The Ancient civilizations: New Perspectives

The Incas: New Perspectives
ABC-CLIO | 2006 | ISBN: 1851095748 | Pages: 269 | PDF | 3.48 MB

Defying many of the supposed rules of civilization building, and lacking the advantages of a written language, hard metals, the wheel, or draught animals, the Incas forged one of the greatest imperial states in history. They were isolated in a forbidding landscape and lacking in what many would consider some essential components of progress (writing, iron, the wheel, trading markets). Yet the Incas created one of the most influential and innovative empires the world has ever seen, demonstrating an astonishing mastery of engineering, mathematics, astronomy, agriculture, medicine, politics, and more.

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The Ancient Greeks: New Perspectives
ABC-CLIO | 2004 | ISBN: 1576078140 | Pages: 469 | PDF | 6.51 MB

The ancient Greeks established the very blueprint of Western civilization—our societies, institutions, art, and culture—and thanks to remarkable new findings, we know more about them than ever, and it's all here in this up-to-date introductory volume.

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Ancient Mesopotamia: New Perspectives
ABC-CLIO | 2005 | ISBN: 1576079651 | Pages: 395 | PDF | 9.05 MB

The first general introduction to Mesopotamia that covers all four of the area's major ancient civilizations-Sumer, Akkad, Assyria, and Babylonia. The eyes of the world are on Iraq and the surrounding region, witnessing conflict, chaos, and the effects of brutal dictatorship. But in ancient times, the civilizations that flourished there gave birth to some of humanity's most cherished achievements, including the written word, the city, the legal system, public education, and more.

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The Ancient Indus Valley: New Perspectives
ABC-CLIO | 2007 | ISBN: 1576079074 | Pages: 441 | PDF | 7.56 MB

This work is a revealing study of the enigmatic Indus civilization and how a rich repertoire of archaeological tools is being used to probe its puzzles. The Indus Valley gave rise to one of the most sophisticated civilizations of the Bronze Age, an extraordinarily peaceful society that developed everything from a complex political organization to sanitary plumbing to a rich mythology. Then it vanished, forgotten by history for centuries, until remarkable finds in the 1920s led to its rediscovery.

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