The Universities of Ancient Greece (1912) examines Greek education in the Classical world, from the pre-Alexandrian times to the last three centuries B.
Patronage in Ancient Society (1989) examines a subject central to the society of the ancient Mediterranean, bringing together the interests of ancient historians and sociologists, using ancient societies, and particularly Roman society, as the focus for their studies.
The Provinces of the Roman Empire from Caesar to Diocletian is a description of all Roman regions during the early imperial period, written by Theodor Mommsen.
Minoans, Philistines, and Greeks (1930) presents a historical narrative of the fortunes of the Aegean people, including invaders of and fugitives from the Aegean area, from the end of the fifteenth to the end of the tenth century B.
The Ancient City of Athens (1953) contains both definite reports of the actual discoveries in the excavations which revolutionised previous topographical views of Athens, and articles and discussions to which these new discoveries gave rise.
The Ionians and Hellenism (1980) presents an assessment of the art, literature and philosophy of the Asia Minor Greeks - the Ionians - in the eighth to sixth centuries B.
Economic Structures of the Ancient Near East (1985) is a political economy of antiquity which applies the universal conclusions of theoretical economics to the interpretation of economic life.
In this overview, Michael Burger's pedagogical goal is to provide a brief historical narrative of Western civilization to enable students to engage more fully with primary sources.
This volume challenges patrimonialism as a political model for the ancient Near East by engaging with letters and legal texts concerning royal women at Late Bronze Age Ugarit, demonstrating women's pivotal roles in the exercise of power, and then bringing these insights to bear on the Hebrew Bible.
This is the first book-length exploration of the ways art from the edges of the Roman Empire represented the future, examining visual representations of time and the role of artwork in Roman imperial systems.
LA EXCEPCIONAL HISTORIA DE UN SISTEMA POLÍTICO DE LA ANTIGÜEDAD QUE HA DADO FORMA AL PENSAMIENTO OCCIDENTAL «El gran logro de Cartledge es explicarnos con claridad lo sorprendente que fue, en un mundo dominado por monarquías y tiranías, que el voto de un campesino alguna vez tuviera el mismo rango que el de un aristócrata».
This book provides a detailed introduction to the study of the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips, explaining the preservation and analysis of the artifacts and their significance in historical research of the pre-Qin period.
While Plato's and Aristotle's theories of virtue have received extensive scholarly attention, less work has been done on Xenophon's portraits of virtue and on his attitude towards the theoretical issues connected with it.
Minoans, Philistines, and Greeks (1930) presents a historical narrative of the fortunes of the Aegean people, including invaders of and fugitives from the Aegean area, from the end of the fifteenth to the end of the tenth century B.
This Handbook is the first to consider the interrelated subjects of gender and sexuality in the Eastern Roman Empire from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Based on four years of ethnographic research, this book discusses the presence of Christianity on Areruya, an indigenous religious movement practiced by the Ingarik in Northern Amazonia.
Greek and Latin Literature (1969) examines the two ancient literatures using a comparative method that recognizes the links between them - most Latin genres owe something to their Greek forebears.
Nach der dramatischen Eroberung Konstantinopels im Jahr 1204 durch die Kreuzfahrer des vierten Kreuzzugs lag das einst mächtige Byzantinische Reich in Trümmern.
In Ancient Cosmologies (1975) nine eminent scholars seek to answer the question, what was the shape of the universe imagined by those ancient peoples to whom all modern knowledge of geography and astronomy was inaccessible?
Dieses eBook: "Egyptische Märchen (Alme)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
The Tyrants of Corinth is the first monograph in English devoted to the archaic tyranny of Corinth and the engaging legends of Cypselus and Periander, which embrace such themes as hidden babies, animal helpers, arbitrary violence, necrophilia and vengeful ghosts.
Athens and the Greek Miracle (1948) is a work of interpretation, poetic in character rather than scientific or historical, that attempts to penetrate some of the primary causes of this unique Athenian culture, to evoke its past spirit in the modern world.
The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (Part Eight) captivates the heart and reason by its wonderful narration to the end of the era of the Rommy and the emergence of the state of the priests during the era of the twenty -first family.
Religion in Ancient History (1969) includes 25 essays on comparative religion, covering the origin of religion, and studies of the religions of the peoples of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Israel, Greece and Iran.
