Encyclopedia of society and culture in the ancient world / Peter Bogucki, editor in chief.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Facts On File, c2008.Description: 4 v. : ill., maps 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780816069415 (acid-free paper);0816069417 (acid-free paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • CB311 .E533 2008
Contents:
v. 1. Adornment to crime and punishment -- v. 2. Death and burial practices to inventions -- v. 3. Language to roads and bridges -- v. 4. Sacred sites to writing.
Summary: Provides an overview of the means by which people lived in the past. Offers coverage of the ancient world from prehistory to the fall of Rome, including Western and non-Western cultures and civilizations.Each of the 69 entries explores a specific topic across the entire world, beginning with an introduction that outlines the major developments in chronological sequence, follwed by subsections on Africa, Egypt, the Middle East, and the Pacific, Europe, Greece, Rome,, and the Americas.Contains list of cross-references, further reading list of books,articles,Web sites on the topic,primary source documents, more than 250 photographs in black and white, map supplement of the text, glossary, general bibliograp
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Reference Reference Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Reference CB 311.En19s 2008 v.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3AEA0000304055
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

v. 1. Adornment to crime and punishment -- v. 2. Death and burial practices to inventions -- v. 3. Language to roads and bridges -- v. 4. Sacred sites to writing.

Provides an overview of the means by which people lived in the past. Offers coverage of the ancient world from prehistory to the fall of Rome, including Western and non-Western cultures and civilizations.Each of the 69 entries explores a specific topic across the entire world, beginning with an introduction that outlines the major developments in chronological sequence, follwed by subsections on Africa, Egypt, the Middle East, and the Pacific, Europe, Greece, Rome,, and the Americas.Contains list of cross-references, further reading list of books,articles,Web sites on the topic,primary source documents, more than 250 photographs in black and white, map supplement of the text, glossary, general bibliograp

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