The Dawn of Civilization, the First World Survey of Human Cultures in Early Times

Profusely illustrated with 940 illustrations, 172 in color, 110 original reconstructions, 645 photographs & drawings, 48 maps & chronological charts. 14 of the world's leading archaeologists & more than 3 years in the making, this most complete survey, in text & illustrations, of civilized man, is a truly important contribution . . . tracing the history of man, extending over many thousands of years; from the hunters, cannibals & gatherers of the first half-million years through the beginnings of village life, the birth of written history, the use of merchant venturers, Aegean heroes, ancient India & Cathay & the nomad peoples of the Steppes, to the birth of the New World; a magnificent & sweeping account;