Ancient History category: 8298 books
Law and Legal Practice in Egypt from Alexander to the Arab Conquest
A Selection of Papyrological Sources in Translation, with Introductions and Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
The study of ancient law has blossomed in recent years. In English alone there have been dozens of studies devoted to classical Greek and Roman law, to the Roman legal codes, and to the legal traditions of the ancient Near East among many other topics. Legal documents written on papyrus began to be...
by Sonia Zakrzewski, Andrew Shortland, Joanne Rowland
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Science in the Study of Ancient Egypt takes an innovative and integrated approach to the use of scientific techniques and methodologies within the study of ancient Egypt. Accessibly demonstrating how to integrate scientific methodologies into Egyptology broadly, and in Egyptian archaeology in particular,...
The Roots of Western Finance
Power, Ethics, and Social Capital in the Ancient World
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017
In The Roots of Western Finance: Power, Ethics, and Social Capital in the Ancient World, Thomas K. Park and James B. Greenberg take an anthropological approach to credit. They suggest that financial activities occur in a complex milieu, in which specific parties, with particular motives, achieve their...
by Chris Peers
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
In the field of military history as in so many others, the Chinese have often been both admired and seen as something utterly mysterious and inscrutable. Chris Peers illuminates the evolution of the military art in China with reference to ten battles, spanning more than 2,000 years, from the Battle...
If You Were Me and Lived in... Ancient China: The Han Dynasty
An Introduction to Civilizations Throughout Time, #2
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Join Carole P. Roman and travel through time to visit the most interesting civilizations throughout history in her exciting new series.
Learn what kind of food you might eat in Ancient China, what colors could only be worn by royalty, what kind of names parents picked, and what children in...
Gods and Garments
Textiles in Greek Sanctuaries in the 7th to the 1st Centuries BC
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Textiles comprise a vast and wide category of material culture and constitute a crucial part of the ancient economy. Yet, studies of classical antiquity still often leave out this important category of material culture, partly due to the textiles themselves being only rarely preserved in the archaeological...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
This volume brings together scholars of Mediterranean archaeology, ancient history, and complexity science to advance theoretical approaches and analytical tools for studying maritime connectivity. For the coast-hugging populations of the ancient Mediterranean, mobility and exchange depended on a...
by Neil Jackman
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
From medieval Carlingford in Louth to Blarney Castle in Cork, discover the top 100 places to visit in Ireland’s Ancient East. Wander through time at sites such as Clonmacnoise, Newgrange and the Rock of Cashel, as well as at hidden gems like Athassel Priory in Tipperary, Loughcrew Passage Tombs...
by George Rawlinson
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World Volume III George Rawlinson, 19th-century English scholar, historian, and Christian theologian (1812-1902)
This ebook presents «Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World Volume III», from George Rawlinson. A dynamic table of contents...
by Moustafa Gadalla
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
This third edition surveys the applicability of Egyptian cosmological concepts to our modern understanding of the nature of the universe, creation, science, and philosophy. Egyptian cosmology is humanistic, coherent, comprehensive, consistent, logical, analytical, and rational. Discover the Egyptian...
How to Win a Roman Chariot Race
Lives, Legends and Treasures from the Ancient World
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Who first thought of atoms? How much can you learn about archaeology from an oil lamp? Who came up with the theory of the ‘wandering womb’?
Oxford Classicist Jane Hood delves into the history, culture, literature, mythology and philosophy of ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt, using her expert...
by Plato
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
In 427 B.C., the Ancient Greek city-state of Athens was flourishing. Approximately 80 years earlier, the Athenians had formed the first self-representative democracy in history, the Peloponnesian War against Sparta had only just started, and Socrates was only beginning to lay the foundation of what...
by Niels Peter Lemche
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2003
Of the many ancient civilizations we are aware of, few are smaller than the ancient Kingdom of Israel. Small both in geographical area and population, it was barely noticed by the major civilizations of the time in Egypt, Mesopotamia and elsewhere, which either ignored or crushed it. Yet, several...
The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean
The Ancient World Economy and the Kingdoms of Africa, Arabia and India
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
The ancient evidence suggests that international commerce supplied Roman government with up to a third of the revenues that sustained their empire. In ancient times large fleets of Roman merchant ships set sail from Egypt on voyages across the Indian Ocean. They sailed from Roman ports on the Red...