Classical Civilizations | Edited by Arthur Cotterell *

The classical era of Mediterranean civilization saw the flowering of five great powers - the Chinese, the Indians, the Persians, the Greeks and their Roman heirs. From about 550 BC to AD 600 they controlled a massive, almost continuous belt of territory which stretched as far as Spain to Korea. Aimed at both the student and the general reader, this absorbing book encourages a new approach to the subject by offering a fascinating survey of the classical world as a whole.