Ancient civilizations /
Ancient Civilizations offers a comprehensive and straightforward account of the world's first civilizations and how they were discovered, drawing on many avenues of inquiry including archaeological excavations, surveys, laboratory work, highly specialized scientific investigations and both hist...
| Main Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
[2021]
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| Edition: | Fifth edition. |
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| Summary: | Ancient Civilizations offers a comprehensive and straightforward account of the world's first civilizations and how they were discovered, drawing on many avenues of inquiry including archaeological excavations, surveys, laboratory work, highly specialized scientific investigations and both historical and ethnohistorical records. This book covers the earliest civilizations in Eurasia and the Americas, from Egypt and the Sumerians to the Indus Valley, Shang China and the Maya. It also addresses subsequent developments in southwest Asia, moving on to the first Aegean civilizations, Greece and Rome, the first states of sub-Saharan Africa, divine kings and empires in east and southeast Asia and the Aztec and Inca empires of Mesoamerica and the Andes. |
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| Physical Description: | xxxvii, 686 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page [650] and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780367001704 0367001705 9780367708658 0367708655 |