Encourage further exploration by your students with these in-depth biographies of people important in ancient history. Individual or discussion activities follow each biography to further enrich students' learning. The biographies may be read on the screen or printed out. Permission to photocopy these biographies for classroom use is hereby granted to teachers using History Alive! The Ancient World.

1. The Life of Archeologist Kathleen Kenyon

2.The Power of Friendship: The Lives of Naomi and Ruth

3. Another Important Religious Tradition in India: Jainism

4. The Life of an Emperor During the Han Dynasty

5. A Model Citizen? The Life of Pericles

6. In Search of a Perfect World: The Life of Plato

7. Reform in the Roman Republic: The Lives of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus

Unit 1: Early Humans and the Rise of Civilization

Unit 2: Ancient Egypt and the Near East

Unit 3: Ancient India

Unit 4: Ancient China

Unit 5: Ancient Greece

Unit 5: Ancient Greece

Unit 6: Ancient Rome

Chapter 1: Investigating the Past

Chapter 11: The Ancient Hebrews and the Origins of Judaism

Chapter 15: Learning About Hindu Beliefs

Chapter 23: The Han Dynasty

Chapter 29: The Golden Age of Athens

Chapter 29: The Golden Age of Athens

Chapter 34: From Republic to Empire