Ancient history

Contrary to ingrained academic and public assumptions, wherein indigenous lowland South American societies are viewed as the product of historical emplacement and spatial stasis, there is widespread evidence to suggest that migration and displacement have been the norm, and not the exception.

To date, the pathbreaking medical contributions of the early Mesopotamians have been only vaguely understood.

In the wake of the conquests of Alexander the Great, the ancient world of the Bible-the ancient Near East-came under Greek rule, and in the land of Israel, time-old traditions and Greek culture met.

A lively combination of scholarship and unorthodoxy makes these studies in ancient history and literature unusually rewarding.

The figure of the dog is a paradox.

Although scholars have long studied how Muslims authenticated and transmitted Muhammad's sayings and practices (hadith), the story of how they interpreted and reinterpreted the meanings of hadith over the past millennium has yet to be told.

The Music of Tragedy offers a new approach to the study of classical Greek theater by examining the use of musical language, imagery, and performance in the late work of Euripides.

During the period from Rome's Stone Age beginnings on the Tiber River to its conquest of the Italian peninsula in 264 B.

What can we learn about the world of an ancient empire from the ways that people complain when they feel that they have been violated?

This sweeping, richly evocative study examines the origins and legacies of a flourishing captive exchange economy within and among native American and Euramerican communities throughout the Southwest Borderlands from the Spanish colonial era to the end of the nineteenth century.

Roman religion has long presented a number of challenges to historians approaching the subject from a perspective framed by the three Abrahamic religions.

Throughout the ancient world, origin stories were told across the ancient world in many different ways: through poetry, prose, monumental and decorative arts, and performance in civic and religious rituals.

Ancestral Pueblo farmers encountered the deep, well watered, and productive soils of the central Mesa Verde region of Southwest Colorado around A.

What made the Romans laugh?

This book explores the emergence of Greek tragedy on the American stage from the nineteenth century to the present.

The figure of Julius Caesar has loomed large in the United States since its very beginning, admired and evoked as a gateway to knowledge of politics, war, and even national life.

This is the third volume of Getzel Cohen's important work on the Hellenistic settlements in the ancient world.

The sea is omnipresent in Greek life.

Throughout Western history, there have been those who felt compelled to share a dissenting opinion on public matters, while still hoping to avoid the social, political, and even criminal consequences for exercising free speech.

Civic Rites explores the religious origins of Western democracy by examining the government of fifth-century BCE Athens in the larger context of ancient Greece and the eastern Mediterranean.

The Gift of Knowledge / Ttnuwit Atawish Nchinchimam is a treasure trove of material for those interested in Native American culture.

This book focuses on the attempts of three ascetics-John Moschus, Sophronius of Jerusalem, and Maximus Confessor-to determine the Church's power and place during a period of profound crisis, as the eastern Roman empire suffered serious reversals in the face of Persian and then Islamic expansion.

Why did you have to learn about wars, especially one that happened centuries ago.

It's interesting to know that despite the absence of great technological feats and volumes of information, the Aztecs were able to create a highly progressive government and society.

Native to the Kalahari Desert, Hoodia gordonii is a succulent plant known by generations of Indigenous San peoples to have a variety of uses: to reduce hunger, increase energy, and ease breastfeeding.

In 2012, the United Nations General Assembly determined that affordable Internet access is a human right, critical to citizen participation in democratic governments.

Finalist for the 2017 Lambda Literary "e;Lammy"e; Award in LGBTQ StudiesThe first book to examine the correlation between mixed-race identity and HIV/AIDS among Native American gay men and transgendered people, Indian Blood provides an analysis of the emerging and often contested LGBTQ "e;two-spirit"e; identification as it relates to public health and mixed-race identity.

Often when Native nations assert their treaty rights and sovereignty, they are confronted with a backlash from their neighbors, who are fearful of losing control of the natural resources.

Did you know that the Ancient Egyptians were not just good at running their government, but were excellent inventors too?

Ancient Mesopotamia is often referred to as the "e;cradle of civilization"e; and there's good reason to it.

Did you know that slaves played a big role in the ancient African society?

The Aztec made strides in terms of the technology art work that they produced.

The Americas have been the site of two distinct waves of human migration, each associated with human-caused extinctions.

Jump back in time with the help of this highly educational book.

Wow!

Let's go visit the ancient people and see the world as they see it.

Native Americans have been a constant fixture on television, from the dawn of broadcasting, when the iconic Indian head test pattern was frequently used during station sign-ons and sign-offs, to the present.

From the 1870s to the 1930s, the Lake Superior Ojibwes of Minnesota and Wisconsin faced dramatic economic, political, and social changes.

How was trade and commerce different in Ancient Mesopotamia?

The Mayan Empire was a civilization rich in stories.

Who were the Babylonians and where did they come from?

Did you know that there's so much you can learn from the early civilizations that are applicable today?

How do you help young children learn more about Native Americans than the cultural stereotypes found in children's books and in the media?

Does your kid love to see the world but is not old enough to fly in a plane yet?

One little two, little three American Indians!

"e;I walked across the highway and stood on the bank overlooking Lake Roosevelt.

Labib Habachi, Egypt's most perceptive and productive Egyptologist, was marginalized for most of his career, only belatedly receiving international recognition for his major contributions to the field.

Young children may not know what life was like before technology.

As the host of one of National Public Radio's most popular interview programs, Michael Krasny has spent decades leading conversations on every imaginable topic and discussing life's most important questions with the foremost thinkers of our time.