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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizationsby: John Haywood  List Price: $20.00 Amazon.com's Price: $13.60 You Save: $6.40 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 911.0901 EAN: 9780141014487 ISBN: 0141014482 Label: Penguin (Non-Classics) Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics) Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 144 Publication Date: October 25, 2005 Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics) Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations explores the worldÂ’s earliest cultures, from the farming settlements of Mesopotamia to the foundation of Rome. Examining the development of civilizations around the globe, it covers such subjects as the roots of the Egyptian pharaohs, ChinaÂ’s long-lived dynasties, and the great cities of the Incas and Aztecs. Richly illustrated with photographs, artwork re-creations, and full-color maps, this is an illuminating and multifaceted one-volume introduction to early peoples and the world they created. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Excellent introduction to ancient civilizationsAs an atlas, maps feature prominently in this slim overview, and they are very good -- interesting, informative, and well-designed. Ancient Mesopotamia gets the most attention, deservedly so, though ancient civilizations on all continents (except Australia) receive good introductory treatment. This is a slim volume, and lacks depth, but for what it is -- an atlas and an introduction -- it is first-rate. The maps really make the book. My only quibble, a minor one, is that a more extensive bibliography ... Read More Rating:  - Not bad, but I did find a frustrating error.Okay, I got this book as a gift. It covers quite a bit of history in a small book. More of a starting off point for further research with other books. The photos and maps are very nice however. Most of the other books on history I looked at lacked such nice colorful images and maps. I did find one error so far, page 102, the Greek City States chapter. I was all into reading the story of the Spartan-Athens victory over the Persians in 480-479 but at the very bottom of the page ... Read More Rating: - Penguin Historical Atlas - Ancient CivilizationsAdequate. Interesting and clear illustrations. (No one, of course, is going to agree with materials which had to be excluded in order to fit the estqablished perimeters.) Not as brilliant as Colin Rating: - Neat book, size and great mapsVery neat historical atlas. Excellent maps and interesting pictures on the sides. Civilizations are dealt with in brief 2-page summaries. This book obviously only intends to be an introduction to larger studies by other authors, and it accomplishes its objective well enough. The reader will surely feel inclined to further his or her research into one of the many early civilizations discussed here. Broad in scope, limited in depth, but pays off with the illustrations. A little ... Read More Rating:  - A very thorough piece of workI bought four atlases from Penguin recently. This one, New Penguin Altas of Ancient History (McEvedy), N.Pen. Atlas of Medieval His. (McEvedy), and The Pen. Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome (Scarre). They are all thin and small (under 150 pages and around 10" x 7". This was the best of all four. I found the articles and maps to be very good. This was the first atlas I found to show exactly how Meso-American Empires were related. I also liked the coverage of the ancient Middle ... Read More 
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