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 Roman Britain - A New History 
 Author: Guy de la Bédoyère Roman Britain - A New History Thames & Hudson 2010 Format: PDF Pages: 288 Language: English Size: 145.8 MB A detailed portrait for nonspecialists of the many facets of Romano-British society as revealed by archaeological excavation, including the most recent discoveries...may become the standard archaeological survey of Roman Britain for students and lay readers. Simultaneously scholarly and attractive.
Historical Dictionary of the Vikings
 Historical Dictionary of the Vikings Author: composite authors The Scarecrow Press 2011 Pages: 404 Language: English Format: pdf Size: 1.74 Mb This book provides a comprehensive work of reference for people interested in the vikings, including entries on the main historical figures involved in this dramatic period, important battles and treaties, significant archaeological finds, and key works and sources of information on the period. It also summarizes the impact the vikings had on the areas where they traveled and settled. There is a chronological table, detailed and annotated bibliographies for different themes and geographical locations, and an introduction discussing the major events and developments of the viking age.
Maritime Networks in the Mycenaean World
 Author: Thomas F. Tartaron Maritime Networks in the Mycenaean World Thomas F. Tartaron 2013 Format: PDF Size: 15.1 Mb Language: English In this book, Thomas F. Tartaron presents a new and original reassessment of the maritime world of the Mycenaean Greeks of the Late Bronze Age. By all accounts a seafaring people, they enjoyed maritime connections with peoples as distant as Egypt and Sicily. These long-distance relations have been celebrated and much studied; by contrast, the vibrant worlds of local maritime interaction and exploitation of the sea have been virtually ignored. Dr. Tartaron argues that local maritime networks, in the form of "coastscapes" and "small worlds," are far more representative of the true fabric of Mycenaean life. He offers a complete template of conceptual and methodological tools for recovering small worlds and the communities that inhabited them. Combining archaeological, geoarchaeological, and anthropological approaches with ancient texts and network theory, he demonstrates the application of this scheme in several case studies. This book presents new perspectives and challenges for all archaeologists with interests in maritime connectivity.
Hannibal: A Hellenistic Life
 Author: Eve MacDonald Hannibal: A Hellenistic Life Yale University Press 2015 Format: epub/pdf Size: 5.4 Mb Language: English Hannibal lived a life of incredible feats of daring and survival, massive military engagements, and ultimate defeat. A citizen of Carthage and military commander in Punic Spain, he famously marched his war elephants and huge army over the Alps into Rome’s own heartland to fight the Second Punic War. Yet the Romans were the ultimate victors. They eventually captured and destroyed Carthage, and thus it was they who wrote the legend of Hannibal: a brilliant and worthy enemy whose defeat represented military glory for Rome. In this groundbreaking biography Eve MacDonald expands the memory of Hannibal beyond his military feats and tactics. She considers him in the wider context of the society and vibrant culture of Carthage which shaped him and his family, employing archaeological findings and documentary sources not only from Rome but also the wider Mediterranean world of the third century B.C. MacDonald also analyzes Hannibal’s legend over the millennia, exploring how statuary, Jacobean tragedy, opera, nineteenth-century fiction, and other depictions illuminate the character of one of the most fascinating military personalities in all of history.
Empire of the Inca
 Author: Barbara A. Somervill. Empire of the Inca СерияGreat Empires of the Past Facts on File 2004 Format: pdf Language: English Size: 7,96 mb Inca Empire opens with a brief summary of the Inca Empire that provides a sense of the world and the geographic area in the years leading up to the empire. Using accessible and lively prose, this volume explores the history and culture of this fascinating civilization, making history relevant by highlighting the ideas and items that originated in the empire and are still encountered in the modern world, such as potatoes and jerky, words from the Quechua language, and mobile military field hospitals.
Manual of Egyptian archaeology and guide to the study of antiquities in Egypt
 Manual of Egyptian archaeology and guide to the study of antiquities in Egypt Author: G. Maspero H. Grevel & Co reprint ed. 1895 Format: PDF Size: 10.4 MB Language: English Pages: 346
The Paterik of the Kievan Caves Monastery
 Author:Translated by Muriel Heppell with a Preface by Sir Dimitri Obolensky The Paterik of the Kievan Caves Monastery Harvard University Press 1989 Format: pdf Size: 35.6 MB Language: English The Kievan Caves Monastery was for centuries the most important Ukrainian monastic establishment. It was the outstanding center of literary production, and its monks served throughout the territory of Rus' as bishops and monastic superiors. The most detailed source for the monastery early history is its Paterik, a thirteenth-century compilation containing stories reaching back to the monastery's foundation in the mideleventh century. Muriel Heppell now makes available the first complete English translation of the Paterik. With an introduction, map, and several appendices, Muriel Heppell discusses the work's Byzantine background and also sets it in its historical context.
