The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilisations 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
subjects including Egypt from its pre-dynastic roots to the age of the Pharaohs, China during the Shang and Zhou
dynasties, and the great cities of the Incas and Aztecs. Vivid descriptions of individual civilizations are complemented
by discussion of such key topics as colonization, agriculture and technology, and the rise of empires. Richly illustrated
with photographs, artwork re-creations and full-colour maps, this is an illuminating and multi-faceted one-volume
introduction to early peoples and the worlds they created.
Table of Contents
Pt. I. The ancient Near East
Pt. II. The African civilizations
Pt. III. The first civilizations of Asia
Pt. IV. The first European civilizations
Pt. V. The ancient Americas
