Egypt, Greece, and Rome : civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean
Egypt, Greece, and Rome is regarded as one of the best general histories of the ancient world, having sold more than 80,000 copies in its first two editions. It is written for the general reader and the student coming to the subject for the first time and provides a reliable and highly accessible point of entry to the period. Beginning with the early Middle Eastern civilizations of Sumer, and continuing right through to the Islamic invasions and the birth of modern Europe after the collapse of the Roman empire, the book ranges beyond political history to cover art and architecture, philosophy, literature, society, and economy. A wide range of maps, illustrations, and photographs complements the text. This third edition has been extensively revised to appeal to the general reader with several chapters completely rewritten and a great deal of new material added, including a new selection of images. -- Provided by publisher
Print Book, English, 2014
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Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2014
xv, 759 pages, 40 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
9780199651917, 9780199651924, 9780191509704, 0199651914, 0199651922, 0191509701
868077503
Approaching the ancient world
The birth of civilization : the ancient Near East, 5000-1200 BC
Pyramids and power, the creation of an Egyptian state, 3500-1500 BC
Stability and expansion, Egypt in the Middle and New Kingdoms, 1985-1000 BC
Interlude 1 : the Amarna Letters
Living in New Kingdom Egypt
The ancient Near East, 1200-500 BC
"The Sea between the Lands" : the Mediterranean as the cradle of the classical world
Civilizations of the Bronze Age Aegean, 2000-1100 BC
The birth of a new Greece, 1100-700 BC
"Travelling Heroes" : the Greeks in a wider world, 800-600 BC
Interlude 2 : Sappho and lyric poetry
Hoplites and tyrants : the emergence of the city-state
Craftsmanship and creativity in Archaic Greece
The Persian Wars
The Greek way of life
Experiencing the supernatural : the spiritual world of the Greeks
Interlude 3 : "After this all becomes possible" : creating classical art, 500-460 BC
Democracy and empire, Athens in the fifth century
Rethinking the world : from Aeschylus to Aristotle
Interlude 4 : rhetoric
The struggle for power, 431-338 BC
Alexander the Great and the transformation of the Greek world
Tensions and creativity : the Hellenistic world, 330-323 BC
Interlude 5 : Celts and Parthians
The Etruscans and early Rome
Rome becomes a Mediterranean power
Rome, a republic under stress, 133-55 BC
Interlude 6 : voices from the republic
The failure of Republican politics, 55-31 BC
Interlude 7 : women in the Roman republic
Augustus and the founding of empire
Consolidating the Roman Empire, AD 14-161
Interlude 8 : the Sebasteion at Aphrodisias
Running and defending an empire
Social and economic life in the empire
Interlude 9 : the Romans as builders
The flourishing of Greek culture
An empire in crisis, AD 161-313
Constantine and his successors
The Christian emperor
The collapse of the classical West, AD 395-600
The emergence of the Byzantine Empire
Legacies