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.
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.
Nicholas K. Rauh is Professor of Classics at Purdue University and an award-winning teacher. He is the author of The Sacred Bonds of Commerce: Religion, Economy, and Trade Society at Hellenistic Roman Delos (1993) and Merchants, Sailors, and Pirates in the Roman World (2003).
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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
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
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