The Modern World: Civilizations of Africa, Civilizations of Europe, Civilizations of the Americas, Civilizations of the Middle East and Southwest Asia, Civilizations of Asia and the Pacific

by Sarolta A. Takács (Editor)

Designed to meet the curriculum needs for students from grades 7 to 12, this five-volume encyclopedia explores world history from approximately 5000 C.E. to the present. Organized alphabetically within geographical volumes on Africa, Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Southwest Asia, and Asia and the Pacific, entries cover the social, political, scientific and technological, economic, and cultural events and developments that shaped the modern world.Each volume includes articles on history, government, and warfare; the development of ideas and the growth of art and architecture; religion and philosophy; music; science and technology; and daily life in the civilizations covered. Boxed features include "Turning Point," "Great Lives," "Into the Twenty-First Century," and "Modern Weapons". Maps, timelines, and illustrations illuminate the text, and a glossary, a selected bibliography, and an index in each volume round out the set.

880 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2008

About the author

Sarolta A. Takács is Professor of History and a member of the Women's and Gender Studies Graduate Faculty at Rutgers University. Her research interests include Roman history, culture, religion, and literature from Early Empire through Late Antiquity. She is the author of Isis and Sarapis in the Roman World (1995), Silent Voices. Vestals, Sibyls, and Matrons: Studies in Roman Religion (2008), which looks at Roman women and the role they played maintaining Rome's socio-political structure as well as the understanding of the Roman self by means of religious rituals. Her newest book, The Construction of Authority in Ancient Rome and Byzantium (2008), investigates the power of rhetoric through the traditional virtues of the ancient Romans. She is the editor-in-chief of Roman Studies. Interdisciplinary Approaches (Lexington Books, Rowman and Littlefield Inc.) and the founding dean of the School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program.