Antiquity : the civilization of the ancient world / Norman F. Cantor.
Antiquity : the civilization of the ancient world / Norman F. Cantor.
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New York : HarperCollins, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N930/181
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
1. Basic Narrative -- 1. Hydraulic Despotisms -- 2. The Greeks -- 3. Four Worldviews from Antiquity -- 4. The Romans -- 5. The Classical Heritage -- 6. The Christians -- 7. Decline of the Ancient World -- 8. Cities -- 2. Societies and Cultures -- 9. Egypt -- 10. Ancient Judaism -- 11. Athens -- 12....
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New York : HarperCollins, 2003.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2003.
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"Norman Cantor delivers this compact but magisterial survey of the ancient world, from the birth of Sumerian civilization around 3500 B.C. in the Tigris-Euphrates valley (what is now present-day Iraq) to the fall of the Roman Empire in A.D. 453. In Antiquity, Cantor covers such subjects as Classical Greece, Judaism, the founding of Christianity, an...
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Antiquity : the civilization of the ancient world / Norman F. Cantor.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N930/181
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74VvxxXRjLXM
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ISBN
0060174099 (acid-free paper)
9780060174095 (acid-free paper)
DDC
930
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991016904249702626
