History in quotations / M.J. Cohen and John Major.

"Reflecting 5000 years of world history"--Jacket.

Quotations about history -- The Tigris and Euphrates, c.3200-c.500 BC --Ancient Egypt, c.3000-c.30 BC -- The ancient Levant, c.3000 BC-AD 73 -- AncientIndia, c.2500 BV-c. AD 700 -- Archaic China, c.2000 BC-AD 220 -- Minoans and Mycenaeans, c.2000-c.1000 BC -- The Americas before their conquest, c.1200 BC-AD 1550 -- Athens and her Rivals, 766-399 BC -- Alexander and Greece in the 4th century BC -- Rome: the Republic, 753-31 BC -- Rome: the Empire, 31 BC-AD 300 -- Thebeginnings of Christianity, 30-604 -- China: the Middle Ages and later empire, 221-1912 -- The Byzantine Empire, 330-1453 -- The barbarian west, 341-751 -- Japan, c.450-1863 -- Islam, c.610-1055 -- 1,000 years of Muslim India, c.700-1757 -- Islamic Spain, 711-1498 -- Saxons and Vikings, c.410-1066 -- Rus and Muscovy, 839-1613 -- The Jews, c.890-1790 -- Popes and princes, c.800-1500 -- The medieval church, 1000-1500 -- Medieval society, 1000-1500 -- The Normans, 1066-1154 -- The Crusades, 1096-1291 -- The earlier Plantagenets, 1154-1327 -- The Mo