Nicholas K Rauh, Heidi E Kraus

A Short History of the Ancient World

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Produktbeschreibung

A Short History of the Ancient World begins with the Bronze Age and ends with the collapse of the Roman Empire. Rather than restricting his analysis to the Greek and Roman experience, Rauh introduces students to ancient Africa, Israel, Egypt, Iran, China, and the Indian subcontinent.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 257mm x 208mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 1293g
• ISBN-13: 9781442608290
• ISBN-10: 1442608293
• Artikelnr.: 47970148

Autorenporträt

By Nicholas K. Rauh with Heidi E. Kraus

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Sidebars
List of Maps
List of Chronologies
List of Tables
Preface: The Approach to Classical World Civilizations
Introduction: From Human Prehistory to the Ancient World
Part I. Emerging Civilizations: The Bronze Age
1. The Near East in the Early and Middle Bronze Age (3300-1600 BC)
2. Ancient Egypt (ca. 3100-1069 BC)
3. Aegean Civilizations and Wider Societal Collapse (2200-1100 BC)
Part II. Civilizations in Flux: The Classical/Early Iron Age
4. Iron Age Near Eastern Civilizations (1000-300 BC)
5. Ancient Israel (the United and Divided Kingdoms) (1850-539 BC)
6. Ancient Civilizations in the Indian Subcontinent (South Asia) (2600
BC-500 AD)
7. Classical Greek Civilization (1000-27 BC)
8. Ancient Chinese Civilization (2000 BC-200 AD)
Part III: The Roman Era and Wider Societal Collapse
9. State Formation in Ancient Rome (753-275 BC)
10. Roman Imperialism and the Formation of Empire (275-27 BC)
11. The Pax Romana and the Sustained Trajectory of the Roman Empire (27
BC-565 AD)
Conclusion: The Ancient World System, Natural Adaptive Cycles, and Patterns
of Societal Collapse
Glossary
Credits
Index