This reference tells the stories of the peoples of the ancient past and shows how they laid the foundations of the modern world. Each of the first five chapters

Contains alphabetically arranged entries, from adornment to crime and punishment, that provide information about culture and society in the ancient world and in

Chronologically arranged entries describe what life was like in the Stone Age, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire.

Written for high school or beginning undergraduate students, this four-volume reference valiantly attempts to provide a historical framework for the perhaps ove

Examines the writing systems, morphology, phonology, syntax, and lexicon of ancient languages.