The Ancient World 10,000 BC - AD 799

Oxford: Helicon. Very Good +/Very Good +. 1994. Hard Cover. 4to 0091782597 This Chronology is probably the most comprehensive detailed factual guide ever produced to late prehistory and the earliest human civilisations. It begins with the so-called `Neolithic Revolution', when fixed settlements and agriculture emerged in the Middle East; it traces the growth of civilisations and empires around the world - in Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India, Greece, Italy, the Americas; and it ends with the establishment of Charlemagne's new empire in Europe. Arranged in strict chronological sequence (either by century or decade), the work presents two parallel sets of information: first, a detailed listing of political and military events; second, information on a broad range of themes; Science, Discovery, Religion, Philosophy, Law, Economics, The Arts, Literature, and Births and Deaths. This original structure enables the Chronology to serve different purposes. By using the comprehensive index, the reader can find out when particular historical events occurred. From the Juxtaposition of developments in a wide range of fields, the reader can place particular events in context and obtain panoramas of contemporaneous developments. The Chronology will be indispensable for lecturers, teachers, writers, and journalists, and will be of great interest to the general reader interested in history. .