Amphoras and the Ancient Wine Trade
Amphoras and the Ancient Wine Trade (Agora Picture Book 6)
Author: Grace, V. R
American School of Classical Studies
1961
ISBN: 0876616198
Pages: 36
Format: PDF
Size: 15 mb
Language: English
Although this booklet is based on broken pottery found during the excavation of the Agora, the author ranges far beyond the confines of Athens in her discussion of the purpose and significance of different amphora types. She shows how chronological variations in shape and the geographical clues offered by stamped handles make amphoras a fascinating source of economic information. The booklet illustrates many different forms of amphora, all set into context by the well-written text.
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Religions of Rome: Volume 1: A History
Religions of Rome: Volume 1: A History
Cambridge University Press
Author: Mary Beard, John North and Simon Price
1998
Pages: 478
Format: PDF
Size: 15 mb
Language: English
This book offers a radical new survey of more than a thousand years of religious life at Rome, from the foundation of the city to its rise to world empire and its conversion to Christianity. It sets religion in its full cultural context, between the primitive hamlet of the eight century BC and the cosmopolitan, multicultural society of the first centuries of the Christian era. The companion volume, Religions of Rome 2: A Sourcebook, sets out a wide range of documents, richly illustrating the religious life in the Roman world.
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Solomon's Temple: Myth, Conflict, and Faith
 Author: Alan Balfour Solomon's Temple: Myth, Conflict, and Faith Wiley-Blackwell 2012 Format: EPUB Size: 22.7 Mb Language: English A highly original architectural history of Solomon’s Temple and Islam’s Dome of the Rock that doubles as a social and cultural history of the region - The most extensive study of the interrelated history of two monuments, Solomon’s Temple and The Dome of the Rock, drawing on an exhaustive review of all the visual and textual evidence - Relayed as a gripping narrative, allowing readers to re-enter and experience the emotions and the visceral reality of the major events in its history - Integrates illustration with the text to offer a highly detailed and accurate portrait of the major structures and figures involved in the history of the temple - Opens up a fascinating line of questioning into the conventional interpretation of events, particularly Christ’s actions in the Temple - Reproduces rarely seen detailed drawings of the subterranean passages beneath Temple Mount as part of the British survey in the 19th century
Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times, Second Edition
 Author: Thomas R. Martin Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times, Second Edition Yale University Press 2013 Format: epub Size: 20.4 Mb Language: English In this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century B.C. Focusing on the development of the Greek city-state and the society, culture, and architecture of Athens in its Golden Age, Martin integrates political, military, social, and cultural history in a book that will appeal to students and general readers alike. Now in its second edition, this classic work now features new maps and illustrations, a new introduction, and updates throughout.
The Seafarers - The Vikings
 Author: Robert Wernick The Seafarers - The Vikings Time-Life Books 1979 Format: PDF Pages: 184 Language: English Size: 34.2 MB In the eighth century, The Vikings, the water-borne warriors of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, conquered much of the British Isles. They pillaged the coast of France, pushed inland to sack Paris, and seized Normandy. Sweeping south down the great rivers of central Europe, they overwhelmed the Slavs of Russia, captured Kiev, and clashed with the people of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. In all this, the Vikings took untold treasures. But they weren't just barbarians, content to plunder and burn. They were builders of cities, founders of states, writers of poetry, and makers of laws. The Vikings also were bold and tenacious explorers who ventured across oceans to discover new territories - including the New World. Indeed, not since the golden age of the Roman Empire had any people so powerfully influenced the Western world. Here, from award-winning journalist Robert Wernick, is their dramatic story.
Lapps and Labyrinths: Saami Prehistory, Colonization, and Cultural Resilience
 Author: Noel D. Broadbent Lapps and Labyrinths: Saami Prehistory, Colonization, and Cultural Resilience Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press 2010 Format: epub Size: 21.4 Mb Language: English Professor Noel D. Broadbent is one of Sweden's foremost experts on north Swedish archaeology and literally wrote the book on the prehistory of the Skellefteå region on the North Bothnian coast. This knowledge is now brought to bear on the issue of Saami origins. The focus is on the successful adaptive strategies of Saami societies over thousands of years - a testimony to Saami resiliency, of relevance to the survival of indigenous societies worldwide today.
