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 Greek Myths
Greek Myths
Greek Myths (DK Readers Level 3)
Author: Deborah Lock
Dorling Kindersley
2008
Pages 48
ISBN: 1405332816
Format: PDF
Size: 10 MB
Language English
Helps your child learn to read and encourage a life-long love of reading whilst learning about Ancient Greece. From heroic warriors battling monsters, to the fantastic legends of gods and goddesses, this title helps your child learn about Ancient Greece through exciting stories

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 Horrible Histories: The Incredible Incas
Horrible Histories: The Incredible Incas
Author: Terry Deary
Horrible Histories: The Incredible Incas
Scholastic Non Fiction
2012
Format: pdf/epub
Size: 21.7 Mb
Language: English

The incredible Incas may have built South America's greatest civilisation, but they could be very icky indeed! The poor prisoners they pulled up their huge pyramids were likely to experience a very painful death. But things weren't much better for your average Inca. Find out... * How a bucket of stewed pee could make you beautiful * Why servants ate the emperor's hair * What happened in their legendary golden temples * What chilling fate awaited their child sacrifices The Incan Empire ruled 12 million people, but was conquered by 260 Spanish invaders - and a few germs. In fact, it was the llamas who _really_ had it lucky... they got to wear earrings and drink beer! So would you rather be a lucky llama... or an incredible Inca? Erk!

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 Arms and Armour of Old Japan
Arms and Armour of Old Japan
Author: B. W. Robinson
Arms and Armour of Old Japan
Her Majesty's Stationery Office
1963
Format: PDF
Pages: 48
Language: English
Size: 62.4 MB

The book introduces you to Arms and Armour of Old Japan.

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 Ancient Portraits from the Athenian Agora
Ancient Portraits from the Athenian Agora
Ancient Portraits from the Athenian Agora (Agora Picture Book 5)
Author: Harrison, E. B.
American School of Classical Studies
1960
ISBN: 0876616058
Pages: 36
Format: PDF
Size: 10 mb
Language: English
Although the famous bronze statues seen by the Roman tourist Pausanias have been melted down, the Agora preserves a number of fine portraits in stone. While a few of these are named, most of the portraits in this booklet represent ordinary men and women; priests, athletes, and officials. Referring to over 40 black and white photos, the author discusses hairstyles, clothing and facial expressions to shed light on the individuals depicted.

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 The English and the Normans: Ethnic Hostility, Assimilation, and Identity 1066 - c.1220
The English and the Normans: Ethnic Hostility, Assimilation, and Identity 1066 - c.1220
The English and the Normans: Ethnic Hostility, Assimilation, and Identity 1066 - c.1220
Author: Hugh M. Thomas
Oxford University Press
2005
Pages: 467
Format: PDF
Size: 7 Mb
Language: English

This is an important new study of the impact of the Norman Conquest. It provides the first full explanation of how the English and the Normans merged to become the same people. The author draws on anthropological theory, the latest scholarship on Anglo-Norman England, and sources ranging from legal documents to romances.

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 The Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World
The Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World
Author: Cyprian Broodbank
The Making of the Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World
Thames & Hudson Ltd
2013
Format: epub
Size: 11.5 Mb
Language: English

The Mediterranean has been for millennia one of the global cockpits of human endeavour. World-class interpretations exist of its Classical and subsequent history, but there has been remarkably little holistic exploration of how its societies, culture and economies first came into being, despite the fact that almost all the fundamental developments originated well before 500 bc. This book is the first full, interpretive synthesis for a generation on the rise of the Mediterranean world from its beginning, before the emergence of our own species, up to the threshold of Classical times. Extensively illustrated and ranging across disciplines, subject matter and chronology from early humans and the origins of farming and metallurgy to the rise of civilizations Egyptian, Levantine, Hispanic, Minoan, Mycenaean, Phoenician, Etruscan, early Greek the book is a masterpiece of archaeological and historical writing.

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 Earth and Ocean: The Terrestrial World in Early Byzantine Art
Earth and Ocean: The Terrestrial World in Early Byzantine Art
Author: Henry Maguire
Earth and Ocean: The Terrestrial World in Early Byzantine Art
Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN: 0271004770
1987
Format: PDF
Size: 67,0 МБ
Language: English
Pages: 96
One of the most distinctive characteristics of Byzantine art of the later fifth and the sixth centuries AU. is its fondness for imagery drawn from natural history. Wherever the visitor looks in churches of this period, whether it be to the floors, the walls, the furnishing, or the ceilings and the vaults, there may be representations of birds, beasts, sea creatures, and plants.

