Forgotten peoples of the ancient world / / Philip Matyszak

• Autore: Matyszak Philip
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Thames & Hudson Ltd, , [2020]; ©2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 pages)
• Disciplina: 930
• Soggetto topico: Civilization, Ancient
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : Resurrecting a forgotten world -- Part One. The First Civilizations, 2700-1200 BC. The Akkadians ; The Amorites ; The Canaanites ; The Elamites ; The Hittites ; The Hyksos ; The sea peoples -- Part Two. From Assyria to Alexander, 1200-323 BC. The lost tribes of Israel ; The Arameans ; The Philistines ; The Dorians ; The Phrygians ; The Illyrians ; The Lydians ; The Sicels ; The Medes ; The Chaldeans ; The Kushites ; The Bactrians -- Part Three. The Coming of Rome, 753 BC-AD 235. The Thracians ; The Epirots ; The Sabines ; The Samaritans ; The Garamantes and Numidians ; The Sarmatians ; The Nabataeans ; The Celtiberians ; The Galatians ; The Arverni ; The Catuvellauni ; The Iceni ; The Batavi ; The Dacians -- Part Four. The Fall of Rome in the West, AD 235-550. The Alans ; The Vandals ; The Visigoths ; The Ostrogoths ; The Alamanni ; The Jutes ; The Hephthalites -- Epilogue -- Further reading -- Sources of illustrations -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 BC-AD 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 aren't familiar with, from the Hurrians to the Hephthalites, as well as the peoples whose names we know, such as the Philistines and the Vandals, but whose real significance has been obscured. Each entry charts the rise and fall of a lost people, and how their culture echoes through history into the present. Important ancient artefacts are illustrated throughout and fifty specially drawn maps help orientate the reader within this tumultuous period of history. Philip Matyszak brings to life the rich diversity of the peoples founding cities, inventing alphabets and battling each other in the ancient world, and explores how and why they came to be forgotten.
• Titolo autorizzato: Forgotten peoples of the ancient world
• ISBN: 0-500-77539-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824895703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II