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MAPS

VOLUME I

Ranges of the Wild Ancestors of

Early Livestock 27

Ancient Mesoamerica 84

Athens and Its Monuments 224

Nubian Settlements along the Nile River 241

VOLUME II

Th eaters in the Roman Empire outside Italy 336

Roman Empire at Its Greatest Extent 371

Th e Shang Dynasty, 1500–1045 b.c.e. 404

Ancient Mesopotamia 516

VOLUME III

Early Societies of Oceania,

1500 b.c.e.–1000 c.e. 706

Scythia 792

Ancient Egypt 839

Caesar’s Movements in the Civil War,

49–44 b.c.e. 880

VOLUME IV

Mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea 958

Cultivated and Pastoral Land of

Ancient Egypt 965

Early Mediterranean Trade Routes 1104

Parthian Invasion Routes into Roman

Territory 1135

PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS

VOLUME I

Hymn to the Nile, ca. 2100 b.c.e. 49

Hymn to Goddess Earth, ca. 600 b.c.e. 50

Cato: On Agriculture, excerpt, ca. 150 b.c.e. 51

“Th e Reports of the Magicians and

Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon,”

excerpts, ca. 2500–670 b.c.e. 135

Ptolemy: Te t r a b i b l o s, excerpt, second

century c.e. 136

Petronius: “Th e Banquet of Trimalchio,”

excerpt from Th e Satyricon, 60 c.e. 137

Th e Advice of an Akkadian Father to His

Son, ca. 2200 b.c.e. 198

Confucius: Analects, excerpt,

ca. 479–221 b.c.e. 199

Herodas: Th e Th ird Mime, excerpt,

ca. third century b.c.e. 199

List of Maps and

Primary Source Documents