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Tables of Contents for Ancient Civilizations
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
8
4
Old Babylonia: Hammurabi the Lawgiver and His Legacy, 1792--1750 B.C.
12
26
The New Kingdom in Egypt: The Golden Age on the Nile, 1479--1224 B.C.
38
26
Assyria: ``Like the Wolf on the Fold,'' 744--627 B.C.
64
24
The Athenian Empire: War, Conquest, and the Pursuit of Culture, 490--404 B.C.
88
42
The Rome of Caesar Augustus: ``I Found a Rome of Brick and Left It Covered in Marble,'' 27 B.C.--A.D. 14
130
40
Conclusion: Why Do Great Empires Fall?
170
3
Suggested Reading
173
1
Index
174