Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean

Abstract

Rediscovering the Ancient World A Gift of the Nile: The Civilization of Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt Egypt as Imperial Power: The New K9ingdom Daily Life in New Kingdom Egypt The Ancient Near East, 3500-500 BC The Early Greeks, 2000-700 BC The Greeks in a Wider Worlds, 800-600 BC Hoplites and Tyrants: The Emergence of the City State Cultural Change in the Archaic Age The Persian Wars Interlude One. Herodotus and Egypt Everyday Life in Classical Greece Religion and Culture in the Greek World Athens: Democracy and Empire From Aeschylus to Aristotle The Struggle for Power, 431-338 BC Alexander of Macedon and the Expansion of the Greek World The Hellenistic World Interlude Two. Celts and Parthians The Etruscans and Early Rome Rome becomes a Mediterranean Power From the Gracchi to Caesar, 133-55 BC Interlude Three. Voices from the Republic The Fall of the Roman Republic, 55-31 BC Interlude Four. Women in the Roman Republic Augustus and the Founding of Empire Consolidating the Empire, AD 14-138 Administering and Defending the Empire Interlude Five. The Romans as Builders Social and Economic Life in the Empire Transformations: The Roman Empire, 138-313 The Foundations of Christianity The Empire in the Fourth Century The Creation of a New Europe, 395-600 The Emergence of the Byzantine Empire Epilogue: Legacies Suggestions for Further Reading Date Chart and List of Events Acknowledgements of Sources Index