Ancient history

Economic archaeology and ancient economic history have boomed the past decades.

Bread was the staple of the ancient Mediterranean diet.

This book charts the evolution of Islamic dialectical theory (jadal) over a four-hundred year period.

This Palgrave Pivot examines how prominent thinkers throughout history, from ancient Greece to sixteenth-century France, have perceived tyrants and tyranny.

This book is a companion to logical thought and logical thinking in China with a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective.

This book focuses on the role that the Oxford classical curriculum has had in shaping Oscar Wilde's aestheticism.

This book moves beyond the debate on 'wisdom literature', ongoing in biblical studies, to demonstrate the productivity of 'wisdom' as a literary category.

This book offers the first systematic reading of Plato's Laches in English after three decades of scholarly silence.

This volume explores how scholars wrote, preserved, circulated, and read knowledge in ancient Mesopotamia.

This book critically investigates the origins and consequences of the Janus-faced character of attitudes and policies towards migrants that seek to penetrate "e;Fortress Europe"e;.

This volume explores how scholars wrote, preserved, circulated, and read knowledge in ancient Mesopotamia.

This volume is concerned with the eschatology of Origen, the great 3rd century theologian and philosopher of Alexandria.

La Grece est a la source de la culture occidentale et de l'histoire europeenne.

Au XVIe siecle, explorateurs, trafiquants, conquistadores europeens n'ont nullement rencontre un monde primitif et desert ; la population indigene, 12 millions de personnes au minimum, vivait des ressources locales, ne connaissait pas de mortalite endemique et precoce mais beneficiait d'une bonne sante generale.

Keen to learn but short on time?

Keen to learn but short on time?

Keen to learn but short on time?

Keen to learn but short on time?

Keen to learn but short on time?

Keen to learn but short on time?

Keen to learn but short on time?

Die landwirtschaftliche Produktion bildete eine der zentralen Aufgabe römischer Villen.

Pour qui se pique de philosophie, l’abeille est un sujet de choix.

Christian Blanc a été un acteur majeur des événements qui se sont déroulés en Nouvelle-Calédonie, entre 1984 et les accords de Matignon de 1988.

Now endorsed by OCR and under review by Eduqas, this popular Latin course for students aged 11 16 is breathing new life into Latin teaching and learning.

Shortlisted for the 2026 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing'Superb' Telegraph'There's a real sense of peace and magic in this beautiful book' Daisy Buchanan'Utterly endearing' Dr James Canton'A fantastic book for weird walkers and megalith-obsessives alike' Weird Walk 'I was alternately gripped and moved to tears by this brilliant, exquisite memoir.

This book explores the ways in which the origins of time, of the gods, and processes associated with time were conceptualised in antiquity, examining a variety of ancient sources from across the ancient world and addressing issues surrounding the sources themselves.

Extrait : "La découverte en 1852 d'une sorte de nouvelle égyptienne, analogue aux récits des Mille et une nuits, fut une surprise réelle pour la plupart des savants de l'Europe.