Ancient history : from the first civilizations to the Renaissance by Roberts, J. M. (John Morris), 1928-2003, Roberts, J. M. (John Morris), 1928-2003. New Penguin history of the world instant download

Ancient history : from the first civilizations to the Renaissance by Roberts, J. M. (John Morris), 1928-2003, Roberts, J. M. (John Morris), 1928-2003. New Penguin history of the world instant download

911 pages : 30 cm, \"A fascinating and highly readable account of humankind's development over 10,000 years in a brilliantly illustrated volume by one of the world's most distinguished historians.\" -- Publisher's website, Text from The new Penguin history of the world, the 4th rev. ed. of The history of the world: London : Allen Lane, 2002, Includes index, pt. 1. Before history. The foundations -- Homo sapiens -- The possibility of civilization -- pt. 2. The first civilizations. Early civilized life -- Ancient Mesopotamia -- Ancient Egypt -- Intruders and invaders : the Dark Ages of the ancient Near Wast -- The beginnings of civilization in Eastern Asia. Ancient India -- Ancient China -- The other worlds of the ancient past -- The end of the old world -- pt. 4. The classical Mediterranean : Greece. The roots of our world -- The Greeks -- Greek civilization -- The Hellenistic world -- pt. 5. Rome and the classical West. Rome -- The Roman achievement -- Jewry and the coming of Christianity -- The waning of the classical West -- The elements of a future -- pt. 6. The age of diverging traditions. Islam and the re-making of the Near East -- The Arab Empires -- Byzantium and its sphere -- The disputed legacies of the Near East -- The making of Europe -- pt. 7. The Far East and a New Europe. India -- Imperial China -- Japan -- Worlds apart -- Europe : the first revolution -- New limits, new horizons