Ancient civilizations; the illustrated guide to belief, mythology, and art.9781592234899 Ancient civilizations; the illustrated guide to belief, mythology, and art. Ed. by Greg Woolf. Thunder Bay Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and two adjoining townships. Press 2005 688 pages $29.95 Hardcover CB311 Color photographs of artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. and landscapes and maps share about equal space with text in articles on agricultural and mostly urban-based cultures in Egypt and the Fertile Crescent Fertile Crescent, historic region of the Middle East. A well-watered and fertile area, it arcs across the northern part of the Syrian desert. It is flanked on the west by the Mediterranean and on the east by the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, and includes all or parts , Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Among the topics are the supreme goddesses of Mesopotamia, the Indian wheel of time, the arts of China, the Trojan War Trojan War, in Greek mythology, war between the Greeks and the people of Troy. The strife began after the Trojan prince Paris abducted Helen, wife of Menelaus of Sparta. When Menelaus demanded her return, the Trojans refused. , the Viking restless spirit, and Aztec cosmology. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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