Classical era, world-wide

Last update: 03 Oct 1994 12:00
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Why did Eurasian culture effloresce around -500? (This is the "axial Age" question, and so one issue is whether it was in fact a thing at all.)

See also: Classical Era, Mediterranean; the Late Bronze Age Collapse; Persian Empire; World History

To read:
• Christopher Beckwith, The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China