The Book of the Ancient World is an account of our common heritage from the dawn of civilization to the coming of the Greeks. It is the story of how human being
A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own. This is the first volume in a bold series that te
Birds played an important role in the ancient world: as indicators of time, weather, and seasons; as a resource for hunting, medicine, and farming; as pets and