The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece
Author: Robert Morkot
Publisher: Penguin Books
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780140513356

The cradle of Western civilisation, Ancient Greece was a land of contradictions and conflict. Intensely quarrelsome and competitive, the Greek city-states consistently proved unwilling and unable to unite. Yet, in spite of or even because of this internal discord, no ancient civilization proved so dynamic or productive. The Greeks not only colonized the Mediterranean and Black Sea areas but set standards of figurative art that endured for nearly 2500 years. Charting topics as diverse as Minoan civilization, The Persian Wars, the Athenian Golden Age and the conquests of Alexander the Great, the book traces the development of this creative and restless people and assesses their impact not only on the ancient world but also on our own attitudes and environment. The authoritative narrative, illustrated with over sixty full colour maps and over seventy plates, makes this an indispensable handbook for history students and enthusiasts alike.

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations
Author: John Haywood
Publisher: Penguin Books
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2005-10-25
Genre: History
ISBN:

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations explores the world's earliest cultures, from the farming settlements of Mesopotamia to the Americas and Polynesia, via the birth of Greek city states and the foundation of Rome. It examines the development of civilizations in the Near East - Babylonian, Assyrian, Persian - as well as those in Europe - the Minoans, Etruscans and Celts. Across the continents of Africa, Asia and America, it covers such subjects as Egypt from its pre-dynastic roots to the age of the Pharaohs, China during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the great cities of the Incas and Aztecs. Vivid descriptions of civilizations are complemented by discussion of such key topics as colonization, agriculture and technology, and the rise of empires and city states. Richly illustrated with timelines, photographs, artwork re-creations and full-colour maps, this is an illuminating and multi-faceted one-volume introduction to early peoples and the worlds they created. - Back cover.

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Russia

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Russia
Author: John Channon
Publisher: Viking Adult
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1995
Genre: History
ISBN:

The breakup of the Soviet Union has been accompanied by a new surge of interest in this most fascinating and contradictory of nations. This atlas covers Russia's history from the coming of the Slavic peoples and the invasion of the Swedish Rus and the Mongols through the territorial expansion of Catherine the Great to the rise of communism, the Cold War era, and the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Full color.

The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Third Reich

The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Third Reich
Author: R. J. Overy
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN:

This atlas charts the rise and fall of Hitler's Nazi state, from the first mass meeting to the NSDAP in Munich in 1920, through the relentless territorial aggression and anti-Jewish atrocities of World War II, to the execution of war criminals at Nuremberg in 1946. An informative, one-volume handbook that documants the rise and fall of one of the most terrifying and destructive regimes in world history.

Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece
Author: Peter Connolly
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780199108107

Explores the history of the early civilization of Greece, as well as, their architecture, art, sports, poetry, drama, and music.

Historical Atlas

Historical Atlas
Author: William Robert Shepherd
Publisher:
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1911
Genre: Historical geography
ISBN:

The Atlas of Ancient Worlds

The Atlas of Ancient Worlds
Author: Anne Millard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1994
Genre: Atlases, British
ISBN: 9780751351156

In this book a time machine transports young readers back more than 5000 years using pictorial maps and lifelike reconstructions to show what life was actually like in ancient times and to highlight the achievements of the great civilizations that have influenced and shaped our modern world.