Ancient Mediterranean civilizations : from prehistory to 640 CE
| 1. Verfasser: |
Mathisen, Ralph W., 1947-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2015].
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| Ausgabe: | Second edition |
| Umfang/Format: |
xvii, 535, 52 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps. |
| ISBN: | 9780199384457 0199384452 0199384460 9780199384464 0199384479 9780199384471 |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Note on spelling and pronunciation
- About the author
- Section I. The origins of history
- Civilization before civilization (2,000,000-3000 BCE)
- Section II. The ancient Near Eastern world
- Mesopotamia and the Bronze Age (6000-1200 BCE)
- Egypt and the Bronze Age (8000-1200 BCE)
- Coastal civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean (2500-800 BCE)
- Iron Age empires : Assyria, Babylonia, and Persia (850-500 BCE)
- Section III. The ancient Greek world
- Greece in the Dark and Archaic ages (1100-500 BCE)
- Sparta, Athens, and the Classical Age (500-387 BCE)
- Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic age (387-31 BCE)
- Civilization beyond the Near East, Greece, and Rome (2300-31 BCE)
- Section IV. The ancient Roman world
- The rise of Rome and the Roman Republic (753-120 BCE)
- Crisis, recovery, and the creation of the Principate (150-21 BCE)
- The Roman peace (27 BCE-192 CE)
- Section V. The world of late antiquity
- Crisis, recovery, and the creation of the late Roman Empire (192-337)
- The Christian empire and the late Roman world (337-476)
- The end of antiquity (476-640)
- Glossary
