A street through time /written by Anne Millard ; illustrated by Steve Noon.

Millard, Anne,

A street through time /written by Anne Millard ; illustrated by Steve Noon. - first American edition. - London ; New York : DK Pub., (c)1998. - 32 pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 36 cm.

Story of a street -- Stone age hunters (10,000 BC) -- First farmers 92000 B) -- Iron age (600 B) -- Roman times (AD 100) -- Invaders (ad 600) -- Viking raiders (AD 900) -- Medieval village (1200s) -- Medieval town (1400s) -- Plague strikes! (1500s) -- - Under attack! (1600s) -- Age of elegance (1700s) -- Grim times (early 1800s) -- From town to city (late 1800s) Street today -- Time-traveling quiz -- Glossary.

Traces the development of one street from the Stone Age to the present day, from dirt track to the rebuilding of inns as wine bars, showing how people lived and what they did all day.



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Urban archaeology--Europe--Juvenile literature.
Cities and towns--History--Europe--Juvenile literature.
City and town life--History--Europe--Juvenile literature.

CC171 / .S774 1998 CC171