Lukas De Blois, R. J. van der Spek

An Introduction to the Ancient World (eBook, PDF)

Übersetzer: Mellor, Susan

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

An Introduction to the Ancient World offers a thorough survey of the history of the ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351245456
• Artikelnr.: 56861915

Autorenporträt

Lukas de Blois is Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He published books and articles on the history of the Roman Empire in the third century AD, the history of the Late Roman Republic, ancient historiography (Sallust, Tacitus, Cassius Dio), Plutarch's biographies and Greek Sicily in the fourth century BC. His most recent contribution is Image and Reality of Roman Imperial Power in the Third Century AD (Routledge, 2018).

R.J. van der Spek is Emeritus Professor of Ancient Mediterranean and West Asian History at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He specialises in the history of the ancient Near East in the context of Mediterranean history. He has published on Hellenistic Babylonia and economic history. He edited two volumes in the Routledge Explorations in Economic History on market performance (no. 68) and the history of monetary policy (no. 80) from ancient Mesopotamia to the modern world.

Inhaltsangabe

List of maps
List of figures
List of boxes
Preface to the Third Edition
Chronology
Introduction
PART I: THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
1 THE ORIGINS OF THE CIVILISATIONS OF EGYPT AND MESOPOTAMIA
2 THE THIRD MILLENNIUM
3 THE SECOND MILLENNIUM
4 THE FIRST MILLENNIUM
5 RELIGION
6 ECONOMY AND SOCIETY
7 GOVERNMENT
PART II: THE GREEK WORLD
8 THE EARLY IRON AGE (c. 1200 - c. 750 BC): 'THE DARK AGES'
9 THE ARCHAIC PERIOD, c. 750 - c. 500 BC
10 THE CLASSICAL PERIOD, c. 500 - c. 330 BC
11 THE HELLENISTIC WORLD, c. 330 - c. 30 BC
PART III: ROME
12 EARLY ROMAN HISTORY (753-265 BC)
13 FURTHER EXPANSION AND NEW SOCIAL TENSIONS, 264-133 BC
14 THE CENTURY OF THE CIVIL WARS, 133-30 BC
15 THE EARLY IMPERIAL AGE, 27 BC-AD 193
16 THE CRISIS OF THE THIRD CENTURY AD AND LATE ANTIQUITY
17 EPILOGUE
PART IV: APPENDICES
Select bibliography
Index

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List of maps; List of figures; List of boxes; Preface to the Third Edition; Chronology; Introduction; PART I: THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST; 1 THE ORIGINS OF THE CIVILISATIONS OF EGYPT AND MESOPOTAMIA; 2 THE THIRD MILLENNIUM; 3 THE SECOND MILLENNIUM; 4 THE FIRST MILLENNIUM; 5 RELIGION; 6 ECONOMY AND SOCIETY; 7 GOVERNMENT; PART II: THE GREEK WORLD; 8 THE EARLY IRON AGE (c. 1200 - c. 750 BC): 'THE DARK AGES'; 9 THE ARCHAIC PERIOD, c. 750 - c. 500 BC; 10 THE CLASSICAL PERIOD, c. 500 - c. 330 BC; 11 THE HELLENISTIC WORLD, c. 330 - c. 30 BC; PART III: ROME; 12 EARLY ROMAN HISTORY (753-265 BC); 13 FURTHER EXPANSION AND NEW SOCIAL TENSIONS, 264-133 BC; 14 THE CENTURY OF THE CIVIL WARS, 133-30 BC; 15 THE EARLY IMPERIAL AGE, 27 BC-AD 193; 16 THE CRISIS OF THE THIRD CENTURY AD AND LATE ANTIQUITY; 17 EPILOGUE; PART IV: APPENDICES; Select bibliography; Index

Rezensionen

'An Introduction to the Ancient World is an engaging and useful introductory text for students who are encountering the ancient Mediterranean and Near East for the first time. It is an excellent mix of erudition, concision and clarity that even advanced students and professionals will find valuable and suitable to their needs. Few introductory ancient history texts compare with An Introduction to the Ancient World, and none surpass it. Having used it as a textbook in both my Western Civilization and World Civilizations courses, it gives students a coherent overview that committee-produced, expensive textbooks lack.'

Edward Dandrow, University of Central Florida, USA

'An Introduction to the Ancient World is an engaging and useful introductory text for students who are encountering the ancient Mediterranean and Near East for the first time. It is an excellent mix of erudition, concision and clarity that even advanced students and professionals will find valuable and suitable to their needs. Few introductory ancient history texts compare with An Introduction to the Ancient World, and none surpass it. Having used it as a textbook in both my Western Civilization and World Civilizations courses, it gives students a coherent overview that committee-produced, expensive textbooks lack.'

Edward Dandrow, University of Central Florida, USA