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highlights of the beginnings of Western civilization in Mesopotania, Egypt, Greece, and Rome
355 pages : illustrations (part. color) maps. ; 27 cm.
Foreword, by G. Grosvenor.--Mesopotamia: light that did not fail, by E. A. Speiser.--Daily life in ancient Egypt, by W. C. Hayes.--The Greek way, by E. Hamilton.--Greece, the birth place of science and free speech, by R. Stillwell.--The Roman way, by E. Hamilton.--Ancient Rome brought to life, by R. Carpenter.
With 215 illus.; 120 paintings by H. M. Herget.
"Reprinted from the National geographic magazine issues of October, 1941; March, 1944; November, 1946; and January, 1951."