Ebook: An Introduction to the Ancient World

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION; INTRODUCTION; PART I THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST; 1 THE ORIGINS OF THE CIVILIZATIONS OF EGYPT AND MESOPOTAMIA; 2 THE THIRD MILLENNIUM; 3 THE SECOND MILLENNIUM; 4 THE FIRST MILLENNIUM; 5 RELIGION; 6 ECONOMY AND SOCIETY; 7 GOVERNMENT; PART II THE GREEK WORLD; 8 THE EARLY IRON AGE (c. 1200-c. 750 BC) : "The Dark Ages"; 9 THE ARCHAIC PERIOD (c. 750-c. 500 BC); 10 THE CLASSICAL PERIOD (c. 500-c. 330 BC); 11 THE HELLENISTIC WORLD (c. 330-c. 30 BC); PART III ROME; 12 EARLY ROMAN HISTORY (753-265 BC).;This introductory textbook is unique in covering the history of the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome within the framework of a short narrative history of events.