Ancient History category: 8298 books
Republics Ancient and Modern, Volume I
The Ancien Régime in Classical Greece
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
An assessment of the ancient Greek city and its subsequent influence. A masterwork of political theory and comparative politics for the classroom.
"In a series of sketches touching on everything from the lust for honor to the suspicion of commerce and philosophy, from the role of homoerotic...
by Charles Hardwick
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012
On Some Ancient Battle-Fields in Lancashire: And Their Historical, Legendary, and Aesthetic Associations. . By Charles Hardwick Author of a "History of Preston and its Environs," "Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-Lore," "Manual for Patrons and Members of Friendly Societies,"...
by Eric Brown
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2018
Discover The Maya History & How They Lived!
This book's coverage begins with the development of the Maya through the ancient eras, starting with their founding in Belize as a hunter-gatherer society in the Pre-Classic Period all the way through the Classic and Post-Classic Period during...
THE ORIGIN OF MYTH
Discover the Living Proof of Our Ancient Past - Vol. 1
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
The Origin of Myth is like The Chariots of the Gods or Fingerprints of the Gods and uses the discovery of the tree of knowledge to understand ancient history in an all new way.
Noah’s ark becomes an important part of human history, but has very little to do with the nonexistent world...
Invention and Innovation
The Social Context of Technological Change 2: Egypt, the Aegean and the Near East, 1650-1150 B.C.
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004
In September 2002, a second workshop on the theme of the social context of technological change was held at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge. Discussion has been the core of these meetings so far, with the aim being to relate the results of the specialist...
by Robert Pennell
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
"Romulus, first king of Rome, ruled for thirty-seven years (753-716). He found the city needed inhabitants, and to increase their number he opened an asylum, to which many refugees fled. But wives were needed. To supply this want, he celebrated games, and invited the neighboring people, the SABINES,...
Gift and Gain
How Money Transformed Ancient Rome
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
The economy of ancient Rome, with its long-range trade, widespread moneylending, and companies of government contractors, was surprisingly modern. Yet Romans also exchanged goods and services within a traditional system of gifts and favors, which sustained the supportive relationships necessary for...
by Diana Beuster
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2007
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject History - World History - Early and Ancient History, grade: Sehr Gut (A), Indiana University (Department for Classical Studies), course: Ancient democracy beyond Athens, 18 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The Spartan Ephorate...
by John P. Nielsen
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Nebuchadnezzar I (r. 1125-1104) was one of the more significant and successful kings to rule Babylonia in the intervening period between the demise of the Kassite Dynasty in the 12th century at the end of the Late Bronze Age, and the emergence of a new, independent Babylonian monarchy in the last...
A Pocket History of Human Evolution
How We Became Sapiens
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2019
A concise, illustrated update on our earliest ancestors, the first sapiens—and on how (and when) we distinguished ourselves
Prehistory is changing quickly: Thanks to progress in genetics and dating methods, we now know more than ever about our ancient relatives. A Pocket History of Human...
The Tiny and the Fragmented
Miniature, Broken, or Otherwise Incomplete Objects in the Ancient World
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
Miniature and fragmentary objects are both eye-catching and yet easily dismissed. Tiny scale entices users with visions of Lilliputian worlds. The ambiguity of fragments intrigues us, offering tactile reminders of reality's transience. Yet, the standard scholarly approach to such objects has been...
by S. G. Goodrich
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
The reader of these pages will perhaps remark, that the length of the following sketches is hardly proportioned to the relative importance of the several subjects, regarded in a merely historical point of view. In explanation of this fact, the author begs leave to say, that, while he intended to present...
by James Baikie
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Peeps at Many Lands:Ancient Egypt written by James Baikie.It was a popular classic work by James Baikie.
by Basil Hammond
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
The Political Institutions of the Ancient Greeks is a classic overview by noted Cambridge scholar Basil Hammond. A table of contents is included.