An atlas is a book that contains maps, and this book only contains 12 of them. Instead it contains numerous black and white photographs and drawings that are reproduced with reasonable clarity, but since they are not on glossy print paper they were not as clear as they could have been. (I do not know if the hard bound book uses print paper for the illustrations.) In addition there is a lot of text reviewing the classical world. I would NOT recommend this book to anyone actually looking for a true atlas, as this book is not one. It does, however, provide a very short overview of the classical world and is reasonably clearly written.
What is in the book –
The book is divided into chapters, each only on the order of a dozen pages or so. These chapters cover the following:
· The Geographical Setting (the general geography and climate of the region of Greece, Italy, the Mediterranean and the Near East)
· Minoan and Mycenean Civilization
· The Rise of City-States
· Early Greek Civilizations
· Greece and Persia
· The Age of Pericles
· Athens and Sparta
· The Hellenistic World
· Early Italy
· Early Rome
· Rome and the Mediterranean World
· Early Roman Life and Culture
· The Fall of the Republic
· The Life and Days of Cicero
· The Augustan Age
· The Early Empire
· Life under the Empire
· The Later Empire
· Epilogue
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Shorter Atlas of the Classical World Hardcover – Import, January 1, 1962
Originally Published as Kleine Atlas Van De Antieke wereld.
- Print length239 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherThomas Nelson & Sons Limited.
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 1962
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- ASIN : B0000CLNJ9
- Publisher : Thomas Nelson & Sons Limited.; 1st. edition (January 1, 1962)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 239 pages
- Item Weight : 1 pounds
- Best Sellers Rank: #7,996,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2016
Not actually an atlas
An atlas is a book that contains maps, and this book only contains 12 of them. Instead it contains numerous black and white photographs and drawings that are reproduced with reasonable clarity, but since they are not on glossy print paper they were not as clear as they could have been. In addition, there is a lot of text reviewing the classical world. I would NOT recommend this book to anyone actually looking for a true atlas, as this book is not one. It does, however, provide a very short overview of the classical world and is reasonably clearly written.
What is in the book –
The book is divided into chapters, each only on the order of a dozen pages or so. These chapters cover the following:
· The Geographical Setting (the general geography and climate of the region of Greece, Italy, the Mediterranean and the Near East)
· Minoan and Mycenean Civilization
· The Rise of City-States
· Early Greek Civilizations
· Greece and Persia
· The Age of Pericles
· Athens and Sparta
· The Hellenistic World
· Early Italy
· Early Rome
· Rome and the Mediterranean World
· Early Roman Life and Culture
· The Fall of the Republic
· The Life and Days of Cicero
· The Augustan Age
· The Early Empire
· Life under the Empire
· The Later Empire
· Epilogue
An atlas is a book that contains maps, and this book only contains 12 of them. Instead it contains numerous black and white photographs and drawings that are reproduced with reasonable clarity, but since they are not on glossy print paper they were not as clear as they could have been. In addition, there is a lot of text reviewing the classical world. I would NOT recommend this book to anyone actually looking for a true atlas, as this book is not one. It does, however, provide a very short overview of the classical world and is reasonably clearly written.
What is in the book –
The book is divided into chapters, each only on the order of a dozen pages or so. These chapters cover the following:
· The Geographical Setting (the general geography and climate of the region of Greece, Italy, the Mediterranean and the Near East)
· Minoan and Mycenean Civilization
· The Rise of City-States
· Early Greek Civilizations
· Greece and Persia
· The Age of Pericles
· Athens and Sparta
· The Hellenistic World
· Early Italy
· Early Rome
· Rome and the Mediterranean World
· Early Roman Life and Culture
· The Fall of the Republic
· The Life and Days of Cicero
· The Augustan Age
· The Early Empire
· Life under the Empire
· The Later Empire
· Epilogue
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Bill Brook
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not an Atlas!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2013Verified Purchase
Nice little book, reviewing aspects of Ancient Greek and Rome society, but worth noting that despite the title, this is in no way any kind of atlas. It consists of a small (quarto?) book of 238 pages of prose, interspersed with 'plate' sections, mainly of black and white photos, for example of the Colosseum and suchlike. There are also diagrams here and there, for example cross sections of a Roman Villa. It should be noted that there are two colour sections containing some quite small maps, plus the end papers but these are very much the exception. The back flap notes that 10 maps are incorporated but it should be known that many of these are two to a page, resulting in tiny maps. Quite why the author chose to term this an atlas is a mystery. It's a nice little review of the classical world, provided you are not expecting an atlas by any normal definition of the word.
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