An Introduction to the Ancient World

THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST: The origins of the civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia; The third millennium B.C; The second millennium; The first millennium; Religion, Economy and Society; Government. GREECE: The Dark Ages, 1200-800 B.C; The Archaic period,800-500 B.C; The Classical period; The Hellenistic era. ROME: Early Roman History (754-265 B.C); Further expansion and new social tensions (264-133 B.C); The century of the civil wars (133-30 B.C); The early imperial age (27 B.C-A.D 193); The crisis of the third century AD and late antiquity.