Civilizations of the Ancient World: A Visual Sourcebook

This guide provides a visual insight into the civilizations of the ancient world through the medium of over 1,000 colour illustrations. The guide is divided into colour‐coded chapters on ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome followed by a briefer overview of other world civilizations thriving at that time. Each chapter opens with a short overview and timeline of key events which helpfully sets the context for what follows. Chapters are intelligently and attractively subdivided into smaller thematic areas covering aspects of government, warfare, religion, leisure, trade, technology, architecture and society. From a structural perspective, this is useful for those readers...