TY - GEN AU - Blois, Lukas de AU - Spek, Van Der TI - An introduction to the ancient world SN - 9780815372417 U1 - 930 PY - 2019/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - The origins of the civilisations of Egypt and Mesopotamia N1 - THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST............................ THE ORIGINS OF THE CIVILISATIONS OF EGYPT AND MESOPOTAMIA............................ THE THIRD MILLENNIUM............................ THE SECOND MILLENNIUM............................ THE FIRST MILLENNIUM............................ RELIGION............................ ECONOMY AND SOCIETY............................ GOVERNMENT............................ THE GREEK WORLD............................ THE EARLY IRON AGE (c. 1200-c. 750 BC): 'THE DARK AGES............................' THE ARCHAIC PERIOD (c. 750-c. 500 BC)............................ THE CLASSICAL PERIOD (c. 500-c. 330 BC)............................ THE HELLENISTIC WORLD (c. 330-c. 30 BC)............................ ROME............................ EARLY ROMAN HISTORY (753-265 BC)............................ FURTHER EXPANSION AND NEW SOCIAL TENSIONS (264-133 BC)............................ THE CENTURY OF THE CIVIL WARS (133-30 BC)............................ THE EARLY IMPERIAL AGE (27 BC-AD 193) ER -