The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780393059748)

This is the first volume in a bold series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting historical events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while still giving weight to the characteristics of each country. Susan Wise Bauer provides both sweeping scope and vivid attention to the individual lives that give flesh to abstract assertions about human history.

Dozens of maps provide a clear geography of great events, while timelines give the reader an ongoing sense of the passage of years and cultural interconnection. This old-fashioned narrative history employs the methods of "history from beneath"--literature, epic traditions, private letters and accounts--to connect kings and leaders with the lives of those they ruled. The result is an engrossing tapestry of human behavior from which we may draw conclusions about the direction of world events and the causes behind them.

Author: Susan Wise Bauer
ISBN-10: 039305974X
ISBN-13: 9780393059748
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2007
Pages: 896
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.70lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.50w x 1.60d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/01/2006 pg. 50
Publishers Weekly 11/20/2006 pg. 48
Booklist 01/01/2007 pg. 43
Library Journal 02/15/2007 pg. 130
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2007 pg. 33
Books & Culture 05/01/2008 pg. 120