Great Civilizations - The Illustrated History of Humankind - Society and Culture in the Ancient World

This vividly illustrated and authoritative volume offers a sweeping and comprehensive survey of the development of civilizations. Its vision is global in scope, ranging from the classical societies of Egypt, Greece and Rome to the cultures of Asia and Arica, the Maya, Aztec, Inca and Native Americans, to the unique peoples of Australia and the Pacific. Together, these diverse civilizations shaped the modern world. They were the birthplaces of writing and architecture, legal codes, mathematics, metullurgy and engineering, and complex political, social and cultural traditions. To understand them is to understand ourselves...