For five thousand years, the narrow strip of coast between the white peaks of Lebanon and the deep Mediterranean has served as the hinge of human progress.
The Persian Empire was one of the largest and most sophisticated civilizations of the ancient world, stretching from the Indus Valley to the shores of the Mediterranean.
In this compelling, readable and revisionist book, historian Laura Bolick challenges the traditional argument that the Byzantine Empire's fate, in the final decades of the fifteenth century, was inevitable collapse.
Aan het noordelijke grensgebied van het Romeinse Rijk, waar rivieren het land voortdurend herscheppen en loyaliteiten even beweeglijk zijn als het water, wordt de jonge Romein Quintus Valerius Maro uitgezonden als waarnemer.
This book presents a novel perspective on long-distance trade in the ancient world that integrates network theory and environmental analysis into our understandings of production, movement and exchange in the so-called Long Classical Millennium (c.
This book presents a novel perspective on long-distance trade in the ancient world that integrates network theory and environmental analysis into our understandings of production, movement and exchange in the so-called Long Classical Millennium (c.
In a time when division, disinformation, and indifference threaten to eclipse understanding, Lessons from Humanity calls readers back to the moral foundations of history.
From Scripture to Screen: Understanding How We All Direct Our Own Jesus StoryIn this innovative book, two respected New Testament scholars explore the ways the Jesus story has been told and retold from the earliest Gospel writings to contemporary film adaptations.
The Hellenistic city of New Halos, situated on the coastal route between North and Central Greece, existed for only a short period (ca 302-265 BC) before being destroyed by an earthquake and finally abandoned.
The Hellenistic city of New Halos, situated on the coastal route between North and Central Greece, existed for only a short period (ca 302-265 BC) before being destroyed by an earthquake and finally abandoned.
Lange bevor Griechen und Römer ihre Reiche errichteten, herrschten in Anatolien die Hethiter – ein Volk, das Schrift, Diplomatie und Religion auf erstaunliche Weise verband.
Vor der glanzvollen Epoche des klassischen Griechenland existierte eine Welt, die ebenso komplex, ehrgeizig und geheimnisvoll war: das mykenische Griechenland.
Religion war im alten Ägypten nicht nur Glaube – sie war die Ordnung, die das Chaos fernhielt, der Rhythmus, der den Alltag strukturierte, und die Sprache, mit der Menschen ihre Welt verstanden.
Lange bevor Athen und Rom die Bühne der Geschichte betraten, erblühte auf Kreta eine Zivilisation, deren Eleganz und Erfindungsgeist Europa prägten: die Minoer.