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 The Temples of Kyoto
The Temples of Kyoto
The Temples of Kyoto
Author: Donald Richie, Alexandre Georges
Tuttle Pub
1995
ISBN-13: 978-0804820325
Pages: 152
Language: English
Format: EPUB
Size: 19 MB

The Temples of Kyoto takes you on a journey through these environs and presents twenty-one of these marvelous structures that are unique creations which, while quintessentially Japanese, somehow speak a universal language readily appreciated by people the world over. Donald Richie, called by Time magazine, "the dean of art critics in Japan," turns his attention to these twenty-one temples with scholarship and an eye for the dramatic. Drawing off such classic sources as The Tale of Genji and Essays in Idleness, he takes the reader on a tour through the ages, first with a comprehensive history of Japanese Buddhism, and then by highlighting key events in the development of these "celestial-seeming cities." Brilliant photographs of the temples, taken by the award-winning photographer Alexandre Georges, complement the text and provide a visual overview of the subject matter. His keen eye captures on film the elements that make each temple noteworthy, including their interiors, and objets d'art, in a fresh and thought provoking manner. The result is this book: a testament and meditation on the power and elegance of these world-renowned structures that are both places of worship and examples of the finest art Japan has ever produced.

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 Warfare in the Classical World
Warfare in the Classical World
Author: John Warry
Warfare in the Classical World
University of Oklahoma Press
1995
Format: PDF
Pages: 226
Language: English
Size: 85.8 MB

This superbly illustrated volume traces the evolution of the art of warfare in the Greek and Roman worlds between 1600 B.C. and A.D. 800, from the rise of Mycenaean civilization to the fall of Ravenna and the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. John Warry tells of an age of great military commanders such as Alexander the Great, Hannibal, and Julius Caesar - men whose feats of generalship still provide material for discussion and admiration in the military academies of the world.
The text is complemented by a running chronology, 16 maps, 50 newly researched battle plans and tactical diagrams, and 125 photographs, 65 of them in color.

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 Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilisation, 2 edition
Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilisation, 2 edition
Author: Barry J. Kemp
"Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilisation, 2 edition"
R,,ledge
2006
Pages: 448
ISBN: 0415235502
Format: PDF
Size: 12,3 mb
Language: English
Quality: Good

Completely revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, this second edition of Barry J. Kemp's popular text presents a compelling reassessment of what gave ancient Egypt its distinctive and enduring characteristics.

Ranging across Ancient Egyptian material culture, social and economic experiences, and the mindset of its people, the book also includes two new chapters exploring the last ten centuries of Ancient Egyptian civilization and who, in ethnic terms, the ancients were.

Fully illustrated, the book draws on both ancient written materials and decades of excavation evidence, transforming our understanding of this remarkable civilization. Broad ranging yet impressively detailed, Kemp’s work is an indispensable text for all students of Ancient Egypt.

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 An Atlas of Middle Eastern Affairs
An Atlas of Middle Eastern Affairs
Author: Ewan W. Anderson, Liam D. Anderson
An Atlas of Middle Eastern Affairs
Routledge
ISBN: 0415455146
2009
Format: PDF
Size: 36,9 МБ
Language: English
Pages: 296
This revised and updated version of An Atlas of Middle Eastern Affairs provides accessible, concisely written entries on the most important current issues in the Middle East, combining maps with their geopolitical background. Offering a clear context for analysis of key concerns, it includes background topics, the position of the Middle East in the world and profiles of the constituent countries.

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 Designing for Luxury on the Bay of Naples: Villas and Landscapes (c. 100 BCE - 79 CE)
Designing for Luxury on the Bay of Naples: Villas and Landscapes (c. 100 BCE - 79 CE)
Designing for Luxury on the Bay of Naples: Villas and Landscapes (c. 100 BCE - 79 CE)
Author: Mantha Zarmakoupi
Oxford University Press
Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture & Representation
2014
ISBN-13: 978-0199678389
Pages: 327
Language: English
Format: PDF
Size: 55 MB

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 Leonardos Lost Robots
Leonardos Lost Robots
Leonardos Lost Robots
Springer
Author: Mark E. Rosheim
2006
Pages: 204
Format: PDF
Size: 17 mb
Language: English

This book reinterprets Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical design work, revealing a new level of sophistication not recognized by art historians or engineers. The book reinterprets Leonardo's legacy of notes, showing that apparently unconnected fragments from dispersed manuscripts actually comprise cohesive designs for functioning automata. Using the rough sketches scattered throughout almost all of Leonardo's notebooks, the author has reconstructed Leonardo's programmable cart, which was the platform for other automata. Through a readable, lively narrative, the author explains how he reconstructed da Vinci's designs.

