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Women's roles in ancient civilizations : a reference guide / edited by Bella Vivante. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999. - xvii, 389 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Women in ancient China / Anne Behnke Kinney -- Women in ancient India / Karen Lang -- Women in ancient Japan / Michiko Y. Aoki -- Women in ancient Mesopotamia / Karen Rhea Nemet-Nejat -- Women in the ancient Levant / Mayer I. Gruber -- Women in ancient Egypt / Gay Robins -- Women in ancient West Africa / Tolagbe Ogunleye -- Women in ancient Greece / Bella (Zweig) Vivante -- Women in the ancient Roman world / Judith P. Hallet -- Women in ancient Mesoamerica / Andrea J. Stone -- Women in the ancient Andes / Susan A. Niles -- Native women in ancient North America : Ojibway and Iroquois / Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox.

Features essays about women's roles in 12 ancient civilizations--China, India, Japan, Mesopotamia, the Levant, Egypt, West Africa, Greece, Rome, the Maya, the Inca, and Native North America.

ISBN: 0313301271 (alk. paper) 9780313301278 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 98030496

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women--History--To 500.
Sex role--History.

LC Class. No.: HQ1127 / .W654 1999

Dewey Class. No.: 305.4/09/01