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103) Early civilization
Author
Pub. Date
c1991
Description
Examines aspects of everyday life in the world's first civilizations, with emphasis on early Egyptian culture.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
They employed a brutality which is staggering by today's standards. A fresh look at some of the world's most fascinating, iconic, and truly ruthless leaders, how they came to power and stayed in power, how they treated their subjects, friends and family, demonstrated battlefield leadership and achieved transformations at home.
Author
Pub. Date
p2010
Description
In this course, Professor Harl examines not only the career of Alexander but also the historical, military, and social conditions that produced this greatest of conquerors. He describes the world that Alexander inherited, the world that he manipulated, and the world that he left in his wake. In the process, Dr. Harl debunks centuries of misrepresentaions and mythologies about Alexander.
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Description
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations explores the world's earliest cultures, from the farming settlements of Mesopotamia to the Americas and Polynesia, via the birth of Greek city states and the foundation of Rome. It examines the development of civilizations in the Near East - Babylonian, Assyrian, Persian - as well as those in Europe - the Minoans, Etruscans and Celts. Across the continents of Africa, Asia and America it covers...