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Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d'abord les comprendre L’Arménie est un mystère. Présent dans notre imaginaire à travers la mémoire du génocide, l’héritage soviétique et les cimes enne……続きを見る

Spend 24 hours with the ancient Chinese. The year is AD 17. The Han dynasty is in power and we are in and around Chang’an, the capital and one of the most developed regions of the empire**, which** ……続きを見る

This volume explores the reception of the classical past in the works of twentieth-century American dramatist Robert E. Sherwood and his use of the ancient world to critique key events and trends in……続きを見る

Originally published in 1940, this book covers German history, including chapters on Prussi, the beginning of the Frankfort Parliament, and the civil war for the constitution. 続きを見る

Le texte anonyme "Peines, tortures et supplices" explore les mécanismes de la souffrance au sein des sociétés, en examinant les pratiques de châtiments physiques et psychologiques. Avec un style dir……続きを見る

How does law come to be stated as substantive rules, and then how does it change? In this collection of discussions from the James S. Carpentier Lectures in legal history and criticism, one of Brita……続きを見る

Elegantly written by a distinguished culinary historian, Food Is Culture explores the innovative premise that everything having to do with foodーits capture, cultivation, preparation, and consumptio……続きを見る

Known for his entertaining investigations into culinary practice, Massimo Montanari turns his hungry eye to the phenomenon of food culture, food lore, cooking methods, and eating habits throughout h……続きを見る

For more than fifty years, students and teachers have made the two-volume resource Sources of Indian Traditions their top pick for an accessible yet thorough introduction to Indian and South Asian c……続きを見る

How do people excluded from political life achieve political agency? Through a series of historical events that have been mostly overlooked by political theorists, Martin Breaugh identifies fleeting……続きを見る

Jared Diamond and other leading scholars have argued that the domestication of animals for food, labor, and tools of war has advanced the development of human society. But by comparing practices of ……続きを見る

Investingーthe commitment of resources to achieve a returnーaffects individuals, families, companies, and nations, and has done so throughout history. Yet until the sixteenth century, investing was ……続きを見る

L’âme du Sénégal est marchande. Le commerce coule ici comme le fleuve. Il nourrit les espoirs, porte les familles, relie les émigrés à leur terre, lance vers l’Europe et les États-Unis une jeunesse ……続きを見る

International contributors from the fields of political science, cultural studies, history, and literature grapple with both the local and global impact of World War I on marginal communities in Chi……続きを見る

Publicada en 1590 en Sevilla, esta obra está basada en indagaciones cuidadosas en las que el autor combina tanto sus propias observaciones como testimonios de personas enteradas y dignas de crédito,……続きを見る

Ecco tutti i capitoli e gli interessanti temi acutamente trattati da Morris De Camp Crawford in questo raro e prezioso libro: Gli antenati di Adamo; Madre necessità e le sue nozze; Il fuoco e la pie……続きを見る

Durante mucho tiempo, la emancipación de los esclavos se consideró fruto de la acción de abolicionistas liberales y blancos. Aline Helg, basándose en una rica historiografía de fuentes estadounidens……続きを見る

A theosophist and believer of the Occult, Wlilliam Scott-Elliot gives us in "The Story of Atlantis", first published in 1896, a description of the history and structure of Atlantis, along with what ……続きを見る

Valioso documento de educación para niños de 7 a 12 años de edad publicado originalmente en idioma italiano en 1889 merecedor de diversas distinciones académicas intrnacionales y luego traducido a m……続きを見る

THE history of the Victorian Age will never be written; we know too much about it. For ignorance is the first requisite of the historianーignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and……続きを見る

A theosophist and believer of the Occult, Wlilliam Scott-Elliot gives us in "The Lost Lemuria", first published in 1904, a description of Lemuria, along with what he considers evidence of this. The ……続きを見る

A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Full of delightful nuggets' Guardian online 'Entertaining, informative and philosphical ... An essential read' All About History 'Extraordinary range ... All the world an……続きを見る

« L’esclavage nous a appris à survivre, mais il nous a empêché d’apprendre à vivre en peuple ». C’est par ce terrible constat que Matthieu Gama pose la question fondamentale de l’ambition des popula……続きを見る

The name of Gilgamesh is one that resounds all over the world and has been well-known for thousands of years. Of all the most illustrious figures of history and human heritage, Gilgamesh also happen……続きを見る

This book traces the long history of wars and peace in China, and the many civilized and uncivilized stages of Chinese history. It has often been said that China has a long history of over 5,000 yea……続きを見る

Perhaps the most explosive issue in South Africa today is the question of land ownership. The central theme in this country’s colonial history is the dispossession of indigenous African societies by……続きを見る

There are brothers, princes, sworn enemies and rulers of their own vast lands. But, prophecy and the sanctified scrolls of the king, their late father, state that there must be a king to rule over t……続きを見る

Shakespeare’s plays have a long and varied performance history. The relevance of his plays in literary studies cannot be understated, but only recently have scholars been looking into the presence a……続きを見る

"Weiliao" is a series program that tells the story of the world, it created by Wei Yi Culture and Media AB, and launched in 2020. The content touches on history, science, technology, astronomy, geog……続きを見る

An Ottoman Era Town in the Balkans: The Case Study of Kavala presents the town of Kavala in Northern Greece as an example of Ottoman urban and residential development, covering the long period of Ka……続きを見る