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 Egyptianizing Figurines from Delos: A Study in Hellenistic Religion
Egyptianizing Figurines from Delos: A Study in Hellenistic Religion
Author: Caitlín E. Barrett
Egyptianizing Figurines from Delos: A Study in Hellenistic Religion
Brill
2011
Pages: 833
Format: pdf
Language : English
Size: 30mb
Quality:Good

This book investigates Hellenistic popular religion through an interdisciplinary study of terracotta figurines of Egyptian deities, mostly from domestic contexts, from the trading port of Delos. A comparison of the figurines iconography to parallels in Egyptian religious texts, temple reliefs, and ritual objects suggests that many figurines depict deities or rituals associated with Egyptian festivals. An analysis of the objects clay fabrics and manufacturing techniques indicates that most were made on Delos. Additionally, archival research on unpublished notes from early excavations reveals new data on many figurines archaeological contexts, illuminating their roles in both domestic and temple cults. The results offer a new perspective on Hellenistic reinterpretations of Egyptian religion, as well as the relationship between popular and official cults.

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 Life in Ancient Egypt
Life in Ancient Egypt
Life in Ancient Egypt
Author: Don Nardo
Referencepoint Press
Living History
2014
ISBN-13: 9781601526380
Pages: 96
Language: English
Format: PDF (True)
Size: 6 MB

Much of what is known about people's everyday lives in times past comes from artifacts but also from diaries, letters, and other writings. Many important details of life during the Civil War, for instance, can be found in the diaries of women who carried on while their men were at war. In the Living History series, firsthand accounts such as these are combined with thoughtful narrative to offer a rich and vivid portrait of daily life in various times and places in history. A visual chronology, sidebars that feature quotes from people of the period and from historians, selected vocabulary words, source notes, a bibliography for further research, and an index provide additional tools for student researchers. Book jacket.

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 The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings
The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings
The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings
Penguin Historical Atlases
Penguin Books Ltd. (UK)
Author: John Haywood
1995 г.
Language (Language): English (English)

Pages: 144
ISBN: 978–0–14–0–51328–0
Format : PDF
RAR
Size: 32.8 Mb

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 Religion in Human Evolution: From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age
Religion in Human Evolution: From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age
Author: Robert N. Bellah
Religion in Human Evolution: From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age
Belknap Press
2011
Format: pdf/epub
Size: 15 Mb
Language: English

Religion in Human Evolution is a work of extraordinary ambition—a wide-ranging, nuanced probing of our biological past to discover the kinds of lives that human beings have most often imagined were worth living. It offers what is frequently seen as a forbidden theory of the origin of religion that goes deep into evolution, especially but not exclusively cultural evolution.
How did our early ancestors transcend the quotidian demands of everyday existence to embrace an alternative reality that called into question the very meaning of their daily struggle? Robert Bellah, one of the leading sociologists of our time, identifies a range of cultural capacities, such as communal dancing, storytelling, and theorizing, whose emergence made this religious development possible. Deploying the latest findings in biology, cognitive science, and evolutionary psychology, he traces the expansion of these cultural capacities from the Paleolithic to the Axial Age (roughly, the first millennium BCE), when individuals and groups in the Old World challenged the norms and beliefs of class societies ruled by kings and aristocracies. These religious prophets and renouncers never succeeded in founding their alternative utopias, but they left a heritage of criticism that would not be quenched.
Bellah’s treatment of the four great civilizations of the Axial Age—in ancient Israel, Greece, China, and India—shows all existing religions, both prophetic and mystic, to be rooted in the evolutionary story he tells. Religion in Human Evolution answers the call for a critical history of religion grounded in the full range of human constraints and possibilities.

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 The Gallic War
The Gallic War
Author: Caesar
The Gallic War
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
The Loeb Classical Library
Language: /English
1919 (Reprint 1958)
Format: PDF
Size: 28,01 mb
672

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 The Vikings
The Vikings
Author: Neil Oliver
The Vikings
Pegasus
2013
Format: epub
Size: 36.5 Mb
Language: English

An archaeologist goes beyond the Vikings’ bloody reputation to search for the truth, in a new and groundbreaking history.
The Vikings famously took no prisoners, relished cruel retribution, and prided themselves on their bloodthirsty skills as warriors. But their prowess in battle is only a small part of their story, which stretches from their Scandinavian origins to America in the West and as far as Baghdad in the East. As the Vikings did not write their own history, we have to discover it for ourselves; and that discovery, as Neil Oliver reveals, tells an extraordinary story of a people who, from the brink of destruction, reached a quarter of the way around the globe and built an empire that lasted nearly two hundred years.
Drawing on the latest discoveries that have only recently come to light, Scottish archaeologist Neil Oliver goes on the trail of the real Vikings. Where did they emerge from? How did they really live? And just what drove them to embark on such extraordinary voyages of discovery over 1,000 years ago? The Vikings: A New History explores many of those questions for the first time in an epic story of one of the world's great empires of conquest.

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