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Ancient History From the First Civilizations to the Renaissance

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ISBN-10: 0195221486

ISBN-13: 9780195221480

Edition: 4th 2004

Authors: J. M. Roberts

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From one of the great historians of our time, J.M. Roberts, comes Ancient History, a gorgeous guide to our common past. Hundreds of colorful maps and illustrations guide the reader from prehistoric times up through Enlightenment. From early hominids to Charlemagne, Egyptian kingship to European Dynasticism, Ancient History is an illuminating work on humankind's past. Arranged in chronological order, beginning with prehistoric times over 2,000,000 years ago, this book catalogues major time periods, discoveries, and events (e.g. Homo erectus, The Fertile Crescent, metallurgy, Sumer, Ancient Egypt, Ancient China, Aegean civilization, the Mediterranean world, Greek life, the Roman world,…    
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Book details

List price: $79.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/28/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 912
Size: 10.90" wide x 9.40" long x 2.10" tall
Weight: 7.128
Language: English

Before Historyp. 10
The Foundationsp. 12
Homo sapiensp. 36
The Possibility of Civilizationp. 52
The First Civilizationsp. 66
Early Civilized Lifep. 68
Ancient Mesopotamiap. 78
Ancient Egyptp. 102
Intruders and Invaders: the Dark Ages of the Ancient Near Eastp. 134
The Beginnings of Civilization in Eastern Asiap. 182
Ancient Indiap. 184
Ancient Chinap. 206
The Other Worlds of the Ancient Pastp. 232
The End of the Old Worldp. 248
The Classical Mediterranean: Greecep. 258
The Roots of One Worldp. 260
The Greeksp. 266
Greek Civilizationp. 294
The Hellenistic Worldp. 332
Rome and the Classical Westp. 356
Romep. 358
The Roman Achievementp. 388
Jewry and the Coming of Christianityp. 422
The Waning of the Classical Westp. 450
The Elements of a Futurep. 500
The Age of Diverging Traditionsp. 530
Islam and the Re-making of the Near Eastp. 532
The Arab Empiresp. 552
Byzantium and its Spherep. 572
The Disputed Legacies of the Near Eastp. 620
The Making of Europep. 654
The Far East and a New Europep. 704
Indiap. 706
Imperial Chinap. 736
Japanp. 766
Worlds Apartp. 782
Europe: the First Revolutionp. 798
New Limits, New Horizonsp. 848
Indexp. 878
Chapters and contentsp. 898
Acknowledgmentsp. 908
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