Western civilizations : their history and their culture /
Burns, Edward McNall
Western civilizations : their history and their culture / Edward McNall Burns - Eighth edition. - New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., c1973 - xiii, 494 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Part One: The Dawn of History -- Chapter 1. The Earliest Beginnings -- Chapter 2. The Egyptian Civilization -- Chapter 3. The Mesopotamian and Persian Civilizations -- Chapter 4. The Hebrew Civilization -- Chapter 5. The Hittie, Minoan-Mycenean, and Lesser Cultures -- Part Two. The classical civilization of greece and rome -- Part Three. The early middle ages -- Part Four. The later middle ages and the transition to the modern world -- Part Five. The early modern world.
The main purpose of the present revision of Western Civilizations is to take account of the numerous discoveries and reinterpretations that have resulted from historical research during the past decade.
393093514
CIVILIZATION -- HISTORY
CB 245 .B87 1973
Western civilizations : their history and their culture / Edward McNall Burns - Eighth edition. - New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., c1973 - xiii, 494 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Part One: The Dawn of History -- Chapter 1. The Earliest Beginnings -- Chapter 2. The Egyptian Civilization -- Chapter 3. The Mesopotamian and Persian Civilizations -- Chapter 4. The Hebrew Civilization -- Chapter 5. The Hittie, Minoan-Mycenean, and Lesser Cultures -- Part Two. The classical civilization of greece and rome -- Part Three. The early middle ages -- Part Four. The later middle ages and the transition to the modern world -- Part Five. The early modern world.
The main purpose of the present revision of Western Civilizations is to take account of the numerous discoveries and reinterpretations that have resulted from historical research during the past decade.
393093514
CIVILIZATION -- HISTORY
CB 245 .B87 1973