The History of the Ancient World collection from Bloomsbury’s market leading imprints provides students and researchers with a comparative and critical engagement with the themes, people and history of the ancient world. Spanning Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, Persia, Byzantium, and beyond, it balances general histories and archaeological site studies with social and cultural analyses.

This rich and comprehensive collection of titles includes specialized thematic works on key subjects ranging from religion and philosophy to daily life and warfare. The content equips students with the knowledge, analytical skills, and primary source literacy needed for academic study and gives instructors a flexible and comprehensive toolkit for teaching both introductory courses as well as specialized seminars.

Available via perpetual access purchase or subscription to institutions worldwide.

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Explore over 3,000 years of history from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity, enabling students to see both regional developments and global connections.

Discover a vast array of ancient civilizations and regions, from the great empires of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, Greece, and Rome, as well as lesser-studied cultures like the Etruscans, Illyrians, Phoenicians, the Maya, and Hasmoneans.

Read encyclopedias and student hand books, as well as Historical Dictionaries, offering valuable entry points for beginners approaching the subject for the first time.

Compare civilizations, empires, and cultural systems, fostering a world history perspective rather than a narrow, single-region focus.