The Romans and their World A Short Introduction
 Author: Brian Campbell The Romans and their World A Short Introduction Yale University Press ISBN: 0300117957 2012 Format: PDF Size: 6,5 МБ Language: English Pages: 288 This one-volume history of the Roman world begins with the early years of the republic and carries the story nearly a thousand years forward to 476, when Romulus Augustus, the last Western Roman emperor, was deposed. Brian Campbell, respected scholar and teacher, presents a fascinating and wide-ranging introduction to Rome, drawing on an array of ancient sources and covering topics of interest to readers with little prior background in Roman history as well as those already familiar with the great civilization. Campbell explores several themes, including the fall of the republic, the impact of colorful and diverse emperors on imperial politics, the administrative structure of empire, and the Roman army and how warfare affected the Roman world. He also surveys cultural and social life, including religion and the rise of Christianity. Generously enhanced with maps and illustrations, this book is a rich and inspiring account of a mighty civilization and the citizens who made it so.
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire Vol.1
 The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire Phillips, Sampson Author: Gibbon, Edward 1854 Pages: 662 Format: PDF Size: 65 mb Language: English
An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy
 An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy Blackwell Publishing Limited 2006 Pages: 421 Language: English Format: pdf Size: 13.6 Mb This illustrated edition of Sir Anthony Kenny 's acclaimed survey of Western philosophy offers the most concise and compelling story of the complete development of philosophy available. Spanning 2,500 years of thought, An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy provides essential coverage of the most influential philosophers of the Western world, among them Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Jesus, Augustine, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Berkeley, Hume, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Mill, Nietzsche, Darwin, Freud, Frege, Russell, and Wittgenstein. Replete with over 60 illustrations - ranging from Dufresnoy 's The Death of Socrates, through to the title page of Thomas More 's Utopia, portraits of Hobbes and Rousseau, photographs of Charles Darwin and Bertrand Russell, Freud 's own sketch of the Ego and the Id, and Wittgenstein 's Austrian military identity card - this lucid and masterful work is ideal for anyone with an interest in Western thought.
Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt
 Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt Author: Barbara Mertz Tantor Media 2007 Pages: 336 Format: pdf Size: 19 mb Language: English
Romans, Barbarians, and the Transformation of the Roman World
 Romans, Barbarians, and the Transformation of the Roman World Ashgate Author: Ralph W. Mathisen, Danuta Shanzer 2011 Pages: 386 Format: Pdf (original) Language: English Size: 3.57 mb ISBN: 978-0754668145 Quality: Good Romans, Barbarians, and the Transformation of the Roman World One of the most significant transformations of the Roman world in Late Antiquity was the integration of barbarian people into the social, cultural, religious, and political milieu of the Mediterranean world. mirknig.com The nature of these transformations was considered at the sixth biennial Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity Conference, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in March of 2005, and this volume presents an updated selection of the papers given on that occasion, complemented with a few others. These 25 studies do much to break down old stereotypes about the cultural and social segregation of Roman and barbarian populations, and demonstrate that, contrary to the past orthodoxy, Romans and barbarians interacted in a multitude of ways, and it was not just barbarians who experienced 'ethnogenesis' or cultural assimilation. The same Romans who disparaged barbarian behavior also adopted aspects of it in their everyday lives, providing graphic examples of the ambiguity and negotiation that characterized the integration of Romans and barbarians, a process that altered the concepts of identity of both populations. The resultant late antique polyethnic cultural world, with cultural frontiers between Romans and barbarians that became increasingly permeable in both directions, does much to help explain how the barbarian settlement of the west was accomplished with much less disruption than there might have been, and how barbarian populations were integrated seamlessly into the old Roman world.
Pots and Pans of Classical Athens
Pots and Pans of Classical Athens (Agora Picture Book 1)
Author: Sparkes, B., Talcott, L.
American School of Classical Studies
1958
ISBN: 0876616015
Pages: 36
Format: PDF
Size: 11 mb
Language English
By mingling images on well-preserved Greek vases with the more fragmentary ceramics recovered during excavations at the Agora, the authors show how different vessel forms were used in Classical Athens. By linking the shapes of pots with their social functions, this book gives meaning to the ancient names, such as skyphos, olpe, kantharos, lekane, and hydria, that one encounters when visiting museums. The booklet is illustrated with over 60 black and white photographs.
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