Physical Description:print 688 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 28 cm.
Publisher:London : Duncan Baird Publishers, 2002.
Content descriptions
General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1. Cradles of civilization. Egypt's divine kingship ; Ancient Mesopotamia ; The glories of Greece and Rome -- 2. The Celtic, Viking and Germanic worlds. Celtic deities and heroes ; Sagas of the Norsemen -- 3. The Eastern World. India's eternal cycle ; China's heavenly mandate ; Japan's realm of the rising sun -- 4. The New World. North America's mother earth, father sky ; Mesoamerica's gods of sun and sacrifice ; South American kingdoms of gold -- 5. The Southern World. The ancestral voices of Africa ; The unseen worlds of Australasia.
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