Beskrivelse
INDHOLD: The origins of the civilasations of Egypt and Mesopotamia. – The third millennium BC. – The Second millennium BC. – The first milennium BC. – The empires of the Levant (750 BC-AD 700). – Religion. – Economy and society. – Government. – The Dark ages 1200-800 BC. – The Archaic period 800-500 BC. – The Classical period. – The Hellenistic era. – Early Roman history 754-265 BC. – Further expansion and new social tensions 264-133 BC – The century of the civil wars 133-30 BC. – The early imperial ages 27 BC – AD 193. – The crisis of the third century AD and late antiquity. – Appendices