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 Ancient Rome

Author: Chris Scarre
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780140513295
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
More than fifteen centuries after its fall, the Roman Empire remains one of the most formative influences on the history of Europe. Its physical remains dot the landscape from Scotland to Syria. Its cities are still the great metropolises of the continent. Its law and institutions have shaped modern practice, and its ideal of a united Europe has haunted politicians ever since. Fully illustrated and featuring more than sixty full- colour maps, this atlas traces the rise and fall of the first great multinational state. It looks at its provinces and cities, its trade and economy, its armies and frontier defences; follows its foreign ward and internecine struggles; and charts its transformation into a Christian theocracy and its fall in 476.

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 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.

Historical Atlas of the Ancient World, 4,000,000--500 BC

Author: John Haywood
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780760719718
Category : Civilization, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

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 New Penguin Atlas of Ancient History

Author: Colin McEvedy
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0140513485
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The Penguin Atlas of Ancient History illustrates in a chronological series of maps, the evolution and flux of races in Europe, the Mediterranean area and the Near East. From 50,000 B.C. to the fourth century A.D., it is one of the most successful of the bestselling historical atlas series.

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.

Historical Atlas of Ancient Mesopotamia

Author: Norman Bancroft-Hunt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780816057306
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 190

Book Description
Uses maps, text, and illustrations to present the history of the area known as the Fertile Crescent, the Ancient Near East, and Mesopotamia, from its earliest period in the fifth millennium B.C.E. through the Sassanian Empire.

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Dinosaurs

Author: Michael J. Benton
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
"An amazing amount of scientific data is packed in this oversized paperback, and, with access to the excellent graphics, full-color art, graphs, timelines, and maps, the reader feels like an expert after reading just a few pages."-Bloomsbury Review. This one-volume handbook plots the development of the monstrous rulers of the planet from their emergence from the ocean, through their dispersal across the shifting continents and their gradual evolution, to their sudden and mysterious extinction sixty-four million years ago.