Scott M. Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West

Windmill Books, 2017. — 432 p. — ISBN: 9781473506794.Acclaimed historian and TV presenter Michael Scott guides us through an epic story spanning ten centuries to create a bold new reading of the classical era for our globalised world.Scott challenges our traditionally western-focused perception of the past, connecting Greco-Roman civilisation to the great rulers and empires that swept across Central Asia to India and China – resulting in a truly global vision of ancient history.With stunning range and richness Ancient Worlds illustrates how the great powers and characters of antiquity shared ambitions and crises, ways of thinking and forms of governing: connections that only grew stronger over the centuries as political systems evolved, mighty armies clashed, universal religions were born and our modern world was foreshadowed.Politics in an Axial Age
Athenian Democracy and the Desire for People-Power
Rome, the Republic and the Perfection of Government
China, Confucius and the Quest for the Just Ruler
War and a World in Change
A New Generation Arises
Making Connections
Empires in East and West
Religious Change in a Connected World
Religious Innovation from Inside and Out
Enforcing, Mixing and Moulding Religion
Religion and Rule