EVERYDAY LIFE THROUGH THE AGES by DAVIDSON, MICHAEL WORTH, MA, Editor. MARTIN, NEAL V., BA, H.Dip. Des, Art Editor - 1991

London, England: Reader's Digest Association Limited, 1991. Near Fine 1st Edition Assumed, no printing history stated. Hard Cover, matte pictorial boards, 384 pages, index, 1646 grams/3 lb 10 oz. PLEASE NOTE: Over 3 lbs, international orders will require additional shipping charges; domestic order will depend on zip code. Binding is solid; corners are square, tiny rub to bottom corner tips; hint of edge wear; tiny rub to bottom back spine corner; slight flattening to head of spine; pages are very clean, no marks to text, no owner information, gift messages, store stamps, remainder marks, stains, or moisture damage. CONTENTS: ANCIENT WORLDS: 100,000 BC--AD100, the peopling of the globe and the first civilisations. HUNTERS TUN TO FARMING: Earliest modern human beings. CITIES IN THE RIVER VALLEYS,Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley. GOOD LIFE AS A GIFT OF THE NILE, Ancient Egypt. MASTER OF THE AEGEAN, Minoans and Mycenaeans. PEOPLE OF THE BIBLE TIMES, Civilisations of the Near East. WORLD BEHIND WALLS, Ancient China. GREEK AGE OF GOLD, Ancient Greece. CITIZENS OF PROUD ROME, Imperial Rome. BEYOND ROME'S BORDER, Iron Age Invaders. OLD WORLDS, NEW WORLD, AD 100--1775, Peoples on gthe move in the medieval world. ON THE GOLDEN HORN, Byzantium. INVADERS MAKE A NEW EUROPE, Saxon, Celts, Franks and Vikings. CASTLE, TOWN AND CHURCH, Western Europe's early Middle Age. RISE OF ISLAM, First Muslim empire. EUROPE ON THE MOVE, Western Europe's late Middle Ages. MEETING A NEW WORLD, Early America. GIANTS OF EAST ASIA, China and Japan. EUROPE TAKES SHAPE, Nation-states in Western Europe. SERFS OF THE TSAR'S EMPIRE, Russia in the Middle Ages. MODERN WORLD AD 1776--1900, Revolutions in living and cultures in conflict. REBELS WITH A CAUSE, Revolutions in America and Europe. INTO THE AGE OF MACHINES, Industrial Revolution. SOCIETY, SUBURB AND SLUM, Western Europe in the 19th century. EMPIRES AT THEIR SUNSET, Eastern Europe. WARRIARS, SLAVES AND SETTLERS, Africa. HINDUS AND THE RAJ, India. GREAT SOUTH LAND, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific islands. FAR EAST MEETS WEST, China and Japan. NEW AMERICA, The United States. THE WAY IT IS NOW. A-Z OF EVERYDAY THINGS, history of 100 innovations that have made life in the home and life in society more secure and agreeable. Will gift wrap, no charge, just state the occasion.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.