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The Kingfisher atlas of the ancient world /, Simon Adams ; illustrated by Katherine Baxter

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The Kingfisher atlas of the ancient world /, Simon Adams ; illustrated by Katherine Baxter

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The Kingfisher atlas of the ancient world /

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70614384

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Simon Adams ; illustrated by Katherine Baxter

Summary

Featuring seventeen hand-illustrated maps and containing illuminating facts about ancient civilizations and peoples, this unrivaled visual guide presents an overview of the ancient world and reveals what the world was like between 10,000 B.C. and 1000 A.D

Table Of Contents

Ancient world -- Ancient world: How we know about the past -- First towns -- Mesopotamia -- Ancient Egypt -- Ancient Egypt: Preparing for the afterlife -- Ancient Europe -- Indus Valley -- Minoans and Myceneans -- Peoples of the Mediterranean -- Great empires -- Ancient Greece -- Ancient Greece: The Greek world -- Roman Empire -- Roman Empire: The city of Rome -- Ancient Africa -- Ancient India -- Ancient China -- North American peoples -- Central and South America -- Australia and Polynesia -- Index -- Acknowledgments

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Atlas of the ancient world

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