Smithsonian Timelines of the Ancient World : A Visual Chronology from the Origins of Life to AD 1500
by Chris Scarre
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Tracks the advance of history from human origins to the Renaissance in all parts of the world simultaneously, through specially designed time charts featuring full-color photographs of fascinating artifacts from a diversity of cultures.Tags
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Brilliantly illustrated chronology from origins of life to 1500 AD. Separate parallel Charts for five regions -- Americas, East Asia/Australia, Middle east & South Asia, Europe, Africa. Examination of four Themes through each Region:
Food & Environment - diet, food gathering, medicine;
Shelter & Architecture - from grass huts to palaces;
Technology & Innovation - pivotal implements, e.g. from stone to paper banknotes;
Art & Ritual - beliefs, burial practices, culture.
Includes featured details on Olmec, Alpine Lake, Natnderthal, trade, pyramids, and origins of food production. Highlights of "key dates" in region/period, with historicaly explanations. Maps show changes, empires, migrations, cultural influences.
Food & Environment - diet, food gathering, medicine;
Shelter & Architecture - from grass huts to palaces;
Technology & Innovation - pivotal implements, e.g. from stone to paper banknotes;
Art & Ritual - beliefs, burial practices, culture.
Includes featured details on Olmec, Alpine Lake, Natnderthal, trade, pyramids, and origins of food production. Highlights of "key dates" in region/period, with historicaly explanations. Maps show changes, empires, migrations, cultural influences.
More than 50 large scale visual timecharts reveal at a glance exactly what was happening at the same time in every corner of the world. Illutstrated with more than 1600 photos of artifacts and artist reconstructions, 100 + specially commissioned.
Dust jacket, great condition
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Chris Scarre is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Durham.
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- Canonical title
- Smithsonian Timelines of the Ancient World : A Visual Chronology from the Origins of Life to AD 1500
- Alternate titles
- Timelines of the Ancient World; Smithsonian Timelines of the Ancient World
- Original publication date
- 1993
- Important places
- Earth
- First words
- From earliest times, humankind has sought to explain the mystery of the dawn of time and human origins through myth and legend.
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