Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World (Facts on File Library of World History)

The four-volume ''Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World'' offers comprehensive coverage of the ancient world, from prehistory to the fall of Rome, including Western and non-Western cultures and civilizations. An introduction outlines the key milestones in the development of human society, from the peoples of the Ice Age whose way of life was so vastly different from ours to the citizens of Greece and Rome whom we easily recognize from history books. The 69 signed entries - including 14 on ''major'' topics with more in-depth coverage - provide readers with an overview of the various ways in which people lived in the past.Each entry explores a specific topic across the entire world, beginning with an introduction that outlines the major developments in chronological sequence, followed by subsections on the following centers of civilization: Africa, Egypt, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Greece, Rome, and the Americas. Each entry concludes with a list of ''see also'' references to related entries, followed by a further reading list of books, articles, and Web sites on the topic. Primary source documents, sidebars, and more than 250 black-and-white photographs and maps supplement the text. A glossary, general bibliography, chronology by region, and comprehensive index make this set an easy-to-use and essential reference for high school and college students, researchers, and general readers alike. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 2 Copyright......Page 3 Contents......Page 4 Advisers and Contributors......Page 6 List of Illustrations......Page 14 List of Maps and Primary Source Documents......Page 21 Preface......Page 24 Introduction......Page 26 Entries A to C......Page 30 A entries......Page 32 B entries......Page 168 C entries......Page 192 Entries D to I......Page 360 D entries......Page 362 E entries......Page 392 F entries......Page 498 G entries......Page 544 H entries......Page 596 I entries......Page 634 Entries L to R......Page 680 L entries......Page 682 M entries......Page 750 N entries......Page 848 O entries......Page 880 P entries......Page 892 R entries......Page 904 Entries S to Z......Page 990 S entries......Page 992 T entries......Page 1168 W entries......Page 1216 Glossary......Page 1290 Chronology by Region......Page 1316 General Bibliography......Page 1326 Index......Page 1330 Presents a four-volume reference containing information on ancient civilizations in an A to Z format with details of daily life, crime, punishment, death and burial customs, languages, road and bridge construction, written language, religious rituals and more Presents sixty-nine articles devoted to coverage of social and cultural considerations in the ancient world from prehistory through the fall of Rome in 476 C.E.