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The Ancient World: Civilizations of Africa; Civilizations of Europe; Civilizations of the Americas; Civilizations of the Near East and Southwest Asia; Civilizations of Asia and the Pacific
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Description: A companion set to The Modern World, this five volume set explores the history and civilizations of the ancient world from prehistory to approximately 1000 C.E. Organized alphabetically within geographical volumes on Africa, Europe, the Americas, the Near East and Southwest Asia, and Asia and the Pacific, entries cover the social, political, scientific and technological, economic, and cultural events and developments that shaped the ancient world in all areas of the globe.
Each volume explores significant civilizations, personalities, cultural and social developments, and scientific achievements in its geographical area. Boxed features include "Link in Time," "Link in Place," "Ancient Weapons," "Turning Points," and "Great Lives." Each volume also includes maps, timelines, and illustrations. A selected glossary, a bibliography, and volume indexes complete the set.
Selected Contents:
Civilizations of Africa
Agriculture; Akhenaten; Alexandria; Animism; Archeological Discoveries; Art and Architecture; Axum
Bantu Migration; Berbers
Carthage; Culture and Traditions
Egypt
Ghana; Giza; Great Zimbabwe; Greek Colonies
Ibn Battuta
Kongo Empire; Kush
Language and Writing; Libya
Mali; Mauretania; Monomutapa Empire; Myths and Epics
Nile River; Nok People; Nubia
Olduvai Gorge
Paleobiology
Religion
Salt Trade; Sheba, Queen of; Slavery; Society; Songhai Empire; Stone Circles
Technology and Inventions; Timbuktu; Tools and Weapons
Civilizations of the Americas
Adena; Agriculture; Anasazi; Archeological Discoveries; Art and Architecture; Aztec Civilization
Beringia
Cahokia; Clovis; Culture and Traditions
Great Serpent Mound
Hohokam Culture; Hunter-Gatherers
Ice Age; Incan Civilization
Language and Writing; L'Anse aux Meadows
Machu Picchu; Maize; Mammoths; Mayan Civilization; Mississippian Cultures; Mound Builders; Myths and Legends
Norton Tradition
Olmec Civilization
Paleo-Indians; Potlatch
Religion
Slavery; Society
Taino; Technology and Inventions; Teotihuacan; Thule Tradition; Toltec Culture; Tools and Weapons; Totems
Vinland
Civilizations of Europe
Agriculture; Alexander III, the Great; Archeological Discoveries; Aristotle; Art and Architecture
Caesar, Gaius Julius; Cave Paintings; Celts; Christianity; Crete; Cro-Magnon Peoples; Culture and Traditions
Druids
Etruscan Civilization
Franks
Gauls; Germanic Groups; Greece
Huns
Ice Age
Justinian I
Kievan Rus
Language and Writing; Latin
Minoan Civilization; Myths, Epics, and Sagas
Neanderthal Peoples; Norsemen
Odoacer
Pax Romana ; Peloponnesian War; Persian Wars; Pompeii
Religion; Rome
Slavery; Society
Technology and Inventions; Tools and Weapons; Trojan War
Civilizations of Asia and the Pacific
Aboriginal Peoples; Agriculture; Angkor Wat; Archeological Discoveries; Art and Architecture; Australia
Buddhism
China; Confucianism; Culture and Traditions
Daoism
Hinduism; Huns
India; Indian Ocean Trade; Islam to Asia, Spread of
Japan; Java
Khmer Empire; Korea
Language and Literature
Mandate of Heaven; Melaka; Micronesia; Mongols; Monsoons; Myths, Epics, and Sagas
New Zealand
Pax Sinica ; Polynesia
Religion
Shinto; Silk Road; Slavery; Society; Spice Trade; Sri Lanka; Sukhotai and Ayudhya
Technology and Inventions; Tools and Weapons
Vietnam
Zheng He
Civilizations of the Near East and Southwest Asia
Agriculture; Anatolia; Arameans; Archeological Discoveries; Art and Architecture; Assyria
Babylonia; Bible; Byzantine Empire
¦atal Huyuk; Chaldeans; Christianity; Culture and Traditions
Darius I, the Great
Ebla
Fertile Crescent
Hammurabi; Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro; Hittites
Indus River; Islam
Jerusalem; Jews and Judaism
Language and Writing; Lydians
Mesopotamia; Monsoons; Myths and Epics
Parthian Empire; Persia; Phoenicians
Religion
Scythians; Slavery; Society; Sumer
Technology and Inventions; Tools and Weapons
Ur
Zoroastrianism
Review(s): ...comprehensive, engaging, and well-researched. School Library Journal
Color maps and photos, fact boxes, and key words in color add appeal and aid accessibility. An inviting resource. Curriculum Connections (School Library Journal)
    
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