Ancient history

Lilith – eine der faszinierendsten und umstrittensten Gestalten der Menschheitsgeschichte.

Culinary Technology of the Ancient Near East discusses the technical aspects of meal preparation, cooking, and baking in the ancient Near East, exploring a wide range of topics including kitchens, cooking equipment, cooking and baking vessels, and serving and eating utensils.

'One of the best trilogies since Wolf Hall.

In The History of Archaic Rome, Dionysius purposely viewed Roman history as an embodiment of all that was best in Greek culture.

A focused study of an ancient myth and its reception, which provokes new consideration of how myth in general can challenge social norms.

Written by the eminent sinologist Michael Loewe, and edited for publication by T.

The Hellenistic period, from Alexander the Great to the Battle of Actium, was a time of great technological change and innovation in naval design.

Written by one of the 20th Century's foremost historians of Iberia, Harold Livermore was a prize-winning author and one of the first anglophone scholars to research the annals of Spain and Portugal.

This volume covers two closely related themes.

In Those for Whom the Lamp Shines, Vince L.

The empire behind the legendCarthage was a power that dominated the western Mediterranean for almost six centuries before its fall to Rome.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Griechische Köpfe" verfügbar.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Sozialutopisches Denken in der griechischen Antike" verfügbar.

How to survive your anti-Christmas friends and family with facts to keep you groundedThis holiday season, dive into the depths of Christmas like never before with "e;The Scary Truth About Christmas.

The essays examine how the study of facial features or expressions as indicative of character or ethnicity, has evolved from the crossroad of magic, religion and primitive medicine to present-day cultural concern for wellness and beauty.

Uncover the mysteries of one of history's most captivating myths in "e;Atlantis in Culture: The Enduring Legacy of a Lost Civilization.

A king lights emergency beacons just to make his favorite concubine laugh.

Professor Scarborough brings together here fourteen of his essays on ancient drugs and pharmacy, dealing with aspects of a pharmacology and medical botany that incorporate magic, astrology, and alchemy, as well as the expected theoretical constructs of elements, qualities, and humors.

A king once lit his nation's emergency beacons—not to warn of invasion, but to make his favorite concubine laugh.

A Rosetta Key for History: Generations Revealing the Phases of TimeThis work reveals how generations form the hidden rhythm of history.