Bauer Susan W. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

W.W. Norton & Company, 2007. — 896 p. — ISBN: 978-0-393-05974-8.13 illustrations, 80 maps.This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting historical events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while still giving weight to the characteristics of each country. Susan Wise Bauer provides both sweeping scope and vivid attention to the individual lives that give flesh to abstract assertions about human history.