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A complete guide to every region of the world between the years 4,000,000 BC and AD 500. This is a full-colour atlas with annotations, timelines and summary text. There is a detailed A-Z encyclopedic section, with articles on the people, places and events that shaped the development of the ancient world. The atlas shows political and social developments, wars and military campaigns, religious and cultural change. It is fully cross-referenced and indexed.