The Ancient Mediterranean (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Ancient Mediterranean Written by eminent classical scholar Michael Grant. "The Ancient Mediterranean" is a wonderfully revealing, unusually comprehensive history of all the peoples who lived around the Mediterranean from about 15,000 B.C. to the time of Constantine (306-337 A.D.). Many volumes, including Professor Grant's own previous works, trace the histories of the great civilizations of Greece and Rome. But this un...
Full description- Publisher: Plume Books
- Published: 01 January 1990
- Format: Paperback 400 pages
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- Categories: General & World History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Military History
- ISBN 13: 9780452010376 ISBN 10: 0452010373
- Sales rank: 647,111
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Full description for The Ancient Mediterranean
Written by eminent classical scholar Michael Grant. "The Ancient Mediterranean" is a wonderfully revealing, unusually comprehensive history of all the peoples who lived around the Mediterranean from about 15,000 B.C. to the time of Constantine (306-337 A.D.). Many volumes, including Professor Grant's own previous works, trace the histories of the great civilizations of Greece and Rome. But this unique work looks at the influences and cultures of the entire region, including Egypt, Israel, Crete, Carthage, Ionia and the Eastern colonies. Syria, and the Etruscans, as well as the Greek and Roman states.Drawing on archaeology, geography, anthropology, and economics. Professor Grant shows how the great Oriental civilizations--Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, Persia--originated attitudes and institutions ultimately passed on to the West. He describes the effect on the people and their achievements of the long, irregular coastline, the mountainous terrain surrounding small fertile plains, the typical plant life of olive and grape, and the rapidly changing weather. Further, he investigates how the demographic factors around this deep and stormy sea caused or influenced the great periods of ancient history, such as that of fifth-century Athens and of Rome in the first century A.D. Appealing and fascinating reading, this impeccably researched history brings a fresh perspective to understanding our ancient heritage.
