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Old World civilizations : the rise of cities and states / general editor, Göran Burenhult ; foreword by Barry Cunliffe.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, c1994.Edition: 1st edDescription: 239 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 32 cmISBN:
  • 0062502700
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GN303 .I4 1993
Summary: $a This third volume in the Illustrated History of Humankind series, this book is a comprehensive survey of the civilizations of the Old World (4000 BC to 1500 AD). A non-Eurocentric chronicle of the development of human society around the globe, this volume details the story of Mesopotamia and the first cities, the civilization of Egypt, the development of the African states, the Iron Age in Southern Asia, rising dynasties in China, the ages of classical Greece and the rise of Rome.
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Includes index.

Vol. 3

$a This third volume in the Illustrated History of Humankind series, this book is a comprehensive survey of the civilizations of the Old World (4000 BC to 1500 AD). A non-Eurocentric chronicle of the development of human society around the globe, this volume details the story of Mesopotamia and the first cities, the civilization of Egypt, the development of the African states, the Iron Age in Southern Asia, rising dynasties in China, the ages of classical Greece and the rise of Rome.

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