Ancient History Collection
Ancient history as a term refers to the aggregate of past events from the beginning of writing and recorded human history and extending as far as the post-classical history. The phrase may be used either to refer to the period of time or the academic discipline. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with Sumerian Cuneiform script; the oldest discovered form of coherent writing from the proto-literate period around the 30th century BC. Ancient History covers all continents inhabited by humans in the 3,000 BC - AD 500 period.
The broad term Ancient History is not to be confused with Classical Antiquity. The term classical antiquity is often used to refer to Western History in the Ancient Mediterranean from the beginning of recorded Greek history in 776 BC (First Olympiad). This roughly coincides with the traditional date of the Founding of Rome in 753 BC, the beginning of the history of ancient Rome, and the beginning of the Archaic period in Ancient Greece.
The academic term "history" is not to be confused with colloquial references to times past. History is fundamentally the study of the past through documents, and can be either scientific (archaeology) or humanistic (history through language). Although the ending date of ancient history is disputed, some Western scholars use the fall of the Western Roman Empire in AD 476 (the most used), the closure of the Platonic Academy in AD 529, the death of the emperor Justinian I in AD 565, the coming of Islam or the rise of Charlemagne as the end of ancient and Classical European history. Outside of Europe the 450-500 time frame for the end of ancient times has had difficulty as a transition date from Ancient to Post-Classical times.
Available Books
Book Title |
Date |
A History of Art in Ancient Egypt Vol. 1
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1883 |
A History of Art in Ancient Egypt Vol. 2
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1883 |
A History of Art in Chaldaea & Assyria Vol. 1
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1884 |
A History of Art in Chaldaea & Assyria Vol. 2
|
1884 |
An Historical Atlas
|
1830 |
Ancient Fragments
|
1832 |
Ancient India as Described by Megasthenes and Arrian
|
1877 |
Antiquities of the Orient Unveiled
|
1873 |
Antiquities of the Orient Unveiled
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1875 |
Arrian's History of Alexander's Expedition Vol. 1
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1729 |
Arrian's History of Alexander's Expedition Vol. 2
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1729 |
Arrian's Voyage Round the Euxine Sea
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1805 |
Bactria, the History of a Forgotten Empire
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1912 |
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Vol. 1
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1870 |
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Vol. 2
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1870 |
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Vol. 3
|
1870 |
Geographia Antiqua Latinorum et Graecorum
|
1721 |
History of Art in Persia
|
1892 |
History of Art in Phoenicia Vol. 1
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1885 |
History of Art in Phoenicia Vol. 2
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1885 |
History of Art in Phrygia, Lydia, Caria, and Lycia
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1892 |
History of Art in Primitive Greece Vol. 1
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1894 |
History of Art in Primitive Greece Vol. 2
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1894 |
History of Art in Sardinia, Judaea, Syria, and Asia Minor Vol. 1
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1890 |
History of Art in Sardinia, Judaea, Syria, and Asia Minor Vol. 2
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1890 |
History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria Vol. 1
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1900 |
History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria Vol. 2
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1900 |
History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria Vol. 3
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1900 |
History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria Vol. 4
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1900 |
History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria Vol. 5
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1900 |
History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria Vol. 6
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1900 |
History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria Vol. 7
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1900 |
History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria Vol. 8
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1900 |
History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria Vol. 9
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1900 |
History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria Vol. 10
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1904 |
History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria Vol. 11
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1904 |
History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria Vol. 12
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1904 |
History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria Vol. 13
|
1904 |
L'antique Rome, ou, Description Historique et Pittoresque
|
1796 |
Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Assyria
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1916 |
Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt
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1916 |
Quintus Curtius, His History of the Wars of Alexander
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1714 |
Sanchoniatho's Phoenician History
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1720 |
The Ancient Fragments
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1828 |
The Commerce and Navigation of the Ancients in the Indian Ocean Vol. 1
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1807 |
The Commerce and Navigation of the Ancients in the Indian Ocean Vol. 2
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1807 |
The Commerce and Navigation of the Erythraean Sea
|
1879 |
The Course of Empire
|
1883 |
The Delphian Course Vol. 1
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1922 |
The Delphian Course Vol. 2
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1922 |
The Delphian Course Vol. 3
|
1922 |
The Delphian Course Vol. 4
|
1922 |
The Delphian Course Vol. 5
|
1922 |
The Delphian Course Vol. 6
|
1922 |
The Delphian Course Vol. 7
|
1922 |
The Delphian Course Vol. 8
|
1922 |
The Delphian Course Vol. 9
|
1922 |
The Delphian Course Vol. 10
|
1922 |
The Egyptian Dynasties of Manetho
|
1863 |
The Geography of Strabo Vol. 1
|
1854 |
The Geography of Strabo Vol. 2
|
1854 |
The Geography of Strabo Vol. 3
|
1854 |
The History of the World
|
1614 |
The Invasion of India by Alexander the Great
|
1896 |
The Life of Alexander the Great, King of Macedon
|
1796 |
The Periplus of Hanno
|
1912 |
The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea
|
1912 |
The Romans on the Riviera and the Rhone
|
1898 |
The Voyage of Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates
|
1797 |
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece [Atlas]
|
1795 |
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece Vol. 1
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1794 |
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece Vol. 2
|
1794 |
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece Vol. 3
|
1794 |
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece Vol. 4
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1794 |
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece Vol. 5
|
1794 |
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece Vol. 6
|
1794 |
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece Vol. 7
|
1794 |
Voyage de Nearque, des bouches de l'Indus jusqu'a l'Euphrate Vol. 1
|
1799 |
Voyage de Nearque, des bouches de l'Indus jusqu'a l'Euphrate Vol. 2
|
1800 |
Voyage de Nearque, des bouches de l'Indus jusqu'a l'Euphrate Vol. 3
|
1800 |
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