The Persian Empire was the world's first hyperpower, with territory stretching from Central Asia to Northeastern Africa and from Southeastern Europe to the Indus Valley.
"e;Fascism"e; is a word ubiquitous in our contemporary political discourse, but few know about its roots in the ancient past or its long, strange evolution to the present.
"e;Fascism"e; is a word ubiquitous in our contemporary political discourse, but few know about its roots in the ancient past or its long, strange evolution to the present.
"e;The Lord confused the language of all the earth,"e; so the Tower of Babel story in the Hebrew Bible's book of Genesis tells us to explain why the world's people communicate in countless languages while previously they all spoke only one.
The story most often commonly told about the Maya involves their spectacular collapse at the height of their civilization in the early ninth century CE.
In this collection of essays, an international group of renowned scholars attempt to establish the theoretical basis for studying the ancient and medieval history of the Mediterranean Sea and the lands around it.
While Roman religion worshipped a number of gods, one kind in particular aroused the fury of early Christians and the wonder of scholars: the cult of Roman emperors alive or dead.
The Greek Wars treats of the whole course of Persian relations with the Greeks from the coming of Cyrus in the 540s down to Alexander the Great's defeat of Darius III in 331 BC.
In this book distinguished experts from a range of disciplines (Orientalists, philologists, philosophers, theologians and historians) address a central problem which lies at the heart of the religious and philosophical debate of late antiquity.
A unique history of the ancient Near East that compellingly presents the life stories of kings, priestesses, merchants, bricklayers, and others In this sweeping history of the ancient Near East, Amanda Podany takes readers on a gripping journey from the creation of the world's first cities to the conquests of Alexander the Great.
A unique history of the ancient Near East that compellingly presents the life stories of kings, priestesses, merchants, bricklayers, and others In this sweeping history of the ancient Near East, Amanda Podany takes readers on a gripping journey from the creation of the world's first cities to the conquests of Alexander the Great.
The Religious History of the Roman Empire: The Republican Centuries is the second Oxford Readings in Classical Studies volume on the religious history of the Roman Empire, accompanying the volume on paganism, Judaism, and Christianity.
The Religious History of the Roman Empire: The Republican Centuries is the second Oxford Readings in Classical Studies volume on the religious history of the Roman Empire, accompanying the volume on paganism, Judaism, and Christianity.
Das Buch bietet einen erzählerischen Zugang zu Platon: Wie fühlt es sich an, die abendländische Philosophie ohne Vorbild zu begründen und innerlich zerrissen zu sein?
Das Buch bietet einen erzählerischen Zugang zu Platon: Wie fühlt es sich an, die abendländische Philosophie ohne Vorbild zu begründen und innerlich zerrissen zu sein?
Race-Relations in Ancient Egypt (1951) examines the change in interpretation of the term 'Greek' which before Alexander the Great had stood for exclusiveness and indicated a citizen of a narrow Greek city-state, to the meaning of 'a Greek mental outlook' and 'to have Greek culture'.
At the heart of this work is the inner sacred journey through past life regression with QHHT to Ancient Egypt and its Lost Enigmatic Labyrinth of Hawara.
Roman Hispania explores the transformation of the Iberian Peninsula under Roman rule, from fierce resistance against conquest to becoming one of the most important regions of the Roman Empire.
Race-Relations in Ancient Egypt (1951) examines the change in interpretation of the term 'Greek' which before Alexander the Great had stood for exclusiveness and indicated a citizen of a narrow Greek city-state, to the meaning of 'a Greek mental outlook' and 'to have Greek culture'.
This book offers a comprehensive guide to the works of Seneca the Younger (4 BCE-65 CE), the foremost rhetorician, tragedian, and philosopher of his time who had a major role in the politics and culture of the age of Emperor Nero.
The prevalence of particular fortress types in medieval China, Mongolia, Japan and Korea demanded the evolution of different modes of siege warfare in each country.
The prevalence of particular fortress types in medieval China, Mongolia, Japan and Korea demanded the evolution of different modes of siege warfare in each country.
This book offers a comprehensive guide to the works of Seneca the Younger (4 BCE-65 CE), the foremost rhetorician, tragedian, and philosopher of his time who had a major role in the politics and culture of the age of Emperor Nero.
In this piece Mary Gilmore Williams uses literary and epigraphic evidence to reconstruct a portrait of two key women of the second century AD, Julia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus and mother of Cara-calla, and her niece Julia Mamaea.
For more than a century, textbooks, universities, encyclopedias, and institutions confidently declared that civilization began in Mesopotamia around 3500 BC.
