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Fall of civilizations : stories of greatness and decline / Paul Cooper.
"Based on the podcast with over one hundred million downloads, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse. Across the centuries, we journey from the great empires of Mesopotamia to those of Khmer and Vijayanagara in Asia and Songhai in West Africa; from Byzantium to the Maya, Inca and Aztecs of Central America; from Roman Britain to Rapa Nui. With meticulous research, breathtaking insight and dazzling, empathic storytelling, historian and novelist Paul Cooper evokes the majesty and jeopardy of these ancient civilizations, and asks what it might have felt like for a person alive at the time to witness the end of their world."-- Amazon.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781335013415
- Physical Description: 575 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, 2024.
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. The ancient world. The Sumerians -- ‡tThe late Bronze Age collapse -- ‡tAssyria -- ‡tCarthage -- ‡tHan China -- ‡tRoman Britain -- ‡tPart II. The Middle Age. The Maya -- ‡tThe Khmer -- ‡tByzantium -- ‡tVijayanagara -- ‡tPart III. Worlds collide -- ‡tSonghai -- ‡tThe Aztecs -- ‡tThe Inca -- ‡tEaster Island. |
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| Subject: | Civilization, Ancient. Civilization, Ancient > History History, Ancient. |
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| Fort Nelson Public Library | 930 COO (Text) | 35246001116563 | Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Beaver Valley Public Library | 930 COO (Text) | 35144000269725 | Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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| Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library | 930 COO (Text) | DCL178922 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort St. John Public Library | 930 COO (Text) | 35211000652216 | ADULT Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Invermere Public Library | 930 COO (Text) | IPL062235 | Adult Non Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2025-01-03 |
| Kaslo and District Public Library | 930 COO (Text) | 35134000494977 | Adult Non-fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2025-01-11 |
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