Ancient Civilizations

CHRIS SCARRE is an archaeologist specializing in the prehistory of Europe and the Mediterranean, with a particular interest in the archaeology of Atlantic façade. He has participated in fieldwork projects in Britain, France, Greece, and India, and has directed excavations at Neolithic sites in France, Portugal and the Channel Islands. Formerly Deputy Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, he is now Professor of Archaeology at Durham University, UK, and editor of the leading international journal of archaeology Antiquity. BRIAN FAGAN is one of the world’s leading archaeological writers and an internationally recognized authority on world prehistory. He is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he specialized in writing and lecturing about archaeology to wide audiences. Professor Fagan has written several best-selling textbooks: Ancient Lives: An Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory; Archaeology: A Brief Introduction; Archaeology and You; In the Beginning: An Introduction to Archaeology; A Brief History of Archaeology: Classical Times to the Twenty-First Century; People of the Earth; and World Prehistory: A Brief Introduction.

PART I  BACKGROUND   
CHAPTER 1 THE STUDY OF CIVILIZATION   
CHAPTER 2 THEORIES OF STATES   


PART II  THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS  
CHAPTER 3 MESOPOTAMIA: THE FIRST CITIES (3500–2000 B.C.)  
CHAPTER 4 EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION   
CHAPTER 5 SOUTH ASIA: HARAPPAN AND LATER CIVILIZATIONS   
CHAPTER 6 THE FIRST CHINESE CIVILIZATIONS   


PART III GREAT POWERS IN THE NEAR EAST   
CHAPTER 7 NEAR EASTERN KINGDOMS (2000–1200 B.C.)   
CHAPTER 8 THE NEAR EAST IN THE FIRST MILLENNIUM B.C.   
PART IV  THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD   
CHAPTER 9 THE FIRST AEGEAN CIVILIZATIONS 
CHAPTER 10 THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD IN THE FIRST MILLENNIUM (1000–30 B.C.)   
CHAPTER 11 IMPERIAL ROME   


PART V NORTHEAST AFRICA AND ASIA   
CHAPTER 12 NORTHEAST AFRICA: KUSH, MEROE, AND AKSUM  
CHAPTER 13 DIVINE KINGS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA   
CHAPTER 14 KINGDOMS AND EMPIRES IN EAST ASIA (770 B.C.–A.D. 700)   


PART VI EARLY STATES IN THE AMERICAS  
CHAPTER 15 LOWLAND MESOAMERICA   
CHAPTER 16 HIGHLAND MESOAMERICA   
CHAPTER 17 THE FOUNDATIONS OF ANDEAN CIVILIZATION  
CHAPTER 18 ANDEAN STATES
CHAPTER 19 EPILOGUE