World Literature and Thought: The ancient worlds

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World Literature and Thought: The ancient worlds is written by Donald S. Gochberg and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0155009192 (ISBN 10) and 9780155009196 (ISBN 13).

[The book] contains enduring literary and intellectual works from the major ancient civilizations of Asia, Africa, and Europe ... This volume starts with ancient Middle Eastern and Egyptian texts going back to the third millennium B.C ... Continuing onward through a diverse array of times and places, from Rome to Ethiopia, we conclude the forty-five selections around the fifth century A.D. The wealth of material offered here should enable readers to pick those civilizations and topics that they find of greatest interest. Or readers may choose to read through the contents in the given order.-Pref. Generally, [the editors] envision these edited primary documents as being of most use for college-level courses in humanities, in the history of world civilizations, and in comparative or world literature.-Introd.