5 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Volume III of Will and Ariel Durant's The Story of Civilization — covering Roman history from its origins through the early centuries of Christianity — one of the most widely read accounts of ancient Rome and early Christianity.
Volume I of Will Durant's The Story of Civilization — covering the civilizations of Egypt, the Near East, India, and China — the first volume of the most ambitious popular history series in American letters.
Volume VIII of Will and Ariel Durant's The Story of Civilization — covering Europe from 1648 to 1715, the age of absolute monarchy, the wars of Louis XIV, and the intellectual revolution of Locke, Newton, and Leibniz.
Volume VII of Will and Ariel Durant's The Story of Civilization — covering Europe from 1558 to 1648, including the reign of Elizabeth I, the careers of Bacon, Shakespeare, and Cervantes, the Thirty Years War, and Descartes.
Volume II of Will and Ariel Durant's The Story of Civilization — covering ancient Greek history from the Minoans through the Hellenistic age — one of the most accessible and comprehensive popular accounts of ancient Greece.