H. V. Hilprecht kindle The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform texts, Vol. I, Part I, Plates 1-50

About the Book As early as 1550 BC, the Phoenicians explored and traded throughout the Mediterranean Sea and Asia Minor. A Greek explorer from Marseille, Pytheas (380 – c. 310 BC) was the first to circumnavigate Great Britain, and explore Germany. Between 100 AD-166 AD, Romano-Chinese relations began. Chinese historical texts describe Roman embassies, from a land that they called Daqin. In the 2nd century Roman traders reached Siam, Cambodia, Sumatra, and Java, and by 161 an embassy from the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius or his successor Marcus Aurelius reached the Chinese Emperor Huan of Han at Luoyang. The Icelandic Viking explorer Leif Ericson (980–1020) reached Newfoundland and the nearby North American coast. On the other side of the world, Polynesians populated and explored most of the central and south Pacific for around 5,000 years, and around 1280 discovered New Zealand. Chinese explorer Wang Dayuan made two major trips by ship to the Indian Ocean. From the early 15th century until the 17th century Europeans discovered and/or explored vast areas of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania. Portugal and Spain dominated the initial period, with other European powers such as England, Netherlands, and France following later. Also in this Book Books about "civilization" deal with complex societies characterized by urban development, social stratification, cultural elites, systems of communication like writing, and a perception of domination over the natural environment. Other socio-politico-economic characteristics of civilization include: centralization, domestication of animals, specialization of labour, culturally imbued ideologies, grand architecture, taxes, and dependence on farming. And in this Book The Americas were settled by people migrating from Asia at the height of an Ice Age 15,000 years ago. There was no contact with Europeans until Vikings appeared briefly in the 10th century, and the voyages of Christopher Columbus from 1492. America's Indigenous peoples were the Paleo-Indians, who were initially hunter-gatherers. Post 1492, Spanish, Portuguese and later English, French and Dutch colonialists arrived, conquering and settling the discovered lands over three centuries, from the early 16th to the early 19th centuries. The United States achieved independence from England in 1776, while Brazil and the larger Hispanic American nations declared independence in the 19th century. Canada became a federal dominion in 1867. About us Leopold Classic Library has the goal of making available to readers the classic books that have been out of print for decades. While these books may have occasional imperfections, we consider that only hand checking of every page ensures readable content without poor picture quality, blurred or missing text etc. That's why we: republish only hand checked books; that are high quality; enabling readers to see classic books in original formats; that are unlikely to have missing or blurred pages. You can search "Leopold Classic Library" in categories of your interest to find other books in our extensive collection. Happy reading!