R.J. van der Spek

An Introduction to the Ancient World offers a thorough survey of the history of the ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome. Covering the social, political, economic, and cultural processes that have influenced later Western and Near Eastern civilisations, this volume considers subjects such as the administrative structures, economies, and religions of the ancient Near East, Athenian democracy, the development of...

An Introduction to the Ancient World offers a thorough survey of the history of the ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome. Covering the social, political, economic, and cultural processes that have influenced later western and Near Eastern civilisations, this volume considers subjects such as the administrative structures, economies, and religions of the ancient Near East, Athenian democracy, the development of...