M. : Veche, 2005. — 480 c. — (100 great). — ISBN 5-9533-0804-3. A new book from the series “100 great” tells about the ancient civilizations of our planet The history of the Ancient World is the most fascinating section of human history. This era, hidden in the darkness of millennia, is full of secrets and mysteries, amazing and sometimes incredible facts, which to this day do not have an unambiguous interpretation. Archaeologists, linguists, religious scholars, geographers, geologists, astronomers, travelers present various versions of phenomena and processes that took place in the civilizations of the Ancient East and Antiquity, in Africa and on the American continent, as well as in the territory of present-day Russia and the CIS countries.