Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
General:
Name: Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
Format: epub
Size: 54.03 MB
Book:
Title: Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
Author: Philip Matyszak
Language: English
Year: 2021
Subjects: History, Nonfiction
Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
ISBN: N/A
Total pages: N/A
Description:
The ancient world saw the birth and collapse of great civilizations. In mainstream history the Classical world is dominated by Greece and Rome, and the Biblical world is centred on the Hebrews. Yet the roughly four-and-a-half thousand years (4000 bcad 550) covered in this book saw many peoples come and go within the brawling, multi-cultural mass of humanity that occupied the ancient Middle East, Mediterranean and beyond. While a handful of ancient cultures have garnered much of the credit, these forgotten peoples also helped to lay the foundations of our modern world. This guide brings these lost peoples out of the shadows to highlight their influence and achievements.
Forty-five entries span the birth of civilization in Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, offering an alternative history focusing on the names we arent familiar with, from the Hurrians to the Hephthalites, as well as the peoples whose names we know, such as the Philistines and the Vandals,…
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