World History, Volume 1: to 1500

A university survey of the world up to 1500, covering Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India, the Americas and the medieval world. Includes maps, primary source extracts and review questions for each chapter.

Eugene Berger, George L. Israel, Charlotte Miller, Brian Parkinson, Andrew Reeves and Nadejda Williams

A concise introduction to the ancient Near East, covering Assyria, Babylon, Persia and the empires that shaped the region before Greece and Rome. Short enough to read in one sitting.

D. G. Hogarth

Translations of ancient Egyptian and Assyrian inscriptions, letters and royal records, presented with editorial notes. A primary source reader for anyone who wants to read the ancient world in its own words.

A. H. Sayce

Huizinga's study of life, thought and art in fourteenth and fifteenth century Europe, and of how the medieval world gave way to the Renaissance. A landmark of cultural history.

Johan Huizinga