The Ancient World: A Social and Cultural History (5th Edition)

About this book

This comprehensive multiperspective and integrated chronicle of the history of the ancient Mediterranean (from Sumer to the fall of Rome) explores the distinctive forms society took in the ancient world--especially the unusual relationship between society and the state (unlike anything we encounter today) that characterized the social order of antiquity. By closely integrating social and cultural histories with the political institutional and military climates in which they unfolded it provides fascinating insights into all aspects of the ancient Mediterranean. Features a wealth of boxed features many displaying original documents. Explores the histories of Western Asia (Mesopotamia Iran Syria Israel Phoenicia Philisitia) Egypt the Mediterranean World (Greece Rome Carthage Phoenicia) and Europe in terms of such aspects as the family gender relations class structures public vs. private realms slavery popular culture religion art architecture leisure styles philosophy science and education--and their complex intertwinings with ideology and political events. For those interested in Ancient History/Western Civilization Greek or Roman History.