Ancient History 5

Ancient Cities surveys the cities of the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Greek and Roman worlds from the perspectives of archaeology and architectural history, bringing to life the physical world ……続きを見る

This pioneering volume approaches the languages and scripts of ancient Cyprus from an interdisciplinary point of view, with a primarily linguistic and epigraphic approach supplemented by a considera……続きを見る

The first referenece to letter writing occurs in the first text of western literature, Homer's Iliad. From the very beginning, Greeks were enthusiastic letter writers, and letter writing became a di……続きを見る

This beautifully illustrated social history of China highlights various aspects of traditional China as seen through the eyes of foreign visitors and residents from the time of the first trading con……続きを見る

This volume is a critical study of recent archaeology in the Western Wall Plaza area, Jerusalem. Considered one of the holiest places on Earth for Jews and Muslims, it is also a place of controversy……続きを見る

In ancient Greece, philosophers developed new and dazzling ideas about divinity, drawing on the deep well of poetry, myth, and religious practices even as they set out to construct new theological i……続きを見る

Sex and the Second-Best City deals with the topics of sex and society in the Laws of Plato with recourse to historical context and modern critical theory. It examines reconstructions of ancient "sex……続きを見る

Today, the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden is internationally known for its outstanding archaeological collections. Yet its origins lie in an insignificant assortment of artefacts used for ……続きを見る

This engaging book traces the history, archaeology, and legends of ancient Ireland from 9000 B.C., when nomadic hunter-gatherers appeared in Ireland at the end of the last Ice Age to 1167 A.D., when……続きを見る

The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial lifeーand even invented real automated machines The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant ca……続きを見る

There is evidence that ever since early prehistory, textiles have always had more than simply a utilitarian function. Textiles express who we are - our gender, age, family affiliation, occupation, r……続きを見る

Hermes is a vital and complex figure in Greek mythologyーtrickster and culture hero, divine child and patron of stealthy action, master of magic words, seducer and whisperer. Shepherd, artisan, hera……続きを見る

Author and historian Tom Holland returns to his roots in Roman history and the audience he cultivated with Rubiconーhis masterful, witty, brilliantly researched popular history of the fall of the Ro……続きを見る

Chios Classics brings literature’s greatest works back to life for new generations. All our books contain a linked table of contents. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is an au……続きを見る

Die Welt der Antike war dicht vernetzt – wie sehr, wird rasch klar, wenn man die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung von der Frühzeit der altorientalischen Hochkulturen bis zur Spätantike betrachtet. Doch r……続きを見る

Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) The world's most influential treatise on strategy The Art of War' is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the 5th century BC and is attributed to……続きを見る

《呂氏春秋》共二十六卷，一百六十篇，二十餘萬字。分十二紀、八覽、六論。十二紀按四季、十二月份排列，每一紀有紀首一篇和論文四篇，共計六十篇。八覽各覽有論文八篇，《有始覽》缺一篇，共計六十三篇。六論每論……続きを見る

《商君书》是战国时期法家学派的代表作之一是中国家喻户晓的人物商鞅及其后学的著作汇编。该书解决了在当时条件下实行变法的理论基础问题，提出了变法的几大原则，既有宏观理论阐述，也有具体的法令军规，其中有些……続きを見る

Offers the first complete reinterpretation of Empedocles – one of the founding figures of Western philosophy – since the publication of the Strasbourg papyrus in 1999 brought new fragments of his lo……続きを見る

Sources for the History of Western Civilization is a primary source reader designed specifically to allow undergraduate students to interact with historical documents without unnecessary editorial i……続きを見る

In modern-day media, depictions of ancient Egyptian society are of a highly sexualised, lustful culture, but how accurate are these depictions of a people so shrouded in mystery and legend that it i……続きを見る

Phaedra * Oedipus * Medea * Trojan Women * Hercules Furens * Thyestes Seneca's plays are the product of a sensational, frightening, and oppressive period of history. Tutor to the emperor Nero, Senec……続きを見る

The extraordinary mysteries of the pyramids - revealed From the development of monumental architecture around 3,000 BC to the fabulous edifices that rose up from the desert plains of Giza, these are……続きを見る

Thoroughly researched, Rodney Castleden's Minoans: Life in Bronze Age Crete here sues the results of recent research to produce a comprehensive new vision of the peoples of Minoan Crete. Since Sir A……続きを見る

In the second of two volumes of this magnificently illustrated cultural historyーthe tie-in to the PBS and BBC series The Story of the JewsーSimon Schama details the story of the Jewish people, span……続きを見る

This book brings together in one place David Hitchcock’s most significant published articles on reasoning and argument. In seven new chapters he updates his thinking in the light of subsequent schol……続きを見る

'The Life in Ancient Times,' expertly curated by L. W. Yaggy and T. L. Haines, offers an illustrious exploration into the diverse practices, beliefs, and societal structures of ancient civilizations……続きを見る

First published in 1978 and now thoroughly revised, Reading Greek is a best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students of any age. It combines the best of modern and traditio……続きを見る

Following on from Rodney Castleden's best-selling study Minoans, this major contribution to our understanding of the crucial Mycenaean period clearly and effectively brings together research and kno……続きを見る

Hecuba was the most widely read play of Euripides from antiquity to the Renaissance, appealing to readers and spectators for its controversial treatment of moral themes: revenge, war and slavery, vi……続きを見る