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Prehistory, first empires, and the ancient world : from the Stone Age to 900 CE / Markus Hattstein.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Witness to history (Rosen Publishing Group)Publication details: New York : Rosen Pub., 2013.Description: 150 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 1448872227 (library binding)
  • 9781448872220 (library binding)
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Contents:
The rise and fall of a world power : from Macedonia to the Diadochoi -- Judea and Arabia before the Romans -- Carthage : world power and rival of Rome -- The Etruscans : the league to the Roman Empire -- Rome : from the beginnings to the end of the republic -- The rule of the generals and the imperial Rome -- From Constantine to the rise of Byzantium -- Christianity -- Armenia and Asia Minor from the Diadochoi to the Romans -- Persia under the Parthians and the Sassanians -- Celts, Slavs, and Germanic tribes -- The great migration of peoples -- The nomad empires of the Eurasian steppes -- Ancient India -- China's first emperors of the Qin and han dynasties -- The first kingdoms in North and Northeast Africa -- Glossary -- For more information -- For further reading -- Index.
The Stone Age : the beginning of mankind -- The first great civilizations -- Migration of peoples -- The early states of Mesopotamia -- Ancient Egypt -- The Hittites -- Kingdoms on the borders of the Fertile Crescent -- Syria and Palestine -- Judaism -- The Medes and the Persian Empire of the Achaemenids -- The nomads of the Eurasian steppes -- The religions of India, China, and Japan -- India from the beginnings to the invasion of Alexander the Great -- Early China up to the period of the "warring" states -- The ancient world -- The culture of the Greeks and Romans -- Crete and Mycenae; the beginnings of the Greek culture -- Classical Greece from the culture of the polis to the end of independence.
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Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 930 H366 Available 33111007051127
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Readers will be intrigued by this stunning edition, which provides an overview of periods that are less readily studied in the classroom. Readers will be excited to experience prehistory, the Stone Age, first empires, and ancient worlds. With detailed images, this curated guide of the early parts of our civilization will make all study engaging and entertaining.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The rise and fall of a world power : from Macedonia to the Diadochoi -- Judea and Arabia before the Romans -- Carthage : world power and rival of Rome -- The Etruscans : the league to the Roman Empire -- Rome : from the beginnings to the end of the republic -- The rule of the generals and the imperial Rome -- From Constantine to the rise of Byzantium -- Christianity -- Armenia and Asia Minor from the Diadochoi to the Romans -- Persia under the Parthians and the Sassanians -- Celts, Slavs, and Germanic tribes -- The great migration of peoples -- The nomad empires of the Eurasian steppes -- Ancient India -- China's first emperors of the Qin and han dynasties -- The first kingdoms in North and Northeast Africa -- Glossary -- For more information -- For further reading -- Index.

The Stone Age : the beginning of mankind -- The first great civilizations -- Migration of peoples -- The early states of Mesopotamia -- Ancient Egypt -- The Hittites -- Kingdoms on the borders of the Fertile Crescent -- Syria and Palestine -- Judaism -- The Medes and the Persian Empire of the Achaemenids -- The nomads of the Eurasian steppes -- The religions of India, China, and Japan -- India from the beginnings to the invasion of Alexander the Great -- Early China up to the period of the "warring" states -- The ancient world -- The culture of the Greeks and Romans -- Crete and Mycenae; the beginnings of the Greek culture -- Classical Greece from the culture of the polis to the end of independence.

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