{"product_id":"ancient-mediterranean-civilizations-from-prehistory-to-640-ce","title":"Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations: From Prehistory to 640 CE","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations: From Prehistory to 640 CE (Paperback, 608 pages) – Oxford University Press, 2014. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n Challenging the stereotypes and myths that typically characterize students' understanding of antiquity, Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations: From Prehistory to 640 CE, Second Edition, focuses on continuity and connections, along with cultural diffusion and cultural diversity, to show how history is a cumulative process and that numerous similar themes recur in different times and places. The text also explores sensitive issues and debates including attitudes toward race, ethnicity, and tolerance; gender issues and roles; slavery; social mobility; religion; political evolution; the nature of government; and imperialism.FEATURESNew! Chapter 9: \"Civilization beyond the Near East, Greece, and Rome (2300-31 BCE)\"New! \"Digging Antiquity\": Illustrated features that discuss specific archaeological sites, many of which can still be visited today New!: \"Looking Back\": Chapter summaries, followed by \"Looking Ahead\" sections that preview the following chapters\"History Laboratory\": Concise observations on how historians use different methodologies to interpret historical evidence and to debunk pseudoscience\"Historical Controversy\": Reflections that explore conflicting modern interpretations of ancient phenomena \"A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words\": Illustrations of distinctive material artifacts, accompanied by brief essays\"Mysteries of History\": Selections that address puzzling and intriguing aspects of the past\"In Their Own Words\": Extended quotations that exemplify each chapter's main themes Stunning Interior Design: More than 200 maps and illustrations, including an eight-page color portfolioAn Image Bank containing more than 100 PowerPoint-based slides and approximately forty maps, available to adopters  ","brand":"Ralph W. Mathisen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46068922548458,"sku":"9780199384457","price":167.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/61N4jejkueL._SY522.jpg?v=1781190847","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/ancient-mediterranean-civilizations-from-prehistory-to-640-ce","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}