Dimensions
160 x 242 x 35mm
"Historian and BBC broadcaster Michael Scott presents a richly coloured new vision of ancient history for our globalised world, showing us that to truly understand great events in our past we must explore their global contexts, connecting the West to the East and indeed to all corners of the earth. Scott highlights three great moments' in classical antiquity, essential to any world-historical account of Politics, War, and Religion, and expands our vision of their significance: - 508 BC: Athenian democracy and Rome's republic are born simultaneously, albeit with opposing ideas of how power should be allotted between aristocrats and commoners. But to the East, at the end of a century of prophetic figures (Zoroaster, the Buddha), Confucius teaches China a middle way' that will be integral to its coming rise as a world power. - 218 BC: The genius general Hannibal, seeking to expand Carthage's empire from North Africa, crosses the Alps and wins crushing victories over Roman armies. However, Rome regroups, retaliates, and continues its rise. But in this world of ceaseless war and domino-like rivalries Rome is not at the centre u rather, one in a chain of ambitious states, fr
