A Soaring Spirit: TimeFrame 600-400 BC
by Time-Life Books
Time Life History of The World, Time-Life: TimeFrame (4)
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Photographs and text cover the history of Persia, Greece, the early Romans, and the unfolding of Eastern religions.Tags
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Table of Contents reveals that the "soaring spirit" of the title is drawn primarily from (1) Persia, (2) the Hellenic unfolding, (3) dawn of the Romans, and (4) enlightenment in the east. This is essentially about the Golden Age which unfolded in the Mediterranean region, with contrasting pictures and essays showing Celts and Persians, Chinese and Indians.
Discusses the major historical events which took place between 600 and 400 B.C.
Discusses the major historical events which took place between 600 and 400 B.C.
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- Canonical title
- A Soaring Spirit: TimeFrame 600-400 BC
- Original publication date
- 1987
- First words
- Every year, as the days grew longer and spring quickened the land, the caravans set out from the far reaches of the known world - pack horses from Anatolia and Thrace, camel trains from Bactria and Arabia, armies of porters f... (show all)rom the thousand-mile-long oasis of the Nile, chariots from Assyria, bullock carts from the gold-rich tributaries of the Indus River.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)At Gaya the Hindus maintained their own temple to the Enlightened One, where he was worshiped as an earthly incarnation of the great lord Vishnu, guardian of the good and the enemy of evil.
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