The Ancient World, 9/E

The Ancient World: A Cultural and Social History, Ninth Edition covers the history of the ancient Mediterranean beginning with prehistory and carrying on through the Islamic Conquest of the 6th Century. This edition has been completely re-designed with a new, attractive full-color layout, including an entirely new set of maps. The book has been updated to reflect the latest research and findings since the last edition, and includes new information on the economy (from landscape archaeology, shipwrecks, and ice cores), the emergence and nature of the city-state (from, among other sources, the Copenhagen Polis Centre), and the new appreciation of the interaction of culture and religion, and of polytheism and monotheism. . Praise for previous editions "Best ancient history survey available." E. Badian, Harvard University "Amazingly complete considering its compactness." Richard Long, Hillsborough Community College "Excellent book." Albert Marrin, Yeshiva College "The Ancient World is a concise and precise text for any undergraduate college course... [Nagle] does a splendid job interpreting [the ancient world's] social and cultural history against its political history. [His] coverage of the Ancient Near East, as well as the Greek and Roman world, is brilliant, and sets a new standard of writing ancient history." Emanuel Levine, Rider College "The author's insightful treatment of social history is the stuff which makes political history become meaningful - and sometimes even exciting - to today's college students." Karl Rodabaugh, East Carolina University "I really am impressed by this book.... It shows profound scholarship and knowledge.... The style is easy and comprehensible, and the information given could not be better organized." Carmen Mayer, Montgomery Community College "Dr. Nagle has written a clear and concise, yet surprisingly exhaustive and erudite study of the ancient world." Glen Edwards, Northern Arizona University