Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2020-07-02
Place of publication: London, UK
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780500052150
Table of contents: label: Introduction
title: Resurrecting A Forgotten World
pagenum: 8; label: Part One
title: The First Civilizations - 27OO-12OO BC; label: Introduction
title: Starting from Scratch in Mesopotamia
pagenum: 12; label: The Akkadians
title: The First Empire Builders
pagenum: 18; label: The Amorites
title: ‘Founders’ of Babylon
pagenum: 24; label: The Canaanites
title: Israel Before the Israelites
pagenum: 30; label: The Elamites
title: The Empire Before Persia
pagenum: 36; label: The Hittites
title: Masters of Anatolia
pagenum: 42; label: The Hyksos
title: Invaders of Egypt
pagenum: 48; label: The Sea Peoples
title: Riders of the Storm
pagenum: 54; label: Part Two
title: From Assyria to Alexander; label: Introduction
title: Recovering from the Bronze Age Collapse
pagenum: 60; label: The Lost Tribes of Israel
title: Ten Still Missing
pagenum: 66; label: The Arameans
title: Nomadic Conquerors in the Middle East
pagenum: 72; label: The Philistines
title: Strangers in a Strange Land
pagenum: 78; label: The Dorians
title: People of the Spear
pagenum: 84; label: The Phrygians
title: King Midas and the Gordian Knot
pagenum: 90; label: The Illyrians
title: Balkan Raiders
pagenum: 96; label: The Lydians
title: As Rich as Croesus
pagenum: 102; label: The Sicels
title: Settlers of Sicily
pagenum: 108; label: The Medes
title: Destroyers of Nineveh
pagenum: 114; label: The Chaldeans
title: Masters of Magic
pagenum: 120; label: The Kushites
title: Egypt’s Southern Conquerors
pagenum: 126; label: The Bactrians
title: Powerful Traders on the Silk Road
pagenum: 132; label: Part Three
title: The Coming of Rome  - 753BC-235 AD; label: Introduction
title: Civilization Spreads West Beyond the Mediterranean
pagenum: 138; label: The Thracians
title: Masters of Metalworking
pagenum: 144; label: The Epirots
title: The Original Pyrrhic Victory
pagenum: 150; label: The Sabines
title: Co-founders of Rome?
pagenum: 156; label: The Samaritans
title: Survivors of Antiquity
pagenum: 162; label: The Garamantes and Numidians
title: Forgotten Peoples of North Africa
pagenum: 168; label: The Sarmatians
title: Horse Riders of the Steppe
pagenum: 174; label: The Nabataeans
title: The People of Petra
pagenum: 180; label: The Celtiberians
title: The Celts of Spain
pagenum: 186; label: The Galatians
title: Gauls in Asia Minor
pagenum: 192; label: The Arverni
title: For Vercingetorix and Victory!
pagenum: 198; label: The Catuvellauni
title: The Tribe of Caractacus
pagenum: 204; label: The Iceni
title: Led into Battle by Boudica
pagenum: 210; label: The Batavi
title: Allies and Enemies of Rome
pagenum: 216; label: The Dacians
title: On the Edge of Empire
pagenum: 222; label: Part Four
title: The Fall of Rome in the West; label: Introduction
title: Barbarian Invasions and the End of Empire
pagenum: 228; label: The Alans
title: Westwards Through a Falling Empire
pagenum: 234; label: The Vandals
title: More than Vandalism
pagenum: 240; label: The Visigoths
title: The Tribe that Broke Rome
pagenum: 246; label: The Ostrogoths
title: Heirs to Rome
pagenum: 252; label: The Alemanni
title: The Tribe of ‘Humans United’
pagenum: 258; label: The Jutes
title: Forgotten Invaders of Britain
pagenum: 264; label: The Hephthalites
title: The Mysterious ‘White Huns’
pagenum: 270; title: Epilogue
pagenum: 276; title: Timeline of the ancient world; title: Further reading
pagenum: 278; title: Sources of illustrations
pagenum: 282; title: Index
pagenum: 284