{"product_id":"the-ancient-world-1966","title":"The Ancient World","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe great civilizations of the distant past never cease to impress us with their spectacular achievements. Ideas, writings, and works of art speak to us across tracts of time with an amazing freshness of imagination and workmanship. This book presents a vivid, multi-faceted portrait of these achievements, set within their historical context and embracing a global coverage, which includes ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, India, China and Pre-Columbian America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ancient World is the most accessible guide yet produced to the spiritual, cultural, technological, and artistic innovation that was a hallmark of these complex and fascinating societies. Organized chronologically, the text places special emphasis on the evidence still remaining. Detailed coverage is given to symbols, sacred texts, religious ceremonies, gods and goddesses, visions of the cosmos, and sacred sites - from the temple of Karnak and the Valley of the Kings to the sweeping majesty of the Great Wall of China. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSample entries include: \nSumer and Akkad - the first civilizations along the Indus Valley of Mesopotamia; \nEgypt - from the pre-dynastic 'Scorpion King' to the Old Kingdom Pyramid Age to the glories of the New Kingdom; \nMinoan\/Mycenean civilization - the first city states; the legend of Atlantis; \nRoman Republic - rise of Rome; wars with Carthage; golden age of the Republic; \nParthian Empire - the Hellenistic counterweight to Roman expansion in the East; \nQin Dynasty - unification of China and beginning of Imperial China; \nMahajanapadas - the 'Great Kingdoms' of India; \nInca Empire, Machu Picchu, El Dorado. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44786862260403,"sku":"9781849164894","price":1199.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477325939781849164894.jpg?v=1762809953","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-ancient-world-1966","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}