The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

This is the first volume in a bold series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting...
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Author: Susan Wise Bauer
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The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome by Bauer, Susan Wise

The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

$45.30

The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

$45.30
Author: Susan Wise Bauer
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

This is the first volume in a bold series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting historical events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while still giving weight to the characteristics of each country. Susan Wise Bauer provides both sweeping scope and vivid attention to the individual lives that give flesh to abstract assertions about human history.

Dozens of maps provide a clear geography of great events, while timelines give the reader an ongoing sense of the passage of years and cultural interconnection. This old-fashioned narrative history employs the methods of "history from beneath"--literature, epic traditions, private letters and accounts--to connect kings and leaders with the lives of those they ruled. The result is an engrossing tapestry of human behavior from which we may draw conclusions about the direction of world events and the causes behind them.



Author: Susan Wise Bauer
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 03/01/2007
Pages: 896
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.70lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.50w x 1.60d
ISBN: 9780393059748


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/01/2006 pg. 50
Publishers Weekly 11/20/2006 pg. 48
Booklist 01/01/2007 pg. 43
Library Journal 02/15/2007 pg. 130
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2007 pg. 33
Books & Culture 05/01/2008 pg. 120

About the Author
Bauer, Susan Wise: - Susan Wise Bauer is a writer, educator, and historian. Her previous books include the Writing With Ease, Writing With Skill, and Story of the World series from Well-Trained Mind Press, as well as The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had, Rethinking School, The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory, and the History of the World series, all from W. W. W. Norton. She has a Ph.D. in American Studies from the College of William & Mary in Virginia, as well as an M.A. in seventeenth-century literature and a Master of Divinity in Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literature. For fifteen years, she taught literature and composition at the College of William and Mary.

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