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Ancient worlds : a global history of antiquity / Michael Scott.

Scott, Michael, 1981- (author.).

Summary:

Scott presents a narrative of a unique age in human civilization, showing how diverse societies responded to similar pressures and how they influenced one another: through conquest and conversion, through trade in people, goods, and ideas. A reinvention of our grandest histories, this book reveals new truths about our common human heritage.

Record details

ISBN: 9780465094721
ISBN: 0465094724
Physical Description: xvi, 411 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: London : Hutchinson, 2016.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Part I Politics in an Axial Age -- 1 Athenian Democracy and the Desire for People-Power 25 -- 2 Rome, the Republic and the Perfection of Government 50 -- 3 China, Confucius and the Quest for the Just Ruler 75 -- Part II War and a World in Change -- 4 A New Generation Arises 121 -- 5 Making Connections 144 -- 6 Empires in East and West 177 -- Part III Religious Change in a Connected World -- 7 Religious Innovation from Inside and Out 233 -- 8 Enforcing, Mixing and Moulding Religion 268 -- 9 Religion and Rule 304.