Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations : From Prehistory to 640 CE
ISBN: 9780195378382 | 0195378385
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 2/18/2011
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Challenging the stereotypes and myths that typically characterize students' understanding of antiquity,Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations: From Prehistory to 640 CEfocuses oncontinuityandconnections,along withcultural diffusionandcultural diversity,to show how history is a cumulative process and that numerous themes recur in different times and places. The text alsoexplores sensitive issues and debatesincluding attitudes toward race, ethnicity, and tolerance; gender issues and roles; slavery; social mobility; religion; political evolution; the... MORE
Special Features
Preface
Note on Spelling and Pronunciation
About the Author
PRELUDE TO HISTORY
1. The Origins of History: Civilization Before Civilization (2,000,000-3000 BCE)
PART I: THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION: THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
2. Mesopotamia and the Bronze Age (6000-1200 BCE)
3. Egypt and the Bronze Age (8000-1200 BCE)
4. Coastal Civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean (2500-800 BCE)
5. Iron Age Empires: Assyria, Babylonia, and ... MORE
Ralph W. Mathisen has appointments in History, Classics, and Medieval Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include ecclesiastical history, barbarian studies, late Latin literature, prosopography, numismatics, and the society, culture, and religion of Late Antiquity. He has authored, coauthored, or edited thirteen books and has published more than ninety scholarly articles. He is Editor of the Journal of Late Antiquity and Oxford Studies in Late Antiquity, Director of the Biographical Database for Late Antiquity Project, and a Fellow of the American Numismatic Society.
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