The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece

Author: Robert Morkot
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780140513356
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
The cradle of Western civilisation, Ancient Greece was a land of contradictions and conflict. Intensely quarrelsome and competitive, the Greek city-states consistently proved unwilling and unable to unite. Yet, in spite of or even because of this internal discord, no ancient civilization proved so dynamic or productive. The Greeks not only colonized the Mediterranean and Black Sea areas but set standards of figurative art that endured for nearly 2500 years. Charting topics as diverse as Minoan civilization, The Persian Wars, the Athenian Golden Age and the conquests of Alexander the Great, the book traces the development of this creative and restless people and assesses their impact not only on the ancient world but also on our own attitudes and environment. The authoritative narrative, illustrated with over sixty full colour maps and over seventy plates, makes this an indispensable handbook for history students and enthusiasts alike.

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations

Author: John Haywood
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 150

Book Description
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations explores the world's earliest cultures, from the farming settlements of Mesopotamia to the Americas and Polynesia, via the birth of Greek city states and the foundation of Rome. It examines the development of civilizations in the Near East - Babylonian, Assyrian, Persian - as well as those in Europe - the Minoans, Etruscans and Celts. Across the continents of Africa, Asia and America, it covers such subjects as Egypt from its pre-dynastic roots to the age of the Pharaohs, China during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the great cities of the Incas and Aztecs. Vivid descriptions of civilizations are complemented by discussion of such key topics as colonization, agriculture and technology, and the rise of empires and city states. Richly illustrated with timelines, photographs, artwork re-creations and full-colour maps, this is an illuminating and multi-faceted one-volume introduction to early peoples and the worlds they created. - Back cover.

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Russia

Author: John Channon
Publisher: Viking Adult
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
The breakup of the Soviet Union has been accompanied by a new surge of interest in this most fascinating and contradictory of nations. This atlas covers Russia's history from the coming of the Slavic peoples and the invasion of the Swedish Rus and the Mongols through the territorial expansion of Catherine the Great to the rise of communism, the Cold War era, and the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Full color.

The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings

Author: John Haywood
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
Atlas showing the range of Viking developments and exploration.

The Penguin Historical Atlas of North America

Author: Eric Homberger
Publisher: Viking Adult
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 154

Book Description
Historisk atlas dækkende Canada, USA og Mexico

The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Third Reich

Author: R. J. Overy
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
This atlas charts the rise and fall of Hitler's Nazi state, from the first mass meeting to the NSDAP in Munich in 1920, through the relentless territorial aggression and anti-Jewish atrocities of World War II, to the execution of war criminals at Nuremberg in 1946. An informative, one-volume handbook that documants the rise and fall of one of the most terrifying and destructive regimes in world history.

Ancient Greece

Author: Peter Connolly
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199108107
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 72

Book Description
Explores the history of the early civilization of Greece, as well as, their architecture, art, sports, poetry, drama, and music.

Historical Atlas

Author: William Robert Shepherd
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historical geography
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Book Description

The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History

Author: Colin McEvedy
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780140512496
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 116

Book Description
This is a revised edition of "The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History".

The Atlas of Ancient Worlds

Author: Anne Millard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780751351156
Category : Atlases, British
Languages : en
Pages : 64

Book Description
In this book a time machine transports young readers back more than 5000 years using pictorial maps and lifelike reconstructions to show what life was actually like in ancient times and to highlight the achievements of the great civilizations that have influenced and shaped our modern world.