Western Civilization: Volume A: To 1500

by Jackson J. Spielvogel

Book Overview

Join over one million students who have used Spielvogel's texts to be successful in their Western Civilization course There's a reason WESTERN CIVILIZATION is the best seller: it makes the "story of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0534646050
• ISBN13: 9780534646059
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.6" x 10.9"

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Western Civilization Review

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Lavishly illustrated with many colour maps and photos of ancient items, the book strives to hold the reader's attention. Not that the text is neglected, of course. The authors explain in straightforward fashion the development of the ancient civilisations of the Middle East and Europe. We see the rise of Greece and Rome, in more detail than the descriptions of Mesopotamia or Egypt. But in the limited space available, perhaps this was inevitable. The later chapters focus on western and southern Europe. Relatively little discussion of Moscovy or indeed eastern Europe in general.