Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean
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Genres: Fantasy, Non Fiction, History, Cultural, Literature, Ancient, Egypt, Mythology
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Original title: Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean Rating: 4.01 Publish date: April 29th 2004 Language: English Isbn: 0199263647 |
Egypt, Greece, and Rome is a unique and comprehensive introduction to the ancient world’s three major civilizations. The book 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. Beginning with the emergence of the earliest Egyptian civilization around 3500 BC, Charles Freeman follows the history of the Mediterranean over a span of four millennia to AD 600, beyond the fall of the Roman empire in the West to the emergence of the Byzantine empire in the East. The author examines the art, architecture, philosophy, literature, and religious practices of each culture, set against its social, political, and economic background. Especially striking are the readable and stimulating profiles of key individuals throughout the ancient world, covering persons like Homer, Horace, the Pharaoh Akhenaten, and Alexander the Great. The second edition incorporates new chapters on the ancient Mediterranean and the Ancient Near East, as well as extended coverage of Egypt. Egypt, Greece and Rome is a superb introduction for anyone seeking a better understanding of the civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean and their legacy to the West.
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An excellent overview of antiquity, I tell this story is the perfect introduction to the Greek and Roman history – two issues that I’m going to dive into this year. Charles Freeman balance between a historical and chronological ancient Mediterranean careful zeroing in on critical episodes particularly fascinating. This is a great book, that author gives space to cover all economic aspects of slavery in the Roman Empire how and why the reforms of Diocletian complex components and outs of the Peloponnesian War. (By the way, for more information on the Peloponnesian War, which is, for my money, the most fascinating conflict before the modern era, I recommend the book by Donald Kagan called, appropriately enough, The Peloponnesian War.) Although Freeman’s book is probably intended as a guide for writing college level introductory medium is interesting and forced. For example, the story of the fall of the Roman Republic expresses how terrified once was; Freeman related events have left me – I do not use that term lightly – breathless.
One thing I found funny was instrumental soft Freeman learned the habit of giving the old documents almost religious belief in its accuracy.
Excellent overview of these three great civilizations. Most of the reason for the details of each one, at least for my taste.
Since the chapters focus on specific topics (Freeman drop the mistake of trying to write in chronological order), the book is also useful as a reference. Each chapter concludes with a bibliographical essay with full reference periods or specific topics.
This is what I learned from my degree.) Anyway … Not worth it if you are looking for a fun book ancient civilizations.
The text is clear and rose above the quality of textbooks should sec.