The Ancient World: A Social and Cultural History (8th Edition)

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Analyzes the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East in social and cultural contexts Ancient World The: A Social and Cultural History 8/e presents a comprehensive analysis of the cultures and societies of the ancient Mediterranean world from prehistoric times to the rise of Islam. It offers a multi-perspective and integrated chronicle of the history of the ancient world from Sumer to the fall of Rome. This title challenges purely narrative accounts of the ancient past offering in-depth analysis of such key events and institutions as: the origins of agriculture and the rise of urban civilization in the Middle East; household and gender roles in the Middle East Greece and Rome; slavery throughout the Mediterranean; and how the Romans built maintained and lost their empire.