--- product_id: 1705961 title: "World Prehistory: A Brief Introduction (8th Edition)" price: "€ 70.78" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/1705961-world-prehistory-a-brief-introduction-8th-edition store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # World Prehistory: A Brief Introduction (8th Edition) **Price:** € 70.78 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** World Prehistory: A Brief Introduction (8th Edition) - **How much does it cost?** € 70.78 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/1705961-world-prehistory-a-brief-introduction-8th-edition) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description For one semester or quarter courses in World Prehistory. Written by one of the leading archaeological writers in the world -— in a simple, jargon-free narrative style —- this brief, well-illustrated account of the major developments in the human past makes world prehistory uniquely accessible to complete beginners . Written by Brian Fagan, World Prehistory covers the entire world, not just the Americas or Europe, and places major emphasis on both theories and the latest archaeological and multidisciplinary approaches. His focus is on four major developments in world prehistory: 1) The origins of humanity. 2) The appearance and spread of modern humans before and during the late Ice Age- including the first settlement of the Americas. 3) The beginnings of food production. 4) The rise of the first civilizations. Review: Excellent - It saddens me to have to send this textbook back as trade-in so I can afford the textbooks for my next semester. The author explains in detail the origins, interactions and complexities of human prehistory without resorting to technical language. I've had my 14 year old cousin read this book and she not only understood it but loved it. 'I wish my school's books were this cool' she said. That alone speaks volumes for the book and the author. Review: ... to recorded history (roughly the Bronze Age) is a great idea. It sets the stage for the more ... - The idea for a standardized "World Prehistory" course covering the time from the evolution & dispersal of Homo sapiens from Africa to recorded history (roughly the Bronze Age) is a great idea. It sets the stage for the more common World History courses that cover the time period from the first Bronze Age cities up to the Industrial Age. However, this particular textbook is only okay. It's nowhere near as interesting as Brian Fagan's more well-known books (e.g. Floods, Famines & Emperors; The Long Summer; The Great Warming) that dealt primarily with the effects of climate change on historical societies and were often as thought-provoking as Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel. Here's a couple points I was dissatisfied with: 1) The photos are all black & white and rather low quality. Another issue is that we get a lot of photos of ruins but only a few artist reconstructions of what these ancient towns & cities looked like when people actually inhabited them. This makes it difficult for the reader to imagine how sophisticated these societies were and how they managed space & resources. 2) The book is a bit to heavy on data (names, dates) and too light on theory. This leaves the reader with a general idea of what happened where, but not why or how. The discussions of the Neolithic & Urban revolutions seemed quite brief & simplistic. The Upper Paleolithic Revolution that gave rise to behaviorally modern humans wasn't even mentioned. 3) The Upper Paleolithic era when humans dispersed across the globe is presented as rather boring. Readers don't hear much about the strange world the Ice Age hunter-gatherers encountered, teeming with now-extinct megafauna like wooly mammoths and cave bears and with various now-sunken continents like Doggerland, Sundaland, Sahul and Beringia. 4) Fagan does an adequate job of covering the prehistory of the Near East, Africa, the Americas, Polynesia, India, East & Southeast Asia, but conspicuously leaves out Europe (other than Minoan & Mycenean Greece), Central Asia, Australia, and Arctic areas ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #8,156,547 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,824 in Prehistory #4,168 in Archaeology (Books) #6,211 in Ancient History (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.0 out of 5 stars 38 Reviews | ## Images ![World Prehistory: A Brief Introduction (8th Edition) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81EAcoBextL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent *by D***N on December 28, 2011* It saddens me to have to send this textbook back as trade-in so I can afford the textbooks for my next semester. The author explains in detail the origins, interactions and complexities of human prehistory without resorting to technical language. I've had my 14 year old cousin read this book and she not only understood it but loved it. 'I wish my school's books were this cool' she said. That alone speaks volumes for the book and the author. ### ⭐⭐⭐ ... to recorded history (roughly the Bronze Age) is a great idea. It sets the stage for the more ... *by B***S on February 23, 2015* The idea for a standardized "World Prehistory" course covering the time from the evolution & dispersal of Homo sapiens from Africa to recorded history (roughly the Bronze Age) is a great idea. It sets the stage for the more common World History courses that cover the time period from the first Bronze Age cities up to the Industrial Age. However, this particular textbook is only okay. It's nowhere near as interesting as Brian Fagan's more well-known books (e.g. Floods, Famines & Emperors; The Long Summer; The Great Warming) that dealt primarily with the effects of climate change on historical societies and were often as thought-provoking as Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel. Here's a couple points I was dissatisfied with: 1) The photos are all black & white and rather low quality. Another issue is that we get a lot of photos of ruins but only a few artist reconstructions of what these ancient towns & cities looked like when people actually inhabited them. This makes it difficult for the reader to imagine how sophisticated these societies were and how they managed space & resources. 2) The book is a bit to heavy on data (names, dates) and too light on theory. This leaves the reader with a general idea of what happened where, but not why or how. The discussions of the Neolithic & Urban revolutions seemed quite brief & simplistic. The Upper Paleolithic Revolution that gave rise to behaviorally modern humans wasn't even mentioned. 3) The Upper Paleolithic era when humans dispersed across the globe is presented as rather boring. Readers don't hear much about the strange world the Ice Age hunter-gatherers encountered, teeming with now-extinct megafauna like wooly mammoths and cave bears and with various now-sunken continents like Doggerland, Sundaland, Sahul and Beringia. 4) Fagan does an adequate job of covering the prehistory of the Near East, Africa, the Americas, Polynesia, India, East & Southeast Asia, but conspicuously leaves out Europe (other than Minoan & Mycenean Greece), Central Asia, Australia, and Arctic areas ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for my daughter's college course *by D***. on May 1, 2013* We ordered this book for her course this spring. It arrived in excellent condition as described and was exactly what she needed. 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