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The first series, consisting of 12 volumes, was planned in 1919 by irish historian j. Part ii of volume i deals with the history of the near east from about 3000 to 1750 b. The cambridge ancient history,3rd edition, 14 volumes. The new edition has expanded to such an extent, owing to the immense amount of new information now available, that it has had to be divided into three parts. Although the period covered is essentially the same as in the undivided volume vii of the first edition, the treatment of the. Although chapters are devoted to the ancient near east and the jews, its principal concern is with the societies of ancient greece and rome. Over the past half century the cambridge ancient history has established itself as a definitive work of reference.
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The cambridge ancient history cambridge university press. The cambridge ancient history is a multivolume work of ancient history from prehistory to late antiquity, published by cambridge university press. In egypt, a long period of political unification and stability enabled the kings of the old kingdom to develop and exploit natural resources, to mobilize both the manpower and the technical skill to build the pyramids, and to encourage sculptors in the production of works of superlative quality. Japans ancient age was a period of radical and political change during which a chinesestyle empire emerged. In order to make this history available to readers as soon as possible, it will be issued, in the first. This volume of the second edition of the cambridge ancient history traces the history of rome from its origins to the eve of the second punic war. Volume, the late empire, ad 337425 electronic resource edited by averil cameron, peter garnsey. The original edition was published in twelve text volumes between 1924 and 1939. The revised cambridge ancient history is a brilliant achievement for. Alan bowman is camden professor of ancient history at the university of oxford and a fellow of the british academy. The second series was published between 1970 and 2005, consisting of 14. Every volume of the old edition has been totally rethought and rewritten with new text, maps, illustrations and bibliographies. The cambridge medieval history is a history of medieval europe in eight volumes published by cambridge university press and macmillan between 1911 and 1936. Publication date 1928 publisher cambridge university press collection universallibrary contributor svclrc language english.
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Cambridge core ancient history the cambridge ancient history edited by alan k. The path of splitness is a major nonfiction work that will rock the scientific world it is 2,766 pages. Bowman student of christ church, oxford peter garnsey professor of the history of classical antiquity in the university of cambridge and fellow of jesus college dominic rathbone reader in ancient history, kings college london. Although the period covered is essentially the same as in the undivided volume vii of the first edition, the treatment of the material is completely fresh and is much more extensive. Volume 5, the fifth century bc electronic resource edited by david m. Volume 1 in the new cambridge world history of slavery surveys the history of slavery in the ancient mediterranean world. Bury and published between 1924 and 1939, coedited by frank adcock and s.