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Egypt, Greece and Rome
Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean

Second Edition

Charles Freeman

Price: £27.00 (paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-926364-6
Publication date: 29 January 2004
736 pages, 101 maps, halftones & line drawings; 11 color illus., 234x156 mm

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  • 'This is the second edition of what was an excellent book in its first edition, and is now stronger and even more useful ... If you did not add the first edition to your school or college library, I recommend that you do so. If you did, the second edition should still beckon you to include it.' - The Journal of Classics Teaching
  • 'When Deborah James reviewed the first edition of this book for JACT in 1997 she said "it beats with the pulse of modern scholarship on the ancient Mediterranean" and drew attention among other merits to the way in which the presentation of the great civilizations in this book enabled the reader to view events in context. This remains one of the great strengths of the book, and with this strength there goes the author's ability to write with skill, precision and vividness for a wide audience.' - The Journal of Classics Teaching

Description
  • The most up-to-date and reliable general history of the Ancient Mediterranean
  • Provides a comprehensive yet accessible point of entry to the major civilizations of the ancient world
  • Comprehensive regional coverage - now includes extended coverage of Egypt and the Ancient Near East
  • Includes a detailed date line, maps, colour illustrations and a guide to further reading at the end of each chapter
New to this edition
  • New chapter on the geography of the ancient Mediterranean
  • An extra chapter on the Ancient Near East
  • Extended coverage of Egypt, including religion and daily life
  • Additional interludes on Rhetoric and the Egyptian Amarna letters
  • Completely revised throughout to reflect new scholarship
  • New maps and illustrations
Egypt, Greece and Rome is regarded as one of the best general histories of the ancient world. It is written for the general reader and the student coming to the subject for the first time and provides a reliable and highly accessible point of entry to the period.

The volume begins with the early civilizations of Sumer (modern Iraq) and continues through to the Islamic invasions and the birth of modern Europe after the collapse of the western Roman empire. The book ranges beyond political history to cover philosophy, art and literature. A wide range of maps, illustrations and photographs complements the text.

The second edition incorporates new chapters on the ancient Mediterranean and the Ancient Near East, as well as extended coverage of Egypt.

Readership: Students on introductory courses in the Ancient world who have no prior knowledge of the subject and the non-specialist general reader.

Contents
1. Rediscovering the Ancient World
2. The Civilizations of the Ancient Near East, 5000 - 1200 BC
3. Egypt, the Gift of the Nile 3200 - 1500 BC
4. Egypt as an Imperial Power, 1500 - 1000 BC
Interlude One. The Amarna Letters
5. Daily Life in New Kingdom Egypt
6. The Ancient Near East 1200 - 500 BC
7. Settings for Civilization: The Mediterranean
8. The Early Greeks, 2000 - 700 BC
9. The Greeks in a Wider World, 800 - 600 BC
10. Hoplites and Tyrants: The Emergence of the City State
11. Cultural Change in the Archaic Age
12. The Persian Wars
13. Everyday Life in Classical Greece
14. Religion and Culture in the Greek World
15. Athens: Democracy and Empire
16. From Aeschylus to Aristotle
Interlude Two. Rhetoric
17. The Struggle for Power, 431 - 338 BC
18. Alexander of Macedon and the Expansion of the Greek World
19. The Hellenistic World
Interlude Three. Celts and Parthians
20. The Etruscans and Early Rome
21. Rome becomes a Mediterranean Power
22. From the Gracchi to Caeser, 133 - 55 BC
Interlude Four. Voices from the Republic
23. The Fall of the Roman Republic, 55 - 31 BC
Interlude Five. Women in the Roman Republic
24. Augustus and the Founding of Empire
25. Consolidating the Empire, AD 14 - 138
26. Administering and Defending the Empire
Interlude Six. The Romans as Builders
27. Social and Economic Life in the Empire
28. Transformations: The Roman Empire, 138 - 313
29. The Foundations of Christianity
30. The Empire in the Fourth Century
31. The Creation of a New Europe, 395 - 600
32. The Emergence of the Byzantine Empire
Epilogue: Legacies
Date Chart and List of Events

Authors, editors, and contributors


Charles Freeman


Links to web resources and related information
More in the same subject area:
European history: BCE to c 500 CE
African history: BCE to c 500 CE
World history: c 500 to C 1500

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