Antiquity: The Civilization of the Ancient World
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With his characteristic eloquence and lucid insights. . . Cantor offers a splendid and accessible portrait of the cultures of the ancient world.Publishers Weekly Bestselling author Norman Cantor delivers this compact but magisterial survey of the ancient worldfrom the birth of Sumerian civilization around 3500 B.C. in the Tigris-Euphrates valley (present-day Iraq) to the fall of the Roman Empire in A.D. 476. He covers such subjects as Classical Greece Judaism the founding of Christianity and the triumph and decline of Rome. In this fascinating and comprehensive analysis Cantor explores social and cultural history as well as the political and economic aspects of his narrative. He explains leading themes in religion and philosophy and discusses the environment population and public health. With his signature authority and insight he highlights in Antiquity the great books and ideas of antiquity that continue to influence culture today.
