Ancient history

Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject.

Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject.

Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who lived in the fifth century BC (c.

Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who lived in the fifth century BC (c.

Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who lived in the fifth century BC (c.

Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who lived in the fifth century BC (c.

Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who lived in the fifth century BC (c.

Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who lived in the fifth century BC (c.

Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who lived in the fifth century BC (c.

Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who lived in the fifth century BC (c.

Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who lived in the fifth century BC (c.

In Antikythera Mechanism: The Story Behind the Genius of the Greek Computer and Its Demise, Evaggelos G.

This book presents a plausible account of how thousands of tons of unusually pure copper ore from Isle Royale in northern Michigan's Lake Superior was mined and shipped to Europe by the Minoans 4500 years ago during the Bronze Age, and how Stonehenge in E

We recognize the names: Achilles, Odysseus, Zeus, and Apollo.

This book collects new work on Latin didactic poetry and prose in the late Republic and early Empire, and it evaluates the varied, shifting roles that literature of teaching and learning played during this period.

Alchemy Child of Greek Philosophy by Arthur John Hopkins is an illuminating exploration of the ancient practice of alchemy, tracing its philosophical roots back to the intellectual traditions of ancient Greece.

Ranging from the Symposium to the Apology, this is a concise but authoritative guide to the most important and widely studied of Plato's Socratic dialogues.

Ranging from the Symposium to the Apology, this is a concise but authoritative guide to the most important and widely studied of Plato's Socratic dialogues.

Greggs book is the closet thing Ive encountered in a long time to a one-volume users manual for operating Western Civilization.

This is an initiation into the tone, structure, and mentality of Egyptian knowledge, the basis of all Western theology and science.

Shows how dance, the highest expression of spirituality in cultures and traditions all over the world, is being integrated into the lives of women today *; The first book to explore women's spiritual expression--women's ways--through a study of dance *; Investigates how dance came to be excluded from worship, and reveals how dance is once again being brought into spiritual practices *; Includes resources for further instruction in sacred dance Today we primarily think of dance as a form of entertainment or as a way to exercise or socialize.

Case studies combine archaeological data and oral tradition to illustrate how the archaeological expression of beliefs and meanings passed down in the oral tradition may be interpreted.

When we experience the powerful force of a waterfall, the elusive beauty of a rainbow, or the stark strength of a craggy expanse of cliff many of us have perceived ';something else' that goes beyond the five senses: feelings of peace, comfort, healing, and inspiration.

Could the killing of Germanicus Julius Caesar-the grandson of Mark Antony, adopted son of the emperor Tiberius, father of Caligula, and grandfather of Nero-while the Roman Empire was still in its infancy have been the root cause of the empire's collapse more than four centuries later?

From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses, the story of social media from ancient Rome to the Arab Spring and beyond.

From the author of the acclaimed Measuring America, a dazzling chronicle, through history and across cultures, about how the ability to own the land we inhabit has shaped modern society.

Discover the celestial myths and cosmic rituals of ancient priests and kings .

The most powerful army of its time is faced with insurgent attacks and revolts on the borders of their lands.

Stratagems: The Roman Strategy at War is a combination of two ancient Roman texts, Stratagems by Sextus Julius Frontius from the first century AD and Concerning Military Matters by Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatius from the fourth century AD.

Practice-oriented educational philosopher Elie Holzer invites readers to grow as teachers, students, or co-learners through "e;attuned learning,"e; a new paradigm of mindfulness.

Rise and Decline of Civilizations: Lessons for the Jewish People is a thought experiment in which the author examines the work of 23 historians of the last 2,400 years, from Thucydides to Jared Diamond, who describe the rise and decline of nations and civilizations.

The Crown Games were the apex of competition in ancient Greece.

Is psychiatry a distinctively modern approach to mental difference and distress, or is it a continuation of ancient Greek ideas in the realm not only of medicine (consider 'melancholia'), but also of philosophy (source of the idea of 'therapeutics of the soul') and tragic drama (inspiration for, among other concepts, the 'Oedipus complex')?

Addressing the relationship between religion and ideology, and drawing on a range of literary, ritual, and visual sources, this book reconstructs the cultural discourse of Assyria from the third through the first millennium BCE.