World history by era

Contains thirty-two essays in which various authors examine aspects of the world's earliest civilizations, discussing humanity before cities and writing, the great river civilizations, Mesopotamia, Egypt, early Mediterranean and European peoples, and early Greek culture.

More than thirty primary and secondary documents provide an overview of classical Greece and Rome from approximately 500 B.C. to 476 A.D. Also includes a chronology, a selected bibliography, and an introduction that provides context on the era.