An Introduction to the Ancient World

  • An Introduction to the Ancient World
    By Lukas de Blois, R. J. van der Spek

    1 Wars in Spain , the Po valley and the Hellenistic East After 201 the Romans engaged in a series of wars that started as sequels to the Second Punic War but eventually led to a tremendous expansion of Rome's sphere of influence .

  • An Introduction to the Ancient World
    By Lukas de Blois, R.J. van der Spek

    West, M.L.,Early Greek Philosophy andthe Orient,Oxford, 1971. Whitby, M. (ed.), Sparta, Edinburgh, 2002. Whitley,J.,Style andSociety inDark AgeGreece. The Changing Face of a Preliterate Society 1100–700 BC, Cambridge, 1991.

  • An Introduction to the Ancient World
    By Lukas de Blois, R.J. van der Spek

    This new edition is: comprehensive: covers 3,000 years of ancient history and provides the basis for a typical one-semester course lavishly illustrated: contains maps, line drawings and plates to support and supplement the text, with ...

  • An Introduction to the Ancient World
    By Lukas de Blois, R. J. van der Spek

    This book shows how the Near East, Greece and Rome witnessed the emergence of city and state government, the development of decision processes, expansion and the effects of social structures, interaction of different cultures, and the ...

  • An Introduction to the Ancient World
    By Lukas de Blois, R.J. van der Spek

    Covering the social, political, economic and cultural processes that have influenced later western and Near Eastern civilisations, this volume considers subjects such as the administrative structures, economies and religions of the ancient ...