(Ebook) The world from 1000 BCE to 300 CE by Burstein, Stanley Mayer ISBN 9780199336142, 9780199336159, 0199336148, 0199336156

(Ebook) The world from 1000 BCE to 300 CE by Burstein, Stanley Mayer ISBN 9780199336142, 9780199336159, 0199336148, 0199336156

This book provides the first comprehensive history of Afro-Eurasia during the first millennium BCE and the beginning of the first millennium CE. The history of these 1300 plus years can be summed up in one word: connectivity. The growth in connectivity during this period was marked by increasing political, economic, and cultural interaction throughout the region, and the replacement of the numerous political entities by a handful of great empires at the end of the period.
Abstract: This book provides the first comprehensive history of Afro-Eurasia during the first millennium BCE and the beginning of the first millennium CE. The history of these 1300 plus years can be summed up in one word: connectivity. The growth in connectivity during this period was marked by increasing political, economic, and cultural interaction throughout the region, and the replacement of the numerous political entities by a handful of great empires at the end of the period