Research Guides: HIS-111: History of World Civilization I: Ancient Times to Mid 17th Century: Find books

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Below is a sampling of print books from our library collections on Western Civilization history topics.

Children in Antiquity: Perspectives and Experiences of Childhood in the Ancient Mediterranean
Taylor & Francis eBook, 2020.
A Companion to North Africa in Antiquity
Wiley eBook, 2022.
Empire: A New History of the World
Call Number: D23 .S87 2020
PRC Circulating Collection
A Global History of the Ancient World: Asia, Europe and Africa before Islam
Taylor & Francis eBook, 2021.
The Jiankang Empire in Chinese and World History
Oxford Scholarship Online eBook, 2020.

When using the library catalog or the library's eBook databases to find books, try some of these subject terms:

africa history
asia history
bubonic plague
china history
crusades

genghis khan
greece civilization
islamic civilization
ming dynasty
reformation

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Reynolds Library uses Library of Congress Classification to arrange books on the shelves.

Many books on Western civilization or World History can be found in Section C or Section D

If we don't have a book at Reynolds, you can search WorldCat to find books in area libraries:

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