The Cassell Atlas of World History: Volume I: Volume 1: v. 1

A complete guide to every region of the world between the years 4,000,000 BC and AD 500 Full-colour atlas section with annotations, timelines and summary text Detailed A-Z encyclopedic section, with articles on the people, places and events that shaped the development of the ancient world Atlas shows political and social developments, wars and military campaigns, religious and cultural change Fully cross-referenced and indexed

Dougal Dixon is a writer on scientific topics with a long-term interest in evolution. His After Man: A Zoology of the Future was nominated for a Hugo award; Professor Richard Moody is Professor of Geology at the University of Guildford; Dr Ian Jenkins is an expert on vertebrate palaeontology at the University of Bristol; Dr Zhuravlev is from the Institute of Paleontology in Moscow.