The Ancient World: A Social and Cultural History (5th Edition) - Softcover

D. Brendan Nagle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 013091259X ISBN 13: 9780130912596

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2001

Synopsis

This comprehensive, multiperspective, and integrated chronicle of the history of the ancient Mediterranean (from Sumer to the fall of Rome) explores the distinctive forms society took in the ancient world--especially the unusual relationship between society and the state (unlike anything we encounter today) that characterized the social order of antiquity. By closely integrating social and cultural histories with the political, institutional, and military climates in which they unfolded, it provides fascinating insights into all aspects of the ancient Mediterranean. Features a wealth of boxed features, many displaying original documents. Explores the histories of Western Asia (Mesopotamia, Iran, Syria, Israel, Phoenicia, Philisitia), Egypt, the Mediterranean World (Greece, Rome, Carthage, Phoenicia), and Europe in terms of such aspects as the family, gender relations, class structures, public vs. private realms, slavery, popular culture, religion, art, architecture, leisure styles, philosophy, science, and education--and their complex intertwinings with ideology and political events. For those interested in Ancient History/Western Civilization, Greek or Roman History.

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From the Publisher:

In Ancient World: A Social and Cultural History, Third Edition, Nagle examines the distinctive forms society took in the ancient world, focusing on the unusual relationship that characterized the social order of antiquity--society and the state.

From the Back Cover:

This comprehensive volume offers fascinating analysis of the social and cultural climates of the Ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome. Providing balanced treatment of the political, institutional, and military history for each civilization, it examines the various societal forms characteristic of the ancient world, especially the unique relationship between society and the state that characterized the social order of antiquity. Detailed descriptions of the highly integrated world of the classical period are given, with special emphasis on culture, social structure, moral values, and political processes.

The Ancient World also follows the transformations and changes experienced by societies of the ancient world, including the emergence of Hellenistic culture from classical culture, the transformation of the Republic, and the transition from classical to Christian society. What's more, the Fifth Edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the latest scholarship.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 013091259X
• ISBN 13: 9780130912596
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 466