A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own. This is the first volume in a bold series that te

The Book of the Ancient World is an account of our common heritage from the dawn of civilization to the coming of the Greeks. It is the story of how human being

"A fascinating and highly readable account of humankind's development over 10,000 years in a brilliantly illustrated volume by one of the world's most distingui

Civilizations takes the reader forward from the earliest days of human settlement to the civilizations of the New World overthrown by the Spanish Conquistadors.

This collection is designed to encourage students to examine issues pertaining to a broad range of themes through the analysis of relevant ancient literary and