The Penguin encyclopedia of classical civilizations
1993, First Edition. London : Viking. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #227769
ISBN: 0670826995
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.
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