Egypt, Greece, and Rome : civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean / Charles Freeman
1996, First Edition. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #442254
ISBN: 0198150032
Physical description; xiv, 638 pages, 40 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 564-583) and index. Contents; Rediscovering the ancient world -- Egypt, the gift of the Nile, 3200-1500 BC -- Egypt as an imperial power, 1500-1000 BC -- Daily life in New Kingdom Egypt -- The ancient Near East, 3500-500 BC -- The early Greeks, 2000-700 BC -- The Greeks in a wider world, 800-600 BC -- Hoplites and tyrants: the emergence of the city state -- Cultural change in the Archaic Age -- The Perisan Wars, interlude one. Herodotus and Egypt -- Everyday life in classical Greece -- Religion and culture in the Greek world -- Athens: democracy and empire -- From Aeschylus to Aristotle -- The struggle for power, 431-338 BC -- Alexander of Macedon and the expansion of the Greek world -- The Hellenistic world, interlude two. Celts and Parthians -- The Etruscans and early Rome. Rome becomes a Mediterranean power -- From the Gracchi to Caesar, 133-55 BC, interlude three. Voices from the Republic -- The fall of the Roman Republic, 55-31 BC, interlude four. Women in the Roman Republic -- Augustus and the founding of Empire -- Consolidating the empire, AD 14-138 -- Administering and defending the empire, interlude five. The Romans as builders -- Social and economic life in the Empire -- Transformations: the Roman Empire, 138-313 -- The foundations of Christianity -- The Empire in the fourth century -- The creation of a New Europe, 395-600 -- The emergence of the Byzantine Empire. Subjects; Ancient. Civilization history. Greek World history. Roman World history. Civilization.
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