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020 _a9780465094721 (hardcover)
020 _z9780465094721 (ebook)
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_beng
_cDLC
_erda
_dDLC
042 _apcc
050 0 0 _aCB311
_b.S416 2016b
082 0 0 _a930
_223
100 1 _aScott, Michael,
_d1981-
245 1 0 _aAncient worlds :
_ba global history of antiquity /
_cMichael Scott.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books,
_c[2016]
300 _axvi, 411 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (chiefly color), maps ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"First published in Great Britain by Hutchinson in 2016"--Title page verso.
500 _aBritish edition has subtitle: An epic history of East & West.
520 2 _a"Twenty-five-hundred years ago, civilizations around the world entered a revolutionary new era that overturned old order and laid the foundation for our world today. In the face of massive social changes across three continents, radical new forms of government emerged; mighty wars were fought over trade, religion, and ideology; and new faiths were ruthlessly employed to unify vast empires. The histories of Rome and China, Greece and India--the stories of Constantine and Confucius, Qin Shi Huangdi and Hannibal--are here revealed to be interconnected incidents in the midst of a greater drama. In Ancient Worlds, historian Michael Scott presents a gripping narrative of this unique age in human civilization, showing how diverse societies responded to similar pressures and how they influenced one another: through conquest and conversion, through trade in people, goods, and ideas. An ambitious reinvention of our grandest histories, Ancient Worlds reveals new truths about our common human heritage"--Publisher description.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 361-391) and index.
650 0 _aCivilization, Ancient.
650 0 _aEast and West.
650 0 _aHistory, Ancient.
650 0 _aSocial history
_yTo 500.
650 0 _aSocial change
_xHistory
_yTo 1500.
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