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Fall of civilizations : stories of greatness and decline / Paul Cooper.

By: Publication details: Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, 2024.Description: 575 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781335013415 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 930 23
Summary: "Across the centuries, we journey from the great empires of Mesopotamia to those of Khmer and Vijayanagara in Asia and Songhai in West Africa; from Byzantium to the Maya, Inca and Aztecs of Central America; from Roman Britain to Rapa Nui. With meticulous research, breathtaking insight and dazzling, empathic storytelling, historian and novelist Paul Cooper evokes the majesty and jeopardy of these ancient civilizations, and asks what it might have felt like for a person alive at the time to witness the end of their world"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
900 - 999 Hanover Public Library Shelves Non-fiction 930 COOP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 10/12/2024 31906001279778

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Across the centuries, we journey from the great empires of Mesopotamia to those of Khmer and Vijayanagara in Asia and Songhai in West Africa; from Byzantium to the Maya, Inca and Aztecs of Central America; from Roman Britain to Rapa Nui. With meticulous research, breathtaking insight and dazzling, empathic storytelling, historian and novelist Paul Cooper evokes the majesty and jeopardy of these ancient civilizations, and asks what it might have felt like for a person alive at the time to witness the end of their world"-- Provided by publisher.

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