Explores what life is like living in a pharaoh's palace. Discusses the royal household, clothes, work, money, travel, and health in becoming a princess who will supervise activities while operating the palace.
Uses humor in text and illustrations to describe what life was like for Sumerians, how some of them became slaves, and what jobs slaves they were forced to do.
Takes the reader through a typical Viking town in the ninth or tenth century, describing the different areas, major buildings, and the daily occupations of the people.