Ancient History Key Themes and Approaches

Ancient History: Key Themes and Approaches is a sourcebook of writings on ancient history. In over 500 extracts from a wide range of secondary sources, it opens up the most important, stimulating and provocative arguments by modern writers on the subject, and as such constitutes an invaluable reference resource. The first section deals with different aspects of life in the ancient world, such as democracy, imperialism, slavery and sexuality, while the second section covers the ideas of key ancient historians and other writers on classical antiquity. Overall, this unique book offers an invaluable introduction to the most important ideas, theories and controversies in ancient history, and a thought-provoking survey of the range of views and approaches to the subject.Morley, Neville is the author of 'Ancient History Key Themes and Approaches' with ISBN 9780415165082 and ISBN 0415165083.