A companion set to The Modern World, this five volume set explores the history and civilizations of the ancient world from prehistory to approximately 1000 C.E. Organized alphabetically within geographical volumes on Africa, Europe, the Americas, the Near East and Southwest Asia, and Asia and the Pacific, entries cover the social, political, scientific and technological, economic, and cultural events and developments that shaped the ancient world in all areas of the globe. Each volume explores significant civilizations, personalities, cultural and social developments, and scientific achievements in its geographical area. Boxed features include Link in Time, Link in Place, Ancient Weapons, Turning Points, and Great Lives. Each volume also includes maps, timelines, and illustrations. A selected glossary, a bibliography, and volume indexes complete the set.

Civilizations of Africa
Agriculture
Akhenaten
Alexandria
Animism
Archeological Discoveries
Art and Architecture
Axum
Bantu Migration
Berbers
Carthage
Culture and Traditions
Egypt
Ghana
Giza
Great Zimbabwe
Greek Colonies
Ibn Battuta
Kongo Empire
Kush
Language and Writing
Libya
Mali
Mauretania
Monomutapa Empire
Myths and Epics
Nile River
Nok People
Nubia
Olduvai Gorge
Paleobiology
Religion
Salt Trade
Sheba, Queen of
Slavery
Society
Songhai Empire
Stone Circles
Technology and Inventions
Timbuktu
Tools and Weapons
Civilizations of the Americas
Adena
Agriculture
Anasazi
Archeological Discoveries
Art and Architecture
Aztec Civilization
Beringia
Cahokia
Clovis
Culture and Traditions
Great Serpent Mound
Hohokam Culture
Hunter-Gatherers
Ice Age
Incan Civilization
Language and Writing
L'Anse aux Meadows
Machu Picchu
Maize
Mammoths
Mayan Civilization
Mississippian Cultures
Mound Builders
Myths and Legends
Norton Tradition
Olmec Civilization
Paleo-Indians
Potlatch
Religion
Slavery
Society
Taino
Technology and Inventions
Teotihuacan
Thule Tradition
Toltec Culture
Tools and Weapons
Totems
Vinland
Civilizations of Europe
Agriculture
Alexander III, the Great
Archeological Discoveries
Aristotle
Art and Architecture
Caesar, Gaius Julius
Cave Paintings
Celts
Christianity
Crete
Cro-Magnon Peoples
Culture and Traditions
Druids
Etruscan Civilization
Franks
Gauls
Germanic Groups
Greece
Huns
Ice Age
Justinian I
Kieven Rus
Language and Writing
Latin
Minoan Civilization
Myths, Epics and Sagas
Neanderthal Peoples
Norsemen
Odoacer
Pax Romana
Peloponnesian War
Persian Wars
Pompeii
Religion
Rome
Slavery
Society
Technology and Inventions
Tools and Weapons
Trojan War
Civilizations of Asia and the Pacific
Aboriginal Peoples
Agriculture
Angkor Wat
Archeological Discoveries
Art and Architecture
Australia
Buddhism
China
Confucianism
Culture and Traditions
Daoism
Hinduism
Huns
India
Indian Ocean Trade
Islam to Asia, Spread of
Japan
Java
Khmer Empire
Korea
Language and Literature
Mandate of Heaven
Melaka
Micronesia
Mongols
Monsoons
Myths, Epics, and Sagas
New Zealand
Pax Sinica
Polynesia
Religion
Shinto
Silk Road
Slavery
Society
Spice Trade
Sri Lanka
Sukhotai and Ayudhya
Technology and Inventions
Tools and Weapons
Vietnam
Zheng He
Civilizations of the Near East and Southwest Asia
Agriculture
Anatolia
Arameans
Archeological Discoveries
Art and Architecture
Assyria
Babylonia
Bible
Byzantine Empire
Catal Huyuk
Chaldeans
Christianity
Culture and Traditions
Darius I, the Great
Ebla
Fertile Crescent
Hammurabi
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
Hittites
Indus River
Islam
Jerusalem
Jews and Judaism
Language and Writing
Lydians
Mesopotamia
Monsoons
Myths and Epics
Parthian Empire
Persia
Phoenicians
Religion
Scythians
Slavery
Society
Sumer
Technology and Inventions
Tools and Weapons Ur
Zoroastrianism
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