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From the dawn of writing in Sumer to the sunset of the Islamic empire, Founding Gods, Inventing Nations traces four thousand years of speculation on the origins of civilization. Investigating a vast……続きを見る

This volume offers the first comprehensive treatment of how the five canonical Greek novels represent slaves and slavery. In each novel, one or both elite protagonists are enslaved, and Owens explor……続きを見る

Guatemala emerged from the clash between Spanish invaders and Maya cultures that began five centuries ago. The conquest of these “rich and strange lands,” as Hernán Cortés called them, and their “ma……続きを見る

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Elibron Classics. Replica of 1906 edition by John Murray, London. This is an illustrated edition. William Matthew Flinders Petrie, (1853 – 1942) an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic m……続きを見る

The Seven Tablets of Creation By Leonard William King "This is L.W. Kings' authoritative work on the Enuma Elish, the Babylonian creation myth. This text includes the complete introduction, and the ……続きを見る

The Material World of Ancient Egypt examines the objects and artifacts, the representations in art, and the examples of documentation that together reveal the day-to-day physical substance of life i……続きを見る

William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 July 26, 1925) was a tour de force in American politics around the end of the 19th century. Bryan had a long, distinguished career in politics as a liberal in……続きを見る

From popular histories through to reworkings of classical subject matter by contemporary poets, dramatists, and novelists, the classical world and the masterpieces of its literature continue to fasc……続きを見る

Two major Jewish risings against Rome took place in the years following the destruction of Jerusalem - the first during Trajan's Parthian war, and the second, led by Bar Kokhba, under Hadrian's prin……続きを見る

For Socrates, philosophy, was the study of how to lead one's life, and for Wittgenstein, `philosophy leaves everything as it is.' Throughout this book, the work of the ancients is set in the context……続きを見る

Includes:•Charles River Editors original biography of Attila the Hun•Attila, King of the Huns, and His Predecessors by William Herbert•Passages on Attila by Jordanes, from The Origin and Deeds of th……続きを見る

Secrets of the Pink Kush is the true story of a research journey and covers many different topics. The discoveries were so amazing that the author felt compelled to share this research information ……続きを見る

Secrets of the Pink Kush is the true story of a research journey and covers many different topics. The discoveries were so amazing that the author felt compelled to share this research information ……続きを見る

This monograph examines two insurgencies conducted by the Jews in ancient times: The Maccabee Revolt against the Seleucid Empire from 166-164 BC and the Revolt against the Roman Empire from 66-70 AD……続きを見る

While we know a great deal about naval strategies in the classical Greek and later Roman periods, our understanding of the period in between--the Hellenistic Age--has never been as complete. However……続きを見る

While we know a great deal about naval strategies in the classical Greek and later Roman periods, our understanding of the period in between--the Hellenistic Age--has never been as complete. However……続きを見る

William A Graham, a leading international scholar in the field of Islamic Studies, gathers together his selected writings under three sections: 1.History and Interpretation of Islamic Religion; 2.Th……続きを見る

From popular histories through to reworkings of classical subject matter by contemporary poets, dramatists, and novelists, the classical world and the masterpieces of its literature continue to fasc……続きを見る

This study provides a critical edition of the Pervigilium Veneris with a Latin text, translation and commentary. This late-antique poem, the 'Vigil of Venus', is of unknown date and authorship. It e……続きを見る

The history of Rome is that of a city which originally had only a few miles of territory, and gradually extended its dominions at first over Italy and then over the civilized world. The city lay in ……続きを見る

Before the murderers of Domitian raised their hands to strike the fatal blow, they looked around, we read, to find a successor to replace him. Others whom they sounded on the subject shrunk away in ……続きを見る

Robert William Rogers' The History of the Chaldean Empire is a fascinating, brief history of the Mesopotamian empire. 続きを見る

William Shakespeare is widely considered to have been the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s greatest dramatist. More than 400 years after Shakespeare’s death, his plays are sti……続きを見る

L'«Atlantide», ce royaume englouti, a-t-il vraiment existé ? La question est posée, l'auteur Walter Scott-Elliot nous fait voyager en direction de l'Atlantide. Son récit nous décrit la situation géo……続きを見る

The main purpose of this book is to exhibit a fair delineation of the credulity of the human mind. Such an exhibition cannot fail to be productive of the most salutary lessons. One view of the subje……続きを見る

This is the first work to trace the origins of religion to the "Agricultural Revolution." It does so by identifying the enigmatic psychoactive drugs employed by the Indo-European religion. Through t……続きを見る

William F. Leggett’s classic text, Ancient and Medieval Dyes, is an informative and easy-to-read introduction to the most common animal and vegetable dyes used before the introduction of synthetic c……続きを見る

In 'History of the settlement of Upper Canada (Ontario,) with special reference to the Bay Quinté,' William Canniff provides a comprehensive account of the early colonization of Upper Canada, focusi……続きを見る

The Seven Tablets Of Creation contains the Enuma Elish which is the earliest written creation myth. It describes how the creation of the universe came about when Marduk battled the chaos Goddess Tia……続きを見る