Egypt, Greece and Rome; Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean

by Freeman, Charles

• ISBN13: 9780199263646
• ISBN10: 0199263647
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-29
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

In this unique and comprehensive introduction to the region's three major civilizations, Egypt, Greece, and Rome draws a fascinating picture of the deep links between the cultures across the Mediterranean and explores the ways in which these civilizations continue to be influential to this day.

Author Biography

Charles Freeman has taught ancient history in Cambridge's Adult Education program and leads study tours of Italy for the Historical Association. He is the author of The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason.

Table of Contents

List of Plates	xiii
List of Maps	xvi
List of Figures	xvii
Bibliographical Note	xviii
1. Approaching the Classical World	1	(18)
2. The Civilizations of the Ancient Near East, 5000-1200 BC	19	(21)
3. Egypt, the Gift of the Nile, 3200-1500 BC	40	(23)
4. Egypt as an Imperial Power, 1500-1000 BC	63	(14)
Interlude One. The Amarna Letters	77	(85)
5. Daily Life in New Kingdom Egypt	80	(14)
6. The Ancient Near East, 1200-500 BC	94	(16)
7. The Setting for Mediterranean Civilization	110	(11)
8. The Early Greeks, 2000-700 BC	121	(23)
9. The Greeks in a Wider World, 800-600 BC	144	(18)
10. Hoplites and Tyrants: The Emergence of the City State	162	(21)
11. Cultural Change in the Archaic Age	183	(15)
12. The Persian Wars	198	(17)
13. Everyday Life in Classical Greece	215	(21)
14. Religion in the Greek World	236	(7)
Interlude Two. The Classical Age in Art	243	(4)
15. Athens: Democracy and Empire	247	(23)
16. From Aeschylus to Aristotle	270	(24)
Interlude Three. Rhetoric	294	(3)
17. The Struggle for Power, 431-338 BC	297	(17)
18. Alexander of Macedon and the Expansion of the Greek World	314	(19)
19. The Hellenistic World	333	(22)
Interlude Four. Celts and Parthians	355	(6)
20. The Etruscans and Early Rome	361	(22)
21. Rome Becomes a Mediterranean Power	383	(19)
22. From the Gracchi to Caesar, 133-55 BC	402	(23)
Interlude Five. Voices from the Republic	425	(4)
23. The Fall of the Roman Republic, 55-31 BC	429	(16)
Interlude Six. Women in the Roman Republic	445	(5)
24. Augustus and the Founding of Empire	450	(15)
25. Consolidating the Empire, AD 14-138	465	(30)
26. Administering and Defending the Empire	495	(22)
Interlude Seven. The Romans as Builders	517	(7)
27. Social and Economic Life in the Empire	524	(17)
28. Transformations: The Roman Empire, 138-313	541	(23)
29. The Foundations of Christianity	564	(18)
30. The Empire in the Fourth Century	582	(26)
31. The Creation of a New Europe, 395-600	608	(20)
32. The Emergence of the Byzantine Empire	628	(22)
Date Chart	650	(1)
List of Events	651	(28)
Acknowledgements of Sources	679	(6)
Index	685