One of a series of books which traces the progress of human evolution, settlement and civilization through the ages, this book focuses on the civilizations of Asia. Alongside three-dimensional maps there are reconstructions of scenes from the daily life of each civilization, together with an informative text and a wealth of maps, diagrams and pictures. The six volumes in this series take the reader from the earliest human beings, through their first settlements and the formation of social groups, on to the beginnings of civilization right up to the first Europeans and the Greeks and Romans.