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aspiringorakle's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Solid introduction to the ancient world, obviously limited by space, but good nonetheless.
jadebear's review against another edition
I honestly don't remember any of this book, as it was required reading for an ancient history course I took in University and we didn't end up using it all that much as we had a sourcebook printed for us. Hence the no rating. If I was to ever go back and read it, I'd give it a rating.
lealila's review against another edition
3.0
Read for school, didn't finish, though I came really close—had about 150? pages left. (Not, y'know, including the bib, index, etc.) But I'm not gonna bother finishing this cause it was dry as hell. I'll give credit that Freeman really got into the details of the three civilizations, but I felt like the narration could have been.... better. I appreciate that you really do get a good overview without skipping over points that sometimes are in other overview books (like, women). But it was too much info at once and you really have to take your time absorbing everything.
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