The Cambridge Ancient History 14 Volume Set in 19 Hardback Parts [Hardcover]

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Publication Date: July 17, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0521850738 | ISBN-13: 978-0521850735 | Edition: 2

Over the past half century The Cambridge Ancient History has established itself as a definitive work of reference. The original edition was published in twelve text volumes between 1924 and 1939. Publication of the new edition began in 1970. Every volume of the old edition has been totally re-thought and re-written with new text, maps, illustrations and bibliographies. Some volumes have had to be expanded into two or more parts and the series has been extended by two extra volumes (XIII and XIV) to cover events up to AD 600, bringing the total number of volumes in the set to fourteen. Existing plates to the volumes are available separately.

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."..this is a reliable work which both scholars and students can use with confidence. The individual contributors must be commended for submitting such excellent material. But it is the editors...who deserve the warmest commendation for the sureness of their judgement in soliciting contributions of high calibre and for editing the work of many different historians to produce a volume which is...both accurate on matters of fact and secure in its historical assessments and which...displays greater originality than most collective works of this nature." International History Review

Book Description

The new edition of this definitive reference work has involved the complete re-writing of every volume. The series has been extended by two volumes to cover events up to AD 650, bringing the total number of volumes in the set to fourteen. Plates to the volumes are available separately.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 16552 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (July 17, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521850738
• ISBN-13: 978-0521850735
• Product Dimensions: 24.7 x 16.5 x 12.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 63.6 pounds
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