Timelines of the ancient world
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Timelines of the ancient world
（A Dorling Kindersley book）
Dorling Kindersley, 1993
Available at 2 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 256) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Illustrated with more than 2,000 photographs, artworks and maps, and researched and written by a team of eminent scientists from around the world, this book offers a new perspective on ancient history. Words and pictures are organized on large format pages to show concurrent world events at a glance. The text charts the progress of civilization, highlighting changes in societies region by region, subject area by subject area - food and the environment, shelter and architecture, technology and innovation, and art and ritual. This book also provides insights into changes such as the dramatic global warming of 12,000-8,000 BC, and the way societies coped with their altered environment.
Table of Contents
Origins of modern humankind. New tools and equipment. Hunting. Domesticating plants and animals. Uruk civilization. Pyramids of Giza. Arts of classical Greece. Urban life. Colonization of the Pacific. Rise of the Aztecs.
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