The Book of the Ancient World

The Book of the Ancient World is an account of our common heritage from the dawn of civilization to the coming of the Greeks. It is the story of how human beings began their great adventure of learning how to live; of how they have sought to satisfy the practical needs of their bodies, the questioning of their minds, and the searching of their spirits. Dorothy Mills had an uncanny and unique ability to write history that is interesting and at the same time based on sound scholarship. Her di...