Title | : | A Short History of Ancient Civilizations |
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Author | : | Charles Seignobos |
Release | : | 2015-02-08 |
Kind | : | ebook |
Genre | : | Ancient History, Books, History |
Size | : | 5601675 |
A short, well organized, structured look at the history the ancient world and the civilizations that rose and fell. Seignobos takes a deliberate, studious approach to covering the vast landscape of the ancient world, and leaves the reader with a clearer general view of who and what comprised that world. Contents include: THE EGYPTIANS ASSYRIANS AND BABYLONIANS THE ARYANS OF INDIA THE PERSIANS THE PHŒNICIANS THE HEBREWS GREECE AND THE GREEKS GREEK RELIGION SPARTA ATHENS WARS OF THE GREEKS THE ARTS IN GREECE THE GREEKS IN THE ORIENT THE LAST YEARS OF GREECE ROME ROMAN RELIGION THE ROMAN CITY ROMAN CONQUEST THE CONQUERED PEOPLES TRANSFORMATION OF LIFE IN ROME FALL OF THE REPUBLIC THE EMPIRE AT ITS HEIGHT THE ARTS AND SCIENCES IN ROME THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION THE LATER EMPIRE |