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The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
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Include books by the same authorCleopatra: A Life
Stacy Schiff · 441 pages
From back cover: Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons; her supple personality and the drama of her circumstances have been lost. In a masterly return to the classical sources, Stacy Schiff boldly separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order.
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Edward Gibbon · 924 pages
The author makes the point that in this abridgement he has adhered to Gibbon's style, format, planning, and footnotes, and has made only selective exclusions. The history covers the centuries from Marcus Aurelius to the capture of Constantinople, and concludes with an epilogue dealing with medieval Rome and the dawn of the Renaissance.
The History of Rome, Books XXI-XXX: The War With Hannibal
Livy · 712 pages
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra
Toby Wilkinson · 646 pages
The story of Ancient Egypt and the extraordinary civilisation that flourished along the banks of the River Nile can seem like a gorgeous pageant studded with exceptional events. Among them are the building of the pyramids, the conquest of Nubia, Akhenaten's religious revolution, the power and beauty of Nefertiti, the life and death of Tutankhamun, the ruthlessness of Ramesses, Alexander the Great'
Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt
Barbara Mertz · 349 pages
An introduction to the history of ancient Egypt and Egyptology. “Mertz gives special attention to such topics as the kingship (yes) of Queen Hatshepsut, the exploits of Thutmose III, and the Amarna Period with its intriguing players… Mertz also explains in simple language archaeological techniques such as carbon 14 dating and historical chronology.” Libr J. review of 1964 edition
The Awesome Egyptians
Terry Deary, Peter Hepplewhite · 128 pages
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed
Eric H. Cline · 264 pages
In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh’s army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world of the Bronze Age came to an abrupt and cataclysmic end. Kingdoms fell like dominoes over the course of jus
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt
Ian Shaw · 512 pages
"The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt is the only history to provide detailed historical coverage of Egypt from the early Stone Age to its incorporation into the Roman Empire. The essays and beautiful illustrations portray the emergence and development of the distinctive civilization of the ancient Egyptians covering the period from 700,000 B.C. to A.D. 311. The authors outline the principal sequen
Valley of the Kings: The 18th Dynasty
Terrance Coffey · 404 pages
The Histories
Tacitus · 415 pages
Edward Gibbon called The Histories an 'immortal work, every sentence of which is pregnant with the deepest observations and the most lively images.' Its author, Cornelius Tacitus, widely acknowledged as the greatest of all Roman historians, describes with cynical power the murderous 'Year of the Four Emperors' - AD 69 - when in just a few months the whole of the Roman Empire was torn apart by civi
The Assassination Of Julius Caesar: A People's History Of Ancient Rome
Michael Parenti · 218 pages
The Death of Caesar: The Story of History’s Most Famous Assassination
Barry S. Strauss · 352 pages
Ancient Egypt
George Hart · 68 pages
A photo essay on ancient Egypt and the people who lived there, documented through the mummies, pottery, weapons, and other objects they left behind. Describes their society, religion, obsession with the afterlife, and methods of mummification.
The Fall of the Roman Republic: Six Lives
Plutarch · 387 pages
Dramatic artist, natural scientist and philosopher, Plutarch is widely regarded as the most significant historian of his era, writing sharp and succinct accounts of the greatest politicians and statesman of the classical period. Taken from the Lives, a series of biographies spanning the Graeco-Roman age, this collection illuminates the twilight of the old Roman Republic from 157-43 bc. Whether des
Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt
Joyce A. Tyldesley · 327 pages
During the dynastic period (3000 BC - 332 BC), as the Greek historian Herodotus was intrigued to observe, Egyptian women enjoyed a legal, social and sexual independence unrivalled by their Greek or Roman sisters, unrivalled, indeed, by women in Europe until the late nineteenth century. They could own and trade in property, work outside the home, marry foreigners and even live alone without the pro
Gods, Graves and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology
C.W. Ceram · 212 pages
The Lost Tomb
Kent R. Weeks · 330 pages
The world was astonished when American Egyptologist Kent Weeks discovered an elaborate tomb deep beneath the surface of Egypt's legendary Valley of the Kings. Soon he realized that this was the centuries-old burial site for the sons of Ramesses II. Previous to this discovery, no one had been certain where - or even if - this spectacular tomb existed. Now, in The Lost Tomb, Weeks takes readers into
Caesar: Life of a Colossus
Adrian Goldsworthy · 608 pages
Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor
Anthony Everitt · 416 pages
He found Rome made of clay and left it made of marble. As Rome's first emperor, Augustus transformed the unruly Republic into the greatest empire the world had ever seen. His consolidation and expansion of Roman power two thousand years ago laid the foundations, for all of Western history to follow. Yet, despite Augustus's accomplishments, very few biographers have concentrated on the man himself,
Augustus Caesar's World
Genevieve Foster · 330 pages
Augustus Caesar's World, a story of ideas and events from b.c. 44 to 14 a.d., in memory of Orrington, copyright 1947. Charles Scribner's and Sons, New York. Detailed historical commentary, poetry, in five parts. Many black and white drawings covering all details of Roman life and times. Table of Contents and Index of Characters. Great Read.