The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations

by Haywood, John; Hall, Simon

• ISBN13: 9780141014487
• ISBN10: 0141014482
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-25
• Publisher: Penguin Books

Summary

This new historical atlas - richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations and full-colour maps - explores the world's earliest civilisations from the first farming settlements of Mesopotamia, via Egypt, Greece and Rome, to the civilisations of the Far East, Europe and America. Informatively written, and ideal for both students and the general reader, it plots the rise and fall of empires, the nature of different societies and the evolution of technology.

Author Biography

John Haywood is the author of a number of books, including The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings and The Historical Atlas of the Celtic World.

Table of Contents

Introduction: What is Civilization?	8	(6)
Timelines	14	(4)
Part I: The Ancient Near East	18	(36)
The First Farmers	22	(2)
The First Towns	24	(2)
The Sumerians	26	(2)
The First Empires	28	(2)
Ziggurats	30	(2)
The Old Babylonian Empire	32	(2)
The Elamites	34	(2)
The Hittite Empire	36	(2)
Assyrians and Kassites	38	(2)
The Age of the Sea Peoples	40	(2)
The Kingdoms of the Bible Lands	42	(2)
The Phoenicians	44	(2)
Assyria's Imperial Prime	46	(2)
The New Babylonian Empire	48	(2)
The Persian Empire	50	(2)
The End of the Ancient Near East	52	(2)
Part II: The African Civilizations	54	(18)
Predynastic Egypt	58	(2)
Old Kingdom Egypt	60	(2)
Middle Kingdom Egypt	62	(2)
New Kingdom Egypt	64	(2)
The Nubian Civilizations	66	(2)
The Carthaginian Empire	68	(2)
Civilizations of Sub-Saharan Africa	70	(2)
Part III: The First Civilizations of Asia	72	(18)
The Indus Valley Civilization	76	(2)
Vedic India	78	(2)
Ashoka and the Mauryan Empire	80	(2)
Neolithic China	82	(2)
Shang China	84	(2)
Zhou China	86	(2)
The Unification of China	88	(2)
Part IV: The First European Civilizations	90	(24)
Neolithic Europe	94	(2)
The Bronze Age and the Rise of Elites	96	(2)
The Minoans	98	(2)
The Mycenaeans	100	(2)
The Greek City-states	102	(2)
Greek Colonization	104	(2)
Italy Before the Romans	106	(2)
Early Rome	108	(2)
The Ancient Celts	110	(2)
The Iberians	112	(2)
Part V: The Ancient Americas	114	(24)
The Preclassic Civilizations	118	(2)
The Maya	120	(2)
Teotihuacan and the Toltecs	122	(2)
The Aztec Empire	124	(2)
Farmers of the Southwestern Deserts	126	(2)
The Mound Builders	128	(2)
The Origins of the Andean Civilizations	130	(2)
The First Andean Empires	132	(2)
The Inca Empire	134	(2)
Chiefdoms of the Pacific	136	(2)
Further Reading	138	(1)
Index	139	(5)
Acknowledgements	144