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Fall of civilizations : stories of greatness and decline
Cooper, Paul M. M.2024
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Place reservation for Fall of civilizations : stories of greatness and declineBased on the podcast with over 100 million downloads, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse. Across the centuries, we journey from the great empires of Mesopotamia to those of Khmer and Vijayanagara in Asia and Songhai in West Africa; from Byzantium to the Maya, Inca and Aztecs of Central America; from Roman Britain to Rapa Nui. With meticulous research, breathtaking insight and dazzling, empathic storytelling, historian and novelist Paul Cooper evokes the majesty and jeopardy of these ancient civilizations, and asks what it might have felt like for a person alive at the time to witness the end of their world.
Main title:
Fall of civilizations : stories of greatness and decline / by Paul Cooper.
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Imprint:
Richmond, United Kingdom : Duckworth, 2024.©2024.
Collation:
538 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part I. The ancient world. The SumeriansThe late Bronze Age collapseAssyriaCarthageHan ChinaRoman BritainPart II. The Middle Age. The MayaThe KhmerByzantiumVijayanagaraPart III. Worlds collideSonghaiThe AztecsThe IncaEaster Island.
ISBN:
9780715655009 (hardback)
Dewey class:
909
Language:
English
BRN:
530034
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 909 FAL | On reserve shelf at Penrith |
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