Antiquity: Greeks and Romans in Context

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Автор: Frederick G. Naerebout, Henk W. Singor

Название: Antiquity: Greeks and Romans in Context

Издательство: Wiley-Blackwell

Год: 2014

Формат: PDF

Размер: 17.2 Mb

Язык: Английский

Antiquity: Greeks and Romans in Context provides a chronological introduction to the history of ancient Mediterranean civilizations within the larger context of its contemporary Eurasian world.

- Innovative approach organizes Greek and Roman history into a single chronology

- Combines the traditional historical story with subjects that are central to modern research into the ancient world including a range of social, cultural, and political topics

- Facilitates an understanding of the ancient Mediterranean world as a unity, just as the Mediterranean world is in its turn presented as part of a larger whole

- Covers the entire ancient Mediterranean world from pre-history through to the rise of Islam in the seventh century A.D.

- Features a diverse collection of images, maps, diagrams, tables, and a chronological chart to aid comprehension

- English translation of a well-known Dutch book, De oudheid, now in its third edition