Our world four thousand years ago. A panorama of the great millennium when Stonehenge was built, the glory of Egypt grew, Troy was plundered, Babylon fell, and Knossos was destroyed

Thomas Jeffrey Bibb was for many years one of the leaders of a number of expeditions in the Persian Gulf area, exploring prehistoric settlements. In his book, he showcases all the most important events of the second millennium BC, which took place not only in Egypt, Crete, Asia Minor, and Mesopotamia, where highly developed civilizations flourished, but also in northern Europe, in the Russian steppes, and among the trading people and sailors. The author emphasizes the importance of everyday life during the described time—an era of trade and peace. Another theme of the book is the pressure of wild horsemen from the overpopulated steppes of present-day southern Russia on the farmers of Europe and on the civilizations of the East.