Egypt, Greece, and Rome : civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean - Freeman, Charles, 1947- (Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004)
Rediscovering the Ancient World -- Egypt, the Gift of the Nile, 3200-1500 BC -- Egypt as an Imperial Power, 1500-1000 BC -- Daily Life in New Kingdom Egypt -- The Ancient Near East, 3500-500 BC -- The Early Greeks, 2000-700 BC -- The Greeks in a Wider World, 800-600 BC -- Hoplites and Tyrants: The Emergence of the City State -- Cultural Change in the Archaic Age -- The Persian Wars -- Herodotus and Fgypt -- 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 -- Celts and Parthians -- The Etruscans and Early Rome -- Rome becomes a Mediterranean Power -- From the Gracchi to Caesar, 133-55 BC -- Voices from the Republic -- The Fall of the Roman Republic, 55-31 BC -- Women in the Roman Republic -- Augustus and the Founding of Empire -- Consolidating the Empire, AD 14-138 -- Administering and Defending the Empire -- 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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Mediterranean Region -- Civilization