Colin McEvedy

From Alexandria to York, this unique guide shows us the great centres of classical civilization afresh. The book's key feature is 120 specially-drawn maps tracing each city's thoroughfares and defenses, monuments and places of worship. Every map is to the same scale, allowing readers for the first time to appreciate visually the relative sizes of Babylon and Paris, London and Constantinople. There are also clear, incisive commentaries on each city's...

Provides maps of the changing political scene in Europe to the 1980's.

Illustrates the evolution and flux of races in Europe, the Mediterranean area and the Near East, From 50,000 B.C.E. to the fourth century.