The ancient world / Jerry Toner.
This introduction to the ancient world covers all its different cultures, from the million people crammed into Rome to the Jews and Syrians who refused to be Romanised. Jerry Toner shows what can be learnt from new approaches to ancient history, from analysing the bones of the dead in Pompeii or assessing the impact of environmental change, and considers how we can discover what it was like to live back then. He looks at every period, not just classical Athens and Republican Rome, but the Hellenistic kingdoms that followed Alexander and the Christian-dominated later Roman Empire.
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- ISBN: 9781781254202
- ISBN: 1781254206
- Physical Description: 154 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour maps ; 20 cm.
- Publisher: London : Profile Books, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Another ancient world -- The ancient world from below -- What, when and where is the ancient world -- How do we discover it? -- Did Greece and Rome matter? -- Through classical eyes. |
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Subject: | History, Ancient. Civilization, Ancient. Civilization, Ancient. History, Ancient. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Adams PL Sys. - Decatur Branch | 930 TON ANC (Text) | 34207002018456 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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- Perseus PublishingIdeas in Profile: Small Introductions to Big Topics
This introduction to the ancient world, part of the Ideas in Profile series, covers all its different cultures, from the million people crammed into Rome to the Jews and Syrians who refused to be Romanised. Jerry Toner shows what can be learnt from new approaches to ancient history, from analysing the bones of the dead in Pompeii or assessing the impact of environmental change, and considers how we can discover what it was like to live back then. He looks at every period, not just classical Athens and Republican Rome, but the Hellenistic kingdoms that followed Alexander and the Christian-dominated later Roman Empire. Greece and Rome, he argues, must be fitted into the global history of their day: what did Persians think of Greeks and how does the Roman empire stack up to China's?
With vivid examples and animation from award-winning Cognitive at every stage, this is the ideal introduction to the ancient world for general readers and students. - Perseus Publishing
<div>A sparkling introduction to the Ancient World that brings its peoples and cultures vividly to life.</div>