The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

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The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Book gives an overview of the civilizations discussed. If a scythian warrior queen prophesizes that she will drink wine from the skull of a defeated greek/persian king, bauer makes sure to tell you how that shakes out.

She uses easy and concise language that flows so you do not feel like you have to go back and reread as some historians are. She leaves concise footnotes that are easy to read and not a mile long or just copies of the source she pulled the information... Read More

Beautifully written, straight to the point, and reads pretty much like a novel. Perfect for reading along with another book simultaneously. It's easy to imagine a more compelling and sophisticated version of this book - one that maintains ms.

Cons

The author dots this book with personal opinions and conclusions that are easily disputable. Amazon needs to reclassify a section of their non-fiction theo-centric tripe.

This is hardly surprising. This reader was also dismayed by that strategy. This author is at the end of the line in her telephone history game and her message is all garbled.

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Quality

This is very well written and gives a good indepth historical perspective

Given the range of material bauer covers in this tome it is amazing how well she weaves the timelines and stories together

Bauer adheres so closely to traditional graphocentric 34great man34 history that her narrative lacks overarching themes beyond ... Read More

The reason bauer writes this book from the 34graphocentric34 34great man34 biased perspective is because that is what the 6000 ... Read More

Price

So i dont think this is a big deal but it is an inaccuracy so i would rate this book at 4

Shipping

Arrived on time and in perfect condition

Competitiveness

But anyway the names bhishma and bhima sound very similar and thats understandable

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This product had a total of 1,371 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 24 2024.