The Kingfisher Atlas of the Ancient World

About this book

Featuring seventeen beautiful hand-illustrated maps and packed with eye-opening information about ancient civilizations and peoples this is an unbeatable pictorial guide to what the world was like between 10 000 B.C. and A.D. 1000. Each stunning map shows the major sites from a particular civilization or group of civilizations with their cities temples palaces farmers and traders brought vividly to life with detailed picture symbols. Feature spreads use photographs of cultural and architectural artifacts as well as additional information to focus in greater depth on the key cultures of Egypt Greece and Rome.