Egypt, Greece and Rome: Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations
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This book is a general history of the ancient Mediterranean that tells the rise and fall of ancient Mediterranean civilizations and explores the origin and formation of Western civilization. The author Charles Freeman takes the three most representative ancient Mediterranean civilizations, Egypt, Greece and Rome, as the starting point, leading readers to comprehensively review the ups and downs of the entire Mediterranean world from the rise of ancient Near Eastern civilization in 5000 BC to the end of the classical era in 600 AD. This book transcends the traditional political history framework and strives to comprehensively introduce and explain history through multiple dimensions such as literature, art, philosophy, architecture, and social economy. The author also spends a lot of space reviewing the process of Europeans rediscovering and accepting Greek-Roman civilization in modern times, and reminds readers to be wary of the abuse of history. The book also contains many exquisite illustrations and maps. Although this book is an introductory book on ancient history, it still contains rigorous academic discussions and serious thinking, and uses simple words to present readers with the latest research results and major archaeological discoveries in Western academic circles in recent years.
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