''The Cambridge Ancient History'' is a multi-volume work of

ancient history Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history to as far as late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the Sumerian cuneiform script. Ancient history cove ...

from

Prehistory Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The us ...

Late Antiquity Late antiquity is the time of transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages, generally spanning the 3rd–7th century in Europe and adjacent areas bordering the Mediterranean Basin. The popularization of this periodization in English h ...

, published by

Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it is the oldest university press in the world. It is also the King's Printer. Cambridge University Pr ...

. The first series, consisting of 12 volumes, was planned in 1919 by Irish historian J. B. Bury and published between 1924 and 1939, co-edited by

Frank Adcock Sir Frank Ezra Adcock, (15 April 1886 – 22 February 1968) was a British classical historian who was Professor of Ancient History at the University of Cambridge between 1925 and 1951. In addition to his academic work, he also served as a c ...

and

Stanley Arthur Cook Stanley Arthur Cook (12 April 1873 – 26 September 1949) was Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge from 1932 to 1938. Cook was born in King's Lynn, the son of John Thomas Cook of Leicester. He was educated at Wyggeston Gra ...

. The second series was published between 1970 and 2005, consisting of 14 volumes in 19 books. ''The Cambridge Ancient History'' is part of a larger series of works, along with ''

The Cambridge Medieval History ''The Cambridge Medieval History'' is a history of medieval Europe in eight volumes published by Cambridge University Press and Macmillan between 1911 and 1936. Publication was delayed by the First World War and changes in the editorial team. ...

'' and ''

The Cambridge Modern History ''The Cambridge Modern History'' is a comprehensive modern history of the world, beginning with the 15th century Age of Discovery, published by the Cambridge University Press in England and also in the United States. The first series, planned by ...

'', intended to cover the entire history of European civilisation. In the original edition, it was the last in this series to appear, the first volume of the ''Modern History'' having been published in 1902, and the first volume of the ''Medieval History'' in 1911. In the second series, however, the ''Ancient History'' began to be published before the ''Medieval History''.

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* I part I (1970): ''Prolegomena and Prehistory'' – edited by I.E.S. Edwards, C.J. Gadd, N.G.L. Hammond *I part II (1971): ''Early History of the Middle East'' – edited by I. E. S. Edwards, C. J. Gadd, N. G. L. Hammond *II part I: ''History of the Middle East and the Aegean Region c.1800-1380'' – edited by I. E. S. Edwards, C. J. Gadd, N. G. L. Hammond, L. Sollberger *II part II: ''History of the Middle East and the Aegean Region c.1380-1000'' *III part I: ''The Prehistory of the Balkans; and the Middle East and the Aegean world, tenth to eighth centuries B.C.'' *III part II: ''The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and other States of the Near East, from the Eighth to the Sixth Centuries B.C.'' *III part III: ''The Expansion of the Greek World, Eighth to Sixth Centuries B.C.'' – edited by John Boardman, N. G. L. Hammond *IV: ''Persia, Greece and the Western Mediterranean C. 525 to 479 B.C.'' *V: ''The Fifth Century B.C.'' *VI: ''The Fourth Century B.C.'' *VII part I: ''The Hellenistic World'' *VII part II: ''The Rise of Rome to 220 B.C.'' *VIII: ''Rome and the Mediterranean to 133 B.C.'' *IX: ''The Last Age of the Roman Republic, 146-43 B.C.'' *X: ''The Augustan Empire, 43 B.C.-A.D. 69'' *XI: ''The High Empire, A.D. 70-192'' *XII: ''The Crisis of Empire, A.D. 193–337'' *XIII: ''The Late Empire, A.D. 337–425'' *XIV: ''Late Antiquity: Empire and Successors, A.D. 425–600''

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