For those who believe that globalization is a purely modern phenomenon, this book holds a startling and absorbing lesson. "From Egypt to Babylon" immerses readers in a world of exotic empires and states as they waxed and waned and interacted in a period of extraordinary internationalism--all before the rise of the Persian Empire. The ancient Egyptians, Minoans, Mycenaeans, Hittites, Canaanites, H...