Publisher's Synopsis
First Cities and Empires 10,000 BCE 476 CE This takes a sweep from the first human footsteps in Africa to the fall of Rome, the greatest empire of the ancient world. Among many landmarks on the way, farming and metals are discovered, the wheel and writing are invented and the first cities and empires founded, from the Mayan in Mexico to the Han in China. HISTORY OF THE WORLD runs from the birth of civilization to modern times, a timespan ranged consecutively across four books. Major events and epochs, and cultural and scientific advances from all over the world are juxtaposed, showing what was happening in different places at the same time.
