Six Thousand Years of Civilisation in Maps

This large-format DK history traces more than 90 early societies, from Mesopotamia to the Inca, using specially drawn maps to show how each one rose, expanded and changed. Events covered range from the conflict between Elam and Sumer and the conquests of Alexander the Great to the growth of the Aztec empire.

Alongside the maps, the book explores the innovations these cultures introduced, including writing, calendars, coinage and city planning, and how ideas travelled between them. Art and architecture feature throughout, from Olmec colossal heads to Byzantine mosaics and the Great Mosque of Djenné.

• More than 90 civilisations
• Hardback, 304 pages
• Written with a panel of expert historians

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