History Of The World: Prehistory To The Renaissance
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
From the primordial dawn of human civilisation to the glittering intellectual rebirth of the Renaissance, History of the World: Prehistory to the Renaissance presents one of the most ambitious and sweeping chronicles of human achievement ever assembled in a single volume. General Editor Esmond Wright marshals a team of distinguished historians to chart the full arc of early human history — from the first stone tools of prehistoric man, through the great river civilisations of Mesopotamia and Egypt, the classical worlds of Greece and Rome, the rise and fall of empires, and the medieval flowering that preceded modernity's first light. Wright's editorial vision is authoritative and panoramic, weaving together political, cultural, and social history into a rich, unified narrative that refuses to treat any civilisation in isolation. The result is a work of genuine scholarly ambition, illustrated to bring ancient worlds vividly to life, and structured to reward both the casual reader and the serious student of history. What forces truly shaped the trajectory of human civilisation — and what threads connect a Palaeolithic cave painter to a Renaissance master? The answers, compelling and often surprising, await within.
Author: Esmond Wright
Format: Hardback
Published: 1985, Viscount Books
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
From the primordial dawn of human civilisation to the glittering intellectual rebirth of the Renaissance, History of the World: Prehistory to the Renaissance presents one of the most ambitious and sweeping chronicles of human achievement ever assembled in a single volume. General Editor Esmond Wright marshals a team of distinguished historians to chart the full arc of early human history — from the first stone tools of prehistoric man, through the great river civilisations of Mesopotamia and Egypt, the classical worlds of Greece and Rome, the rise and fall of empires, and the medieval flowering that preceded modernity's first light. Wright's editorial vision is authoritative and panoramic, weaving together political, cultural, and social history into a rich, unified narrative that refuses to treat any civilisation in isolation. The result is a work of genuine scholarly ambition, illustrated to bring ancient worlds vividly to life, and structured to reward both the casual reader and the serious student of history. What forces truly shaped the trajectory of human civilisation — and what threads connect a Palaeolithic cave painter to a Renaissance master? The answers, compelling and often surprising, await within.