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The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome Hardback - 2007

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Author: Susan Wise Bauer
ISBN: 9780393059748

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Spanning the earliest accounts to the fall of Rome, this work is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting historical events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while still giving weight to the characteristics of each country. Illustrations. Maps.

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This is the first volume in a bold series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting historical events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while still giving weight to the characteristics of each country. Susan Wise Bauer provides both sweeping scope and vivid attention to the individual lives that give flesh to abstract assertions about human history.

Dozens of maps provide a clear geography of great events, while timelines give the reader an ongoing sense of the passage of years and cultural interconnection. This old-fashioned narrative history employs the methods of "history from beneath"--literature, epic traditions, private letters and accounts--to connect kings and leaders with the lives of those they ruled. The result is an engrossing tapestry of human behavior from which we may draw conclusions about the direction of world events and the causes behind them.

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Title The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
Author Susan Wise Bauer
Binding Hardback
Edition 1ST
Pages 896
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
Publication date 2007-03-01
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
ISBN 9780393059748 / 039305974X
Weight 2.7 lbs (1.22 kg)
Dimensions 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.6 in (24.13 x 16.51 x 4.06 cm)
Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
Category History - General History
Library of Congress subjects History, Ancient
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006030934
Dewey Decimal Code 930