| Exploration in the World of the Ancients Revised Edition Contributor(s): Bowman, John Stewart (Author) |
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ISBN: 1604131918 ISBN-13: 9781604131918 Publisher: Chelsea House Publications OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2009 Annotation: Exploration in the World of the Ancients, Revised Edition examines who the first explorers were and defines the geographic areas of Earth, showing when and how they were first populated by humans. Among Western historians, this period is considered to begin with the first writing systems, which would be about 3500 or 3000 BCE, and end about 500 CE. This book examines some of the earliest accounts of Egyptian and Mesopotamian explorations, as well as covering the Romans, Greeks, Phoenicians, and other ancient peoples. It concludes at the beginning of the Middle Ages, when much of Earth's lands and seas were "known," but many civilizations remained unknown to one another. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Exploration & Discovery - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Ancient |
| Dewey: 913 |
| LCCN: 2009018849 |
| Series: Discovery & Exploration |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.5" W x 9.3" (0.85 lbs) 109 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Examines who the first explorers were and defines the geographic areas of Earth, showing when and how they were first populated by humans. This book also examines some of the earliest accounts of Egyptian and Mesopotamian explorations, as well as covering the Romans, Greeks, Phoenicians, and other ancient peoples. |