Eric H Cline: 16 books

Book cover of The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction
by Eric H. Cline
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013

The Iliad, Homer's epic tale of the abduction of Helen and the decade-long Trojan War, has fascinated mankind for millennia. Even today, the war inspires countless articles and books, extensive archaeological excavations, movies, television documentaries, even souvenirs and collectibles. But while...
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Tre pietre fanno un muro

La storia dell'archeologia

by Eric H. Cline
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 11, 2018

«Intensamente godibile. Cline è un grande narratore nel suo campo. Più di un lettore potrebbe provare l’urgente desiderio di buttarsi su un monticello di terra nelle vicinanze armato di pala e piccone.» The Wall Street Journal - James Romm «Questo libro ti prende per mano e ti conduce...
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From Eden to Exile

Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible

by Eric H. Cline
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012

Eric H. Cline uses the tools of his trade to examine some of the most puzzling mysteries from the Hebrew Bible and, in the process, to narrate the history of ancient Israel. Combining the academic rigor that has won the respect of his peers with an accessible style that has made him a favorite with...
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Gerusalemme assediata

Dall’antica Canaan allo Stato d’Israele

by Eric H. Cline
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 2, 2017

La prima battaglia documentabile per la conquista di Gerusalemme deve essere avvenuta attorno al 1350 a.C. e riguarda un certo Abdi-Heba, piccolo monarca di una località che gli egizi chiamano Urushalim, sulle colline oltre il deserto al di là del Mar Rosso; il re probabilmente viene circondato da...
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Jerusalem Besieged

From Ancient Canaan to Modern Israel

by Eric H. Cline
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010

"Jerusalem Besieged is a fascinating account of how and why a baffling array of peoples, ideologies, and religions have fought for some four thousand years over a city without either great wealth, size, or strategic importance. Cline guides us through the baffling, but always bloody, array of...
Book cover of Biblical Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction
by Eric H Cline
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2009

Public interest in biblical archaeology is at an all-time high, as television documentaries pull in millions of viewers to watch shows on the Exodus, the Ark of the Covenant, and the so-called Lost Tomb of Jesus. Important discoveries with relevance to the Bible are made virtually every year--during...
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1177 avant J.-C.

Le jour où la civilisation s'est effondrée

by Eric H. CLINE
Language: French
Release Date: June 2, 2016

Toutes les civilisations de la Méditerranée grecque et orientale se sont effondrées presque simultanément, il y a plus de trois mille ans. Des régions entières ont été désertées, des villes détruites et vidées de leurs habitants. L'Égypte ne sera plus que l'ombre d'elle-même. Comment...
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1177 B.C.

The Year Civilization Collapsed

by Eric H. Cline
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015

In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world...
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1177 a.C.

collasso della civiltà

by Eric H. Cline
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 6, 2014

Vennero dal mare. Sappiamo il loro nome e poco altro: li chamiamo «Popoli del Mare» e al loro arrivo caddero regni millenari e l’intera Civiltà del Bronzo collassò repentinamente. Dopo, seguirono solo lunghi secoli bui. L’Età del Bronzo era stata un’epoca di fiorenti commerci, di evoluzione...
Book cover of Three Stones Make a Wall

Three Stones Make a Wall

The Story of Archaeology

by Eric H. Cline
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018

In 1922, Howard Carter peered into Tutankhamun’s tomb for the first time, the only light coming from the candle in his outstretched hand. Urged to tell what he was seeing through the small opening he had cut in the door to the tomb, the Egyptologist famously replied, “I see wonderful things.”...
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Armageddon

La valle di tutte le battaglie

by Eric H. Cline
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 21, 2016

C’è un luogo della bassa Galilea, nell’odierno Stato d’Israele, che ha forse visto il maggior numero di battaglie al mondo: è la valle di Jezreel, Esdraelon nella Bibbia. Su una collina, ai margini della fertile piana sottostante, sorge Megiddo, una delle città più antiche di cui si abbia notizia....
Book cover of La guerra di Troia
by Eric H. Cline
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 11, 2018

Dall’Iliade di Omero, la guerra di Troia ha da sempre affascinato l’umanità. Ma dove finisce il mito e dove comincia la storia? Questo libro investiga due questioni di base: la guerra di Troia ha avuto luogo e, se sì, dove? Cline parte dalle testimonianze, letterarie e archeologiche, per ricostruire...
Book cover of The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean
by Eric H. Cline
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012

The Greek Bronze Age, roughly 3000 to 1000 BCE, witnessed the flourishing of the Minoan and Mycenean civilizations, the earliest expansion of trade in the Aegean and wider Mediterranean Sea, the development of artistic techniques in a variety of media, and the evolution of early Greek religious practices...
Book cover of The Ancient World
by Sarolta Anna Takacs, Eric H. Cline
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015

Designed to meet the curriculum needs of students from grades 7-12, this five-volume encyclopedia explores the history and civilizations of the ancient world from prehistory to approximately 1000 CE. Organized alphabetically within geographical volumes on Africa, Europe, the Americas, Southwest Asia,...
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