-1878 A.D.)

Romans by Anthony Marks and Graham Tingay (Nonfiction--753 B.C.-476 A.D.)

The Roman Record by Paul Dowswell (Nonfiction--753 B.C.-476 A.D.)

God King by Joanne Williamson (Egypt/Jerusalem/King Hezekiah--701 B.C.)

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aztec & Maya: The History, Legend, Myth and Culture of the Ancient Native Peoples of Mexico and Central America by Charles Phillips (Nonfiction/Survey--500 B.C.-1521 A.D.)

Herodotus and the Road to History by Jeanne Benedict (various locales--484 B.C.-425 B.C.)

The Boys' and Girls' Herodotus by John S. White (various locales--484 B.C.-425 B.C.)

Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air by Stewart Ross and Stephen Biesty (Nonfiction/Cross-sections/Mechanics of exploration--340 B.C.-1969 A.D.)

Tales of India: Folk Tales from Bengal, Punjab, and Tamil Nadu by Svabhu Kohli (Folklore--c. 2nd century B.C.)

Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick (Nonfiction/Biography--287 B.C.-212 B.C.)

The Great Wall of China by Leonard Everett Fisher (221 B.C.)

The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin (Nonfiction/Ancient Egypt--196 B.C.)

Curses and Smoke by Vicky Alvear Shecter (Novel/Italy/Slaves/Vesuvius--79 B.C.)

Cleopatra Confesses by Carolyn Meyer (Biographical Fiction/Ancient Egypt/Pre-teen Cleopatra--c. 58-51 B.C.)

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (Play/Ancient Rome--44 B.C.)

The Usborne Encyclopedia of the Roman World by Fiona Chandler (27 B.C.-476 A.D.)

The Ides of April by Mary Ray (Roman Italy--38 A.D.)

Beyond the Desert Gate by Mary Ray (Palestine--70 A.D.) [Sequel to The Ides of April]

The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare (Galilee--30 A.D.)

Roman Britain by Ruth Brocklehurst (Nonfiction--43 A.D.-383 A.D.)

History of Britain and Ireland by DK Publishing (Nonfiction/Survey--43-present)

The Great Fire of Rome: The Story of the Most Famous Fire in Roman History by Charles River Editors (Nonfiction--64 A.D.)

Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld (Imperial Rome--117 A.D.)

Mystery of the Roman Ransom by Henry Winterfeld (Imperial Rome--117 A.D.) [Sequel to Detectives in Togas]

Galen and the Gateway to Medicine by Jeanne Bendick (Greek physician--130-210 A.D.)

Hostage Lands by Douglas Bond (Fiction/England/ancient paganism and early christianity--3rd-century A.D.)

Spring Tide by Mary Tide (Roman Britain/Christians--311 A.D.)

Famous Men of the Middle Ages by John H. Haaren (Short Biographical Sketches--394-1471 A.D.)

The Byzantine Empire by Jennifer Ann Fretland VanVoorst (Nonfiction--395-1453)