Author: COTTERELL, ARTHUR
Title: The Penguin encyclopedia of classical civilizations
Description: London : Viking 1993. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiv. 290 p. ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes index. Bibliography: p.283-284. Summary; This companion to the editor's 'Penguin Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations' goes beyond the misleading definition of 'classical' civilization. which is traditionally reserved for Greco-Roman antiquity. and examines the five great civilizations which were at their height between (550BC and 600AD): the Chinese. the Indians. the Persians. the Greeks and their Roman heirs. Subjects; Civilization. Classical - Dictionaries. History. Ancient. Civilization. Classical - Encyclopedias. Civilization. Greco-Roman - Encyclopedias. Civilization. Assyro-Babylonian - Encyclopedias. Iran - Civilization - To 640 - Dictionaries. India - Civilization - To 1200 - Dictionaries. China - Civilization - To 221 B.C. - Dictionaries. China - Civilization - (221 B.C.-960 A.D.) - Dictionaries. India - Civilization - To 1200 - Encyclopedias. China - Civilization - To 221 B.C. - Encyclopedias. European history: (BCE to c 500 CE) ; World history: (BCE to c 500 CE) ; Reference works. Asian / Middle Eastern history: (BCE to c 500 CE). Ancient Greece ; Ancient Rome ; China ; India ; Persian Empire. Genre; Encyclopedia. ISBN: 0670826995. Weight in Kg appr.:

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