A short, well organized, structured look at the history the ancient world and the civilizations that rose and fell. Seignobos takes a deliberate, studious approach to covering the vast landscape of the ancient world, and leaves the reader with a clearer general view of who and what comprised that world.
Contents include:
THE EGYPTIANS
ASSYRIANS AND BABYLONIANS
THE ARYANS OF INDIA
THE PERSIANS
THE PHŒNICIANS
THE HEBREWS
GREECE AND THE GREEKS
GREEK RELIGION
SPARTA
ATHENS
WARS OF THE GREEKS
THE ARTS IN GREECE
THE GREEKS IN THE ORIENT
THE LAST YEARS OF GREECE
ROME
ROMAN RELIGION
THE ROMAN CITY
ROMAN CONQUEST
THE CONQUERED PEOPLES
TRANSFORMATION OF LIFE IN ROME
FALL OF THE REPUBLIC
THE EMPIRE AT ITS HEIGHT
THE ARTS AND SCIENCES IN ROME
THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION
THE LATER EMPIRE
