Bowden Hugh (ed.) Ancient Civilizations

New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2002. — 192 p. — ISBN: 0-7607-2716-3.Ancient Civilizations is a richly-illustrated, beautifully-mapped and compellingly- written treatment of the societies from which we inherit the basis of our own way of life. The book’s coverage is truly global: Egyptians, Hittites, Assyrians, Romans, the Shang, the Zhou, Olmecs, Toltecs, Aztecs, Incas, the cultures of Africa. All are examined in this radical reassessment of the ancient world, written by a team of leading historians. The book is a visual feast which brings to life the grandeur of Rome, the splendor of ancient Persia, the mysteries of the Maya. For anyone with an interest in the ancient world, or simply a delight in a beautifully conceived visual treatment of history, Ancient Civilizations is essential reading.The Basis of Civilization.The Origins of Civilization.
Agriculture and Metallurgy.
Cities, Rulers and Writing.Age of Bronze c. 3000-1000 BC.Old Kingdom Egypt: The Age of the Pyramids c. 3100-2023 BC.
Sumer and Akkad, Mesopotamia: c. 2900-2004 BC.
Sumer: The First Cities c. 2900-2004 BC.
Minoan Crete, c. 2000-1500 BC.
Egypt: The Middle Kingdom and the Hyksos 2023-1550 BC.
Merchant Princes: Mesopotamia 2004-1595 BC.
Indus Civilization, 2500-1500 BC.
The Aegean in the Late Bronze Age c. 1500-1200 BC.
The Hittites 1650-1200 BC.
New Kingdom Egypt: The Imperial Age 1550-1069 BC.
Religion and Society in New Kingdom Egypt, 1550-1069 BC.
Empires and Diplomacy 1600-1100 BC.
Near Eastern Religions c. 3000-1000 BC.
The Near East in the Late Bronze Age c. 1200-1000 BC.
Post-Indus India c. 1500-1000 BC.
Shang China: The Age of Bronze c. 1500-1050 BC.Age of Ideas c. 1000-300 BC.Spread of City-States in the Mediterranean c. 800-500 BC.
The Etruscans, c. 900-400 BC.
Rome and Italy c. 800-264 BC.
Sicily c. 750-330 BC.
Archaic Greece: The Age of the Tyrants c. 700-500 BC.
The Greek City States c. 500-350 BC.
Athenian Democracy c. 500-300 BC.
Classical Greek Religion c. 500-300 BC.
The Last Egyptian Kings 1069-332 BC.
Napata, c. 850-310 BC.
The Near East: Cities and Kings 1000-600 BC.
The Phoenicians c. 1000-500 BC.
Assyria and Palestine c. 1000-609 BC.
The Neo-Babylonian Empire 626-539 BC.
The Achaemenid Empire c. 550-330 BC.
Behistun and Persepolis, 521-330 BC.
The Rise of Macedon and Alexander The Great c. 500-323 BC.
Early Historic India c. 1000-300 BC.
Zhou China 1050-221 BC.Age of Empires c. 300 BC - AD 250.Carthage and Rome in the western Mediterranean 264-44 BC.
Republican Rome, 509-27 BC.
The Hellenistic World 323-30 BC.
Hellenistic Culture and Power 323-30 BC.
Meroe c. 500 BC - c. AD 350.
The Roman Empire 31 BC - AD 235.
The Roman Army under the Empire, 27 BC - AD c. 250.
Rome and Pompeii, c. 31 BC - AD 250.
Religious Developments in the Roman Empire c. 31 BC - AD 395.
The Parthian State, c. 247 BC - AD 224.
The Kushan Empire.
Mauryan India c. 310-185 BC.
Qin and Han China: 221 BC - AD 220.
Han Culture: 221 BC - AD 220.Age of Transformation c. AD 250-750.The Roman Empire AD 235-395.
The End of The Roman Empire in The West AD 378-476.
The Christian West AD 379-750.
The Byzantine Empire AD 395-750.
Constantinople and Byzantine Culture, AD 327-750.
The Sasanian Empire c. AD 224-651.
Aksum c. AD 100-700.
West Africa c. AD 300-800.
Gupta India, c. AD 300-606.
India after the Guptas, AD 606-752.
China Divided and Reunified AD 220-755.
Religion in China 550 BC - AD 750.
The Rise of Islam AD 622-750.
Islamic Government and Culture to AD 750.Civilizations of the New World.Mesoamerican Civilizations 1200-500 BC.
Civilizations of the Mexican Highlands c. 500 BC - AD 750.
The Maya 250 BC - AD 1519.
The Toltecs and Aztecs c. AD 900-1521.
First Civilizations of the Andes c. 2600-200 BC.
The Andes from the Nasca to the Huari c. 200 BC - AD 900.
Empires in the Andes AD 900-1532.