The true story of ancient times

"True History of Ancient Times" - a new book by Alexei Mustafin, designed not only for adolescents but also for adults. A bright and fascinating puzzle, composed of stories about events that took place thousands of years ago, interesting facts from the lives of famous people of the past, from the histories of individual countries and peoples, in the eyes of the reader becomes a general panorama of ancient times in human history. Why did the first civilizations emerge where human food was more monotonous? How did the vanity of the Persian king help decipher the writing of the people who disappeared two millennia before his birth? When did the first battle in history take place and how was the last one determined? Why did the Maya paint their temples red and the Babylonians prefer blue? Would democracy have emerged if the Greeks did not have the alphabet and metal money? And what imperial hobby turned out to be more attractive than power over a state spread over three continents? The answers to these and many other questions allow not only to learn about interesting facts, but also to understand the "logic of history".