num_pages: 288
description: This brief, chronological survey covers the Ancient world in three Prehistoric Europe and the Ancient Near East; Ancient Greece; and Ancient Rome. Succinct enough to be used with supplements, the coverage is carefully balanced between narrative and interpretation, highlighting historians' varying viewpoints on certain issues. Guy Rogers' careful revision preserves C. Warren Hollister's style while bringing the text up-to-date.
language: English
title: Roots of the Western Tradition : A Short History of the Ancient World
titlecomplete: Roots of the Western Tradition : A Short History of the Ancient World
genres: Ancient, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 95
publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages