Ancient history

This book offers a provocative and groundbreaking re-appraisal of the demands of acting ancient tragedy, informed by cutting-edge scholarship in the fields of actor training, theatre history, and classical reception.

Social coexistence is made possible and regulated by norms.

Dieses essential gibt einen Überblick über aktuelle Analysemethoden von Gesteinsartefakten von der Attributanalyse ganzer Inventare bis hin zu mikroskopischen Gebrauchsspurenanalysen einzelner Artefakte.

This collective volume contains thirty six original studies on various aspects of Ancient Greek language, linguistics and philology written by an international group of leading authorities in the field.

Religion is closely linked to social development as it often serves as the ideological fundament of a society and one of the foremost expressions of its culture.

Unter Vorgeschichte versteht man gewöhnlich die Geschichte der Menschen vor dem Einsatz schriftlicher Zeugnisse.

The articles of this comprehensive edited volume offer a multidisciplinary, global and comparative approach to the history of empires.

The book provides an insight into the scientific evolution of mankind, food production, writing system, modern society and their spread in Sikkim.

The Dynamics of Tribals Development Issues and Challenges discusses the nature, process and typology of development in general and with special reference to tribals and displaced persons, to be properly rehabilitated sharing of revenue through Joint Forest.

Karan vir Oberoi, a real-estate magnate living in New York has recurrent dreams of someone that looks like an ancient warrior clad in golden armour adorning golden earrings.

The Title An Arabic-English Lexicon (8Th Vol) written/authored/edited by Edward William Lane, Edited By Stanley Lane-Poole, published in the year 2017.

One of Greek mythology's oldest epic poems, the Odyssey follows one of Greek mythology's cheekiest, wiliest heroes, Odysseus, the King of Ithaca - also known as Ulysses - and his journey back from Troy after the Trojan War.

This book is the first-ever monograph on clustering patterns in prehistoric settlements.

First comprehensive account of the sequence, development and use of early prehistoric pottery in over 20 years.

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This book tackles the difficult challenge of uncovering the pathogenic cause, epidemiological mechanics and broader historical impacts of an extremely deadly third-century ancient Roman pandemic.

Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture offers an historical overview of the civilizations of the ancient Near East spanning ten thousand years of history.

The sixteen studies in this book include six specially translated from Greek and another two published here for the first time.

Showcases new approaches that reveal the remarkable transformation of Roman and Italian societies during the Middle Republican period.

Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture offers an historical overview of the civilizations of the ancient Near East spanning ten thousand years of history.

This book explores social transformations which led to the establishment of medieval Hum (future Herzegovina) and Bosnia in the period from ca.

This book explores social transformations which led to the establishment of medieval Hum (future Herzegovina) and Bosnia in the period from ca.

The sixteen studies in this book include six specially translated from Greek and another two published here for the first time.

Early Islamic Art, 650-1100 is the first in a set of four volumes of studies by Oleg Grabar.

Agent Relative Ethics asks what the world would look like if we adopted agent relativity wholeheartedly, clinging to no shred of absolute morality.

Agent Relative Ethics asks what the world would look like if we adopted agent relativity wholeheartedly, clinging to no shred of absolute morality.

Explores how cultural memory theory intersects with the literature, politics, history, and archaeology of Republican and Augustan Rome.

This book focuses on the conceptualization of the court, palace and ruler of the Umayyad Caliphate of al-Andalus.

This Element provides a synthesis and updated examination of the Aztec economy (1325–1521 AD).

Full edition of the only complete poetic text from the fourth century BC, emphasising its intertextual engagement with its models.

This book focuses on the conceptualization of the court, palace and ruler of the Umayyad Caliphate of al-Andalus.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Ancient Greece is often considered to be the birthplace of science and medicine, and the explanation of natural phenomena without recourse to supernatural causes.

A comprehensive survey of Syriac Christianity over three thousand yearsSyriac is often referred to as the third main language of Christianity, along with Latin and Greek, and it remains a foundational classical, literary, and religious language throughout the world.

Discovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient WorldSome of the most fascinating human epochs lie in the borderlands between history and mystery.

The first commentary in English on this unusual and remarkable text in over a century.

A full literary and linguistic commentary, suitable for advanced students, on the only surviving Athenian satyr-play.

A new edition of this important inscription comprising Latin text, English translation, and a comprehensive commentary.

This is the first book written that examines ancient and premodern economies from a comparative and cross-cultural perspective.

The first book to illustrate and integrate coinage comprehensively as historical evidence for the Athenian empire.

This Element will reevaluate the relationship between monasticism and the city in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.

Introduction to the nature, function, production and dissemination of Late Antique literary letters and their importance for their society.

The first modern commentary in English on this most sophisticated and brilliant of ancient Greek novels.

Treats a compelling narrative of two of history''s most famous battles, and assists translation and literary and historical appreciation.

This Element will reevaluate the relationship between monasticism and the city in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.

Given the intense competition among aristocrats seeking public office in the middle and late Roman Republic, one would expect that their persistent struggles for honor, glory, and power could have seriously undermined the state or damaged the cohesiveness of the ruling class.

This new commentary on Pseudolus provides an excellent introduction to current trends and advances in the study of Roman comedy.

An annotated selection of Hellenistic Greek poetic texts, thoroughly updated and substantially expanded in this second edition.

The political system of Athens experienced a rebalancing in the period between 404 and 307, which cannot be adequately captured with the keywords "e;decline"e; or "e;crisis"e;.