Branigan Keith. Atlas of Ancient Civilizations

New York: The John Day Company, 1976. — 128 p. — ISBN: 0-381-98284-XAtlas of Ancient Civilizations, paradoxically enough, is essentially a book about modern men and women—about people planning for the future, following and creating fashions, improving technologies, improvising art forms and stretching Otli for a better understanding of their world. The paradox is unavoidable, for innovation, invention, creativity and forward planning, far from being the exclusive preserves of our own time, were the major driving forces behind the ancient civilizations too.
This book examines the unique part that the ancient civilizations played in furthering human progress. But because there is more to life than progress, it also looks at how ordinary people worked, played, ate and slept, traded, fought and worshipped.
Full-colour relief maps show the extent of each civilization and its links with neighbouring lands. Illustrations—most in colour—show the things people made and used, the clothes they wore and the kind of homes thev lived in.Before Civilization.
Early Civilization in Mesopotamia.
The Civilization of the Nile Valley.
The Civilization of the Indus Valley.
The Civilization of Northern China.
Maritime Civilizations of the Mediterranean.
The Great Empires of Western Asia.
The Civilization of Greece.
The Civilization of Rome.
Early Civilizations of America.
Epilogue.