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Vendor: Peter Kingsley
A Book of Life
Peter Kingsley's Book of Life is the culmination and completion of an extraordinary body of work. As a historian he has revolutionized our understanding of ancient philosophy and religion; as a mystic, he introduced us to what philosophy and religion are meant to be.Hauntingly...- $25.00
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Vendor: Scott Forbes Crawford
Chinese Ancient Origins: Stories of People & Civilization
Beautiful edition taking the reader through the origins and history of the Chinese and Asian peoples, highlighting the roots of modern fiction in history, myth and fable. The events of China's history and origins of its society are inextricably linked to its varied mythology...- $14.99
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African Ancient Origins: Stories of People & Civilization
Beautiful edition taking the reader through the origins and history of African nations and peoples, highlighting the roots of modern fiction in history, myth and fable. Africa is a crucible of many civilizations, indeed of humanity. African peoples can be traced back 16,000 years...- $14.99
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Vendor: William Stearns 1877-1930 Davis
Life on a Medieval Barony: a Picture of a Typical Feudal Community in the Thirteenth Century
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Vendor: Michael Baizerman
Dawn and Sunset: Insight Into the Mystery of the Early Mesopotamian Civilization
Dawn and Sunset: Insight into the Mystery of the Early Mesopotamian Civilization is a fascinating and highly readable look at the emergence, blossom, and decline of the Sumerian civilization. Presented as a constellation of pristine urban communities that mushroomed in Southern Mesopotamia throughout the...- $20.50
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Vendor: Jacob Abbott
History of Cyrus the Great: Makers of History Series (Illustrated Edition)
The "History of Cyrus the Great" by Jacob Abbott is a truly magnificent account of the story of the life of Cyrus The Great, founder of the Persian empire. Narrrated by two Greek historians (Herodotus and Xenophenon), the life of Cyrus is brought to...- $10.24
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Vendor: Glen T. Martin
Millennium Dawn. the Philosophy of Planetary Crisis and Human Liberation
Millennium Dawn: The Philosophy of Planetary Crisis and Human Liberation directly addresses the multiple global crises of today's world - from war, to terrorism, to global poverty, and world-wide environmental destruction - with a comprehensive examination of our human potential for transformation and liberation....- $34.95
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The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind
Author: Simon WinchesterISBN-10: 0063374455ISBN-13: 9780063374454Publisher: HarperLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/18/2025Pages: 432Format: Hardcover- $35.00
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Vendor: Captivating History
Africa in the Middle Ages: A Captivating Guide to Medieval African History, Including the Ghana Empire, Mali Empire, and Songhai Empire
Unlock the Secrets of Africa's Golden Age - A Journey Through the Empires That Shaped the WorldFour manuscripts in one book: Medieval Africa: A Captivating Guide to African Civilizations, Empires, and History during the Middle Ages The Ghana Empire: A Captivating Guide to One...- $28.99
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Vendor: Herbert George Wells
The Salvaging Of Civilization
NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS The Salvaging Of Civilization This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt...- $12.99
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Vendor: Harold Bayley
The Lost Language of Symbolism: an Inquiry Into the Origin of Certain Letters, Words, Names, Fairy-tales, Folklore, and Mythologies; v.1
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Vendor: Charles Harold Herford
The Stoics As Teachers: An Essay On The Influence Of The Teaching Of Stoicism On The Civilization Of The Early Roman Empire (1882)
""The Stoics As Teachers"" is an essay written by Charles Harold Herford in 1882. The book explores the impact of Stoicism on the early Roman Empire's civilization. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the teachings of Stoicism and how they influenced the intellectual and...- $21.95
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Vendor: Joel J. Miller
The Idea Machine: How Books Built Our World and Shape Our Future
Books are our first and most lasting form of information technology. Books preserve ideas, yes, but they also provoke new ones-- they are true tools for thinking. In The Idea Machine, Joel J. Miller shows that books are one of the most important but...- $34.95
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Vendor: Sheri Ritchlin
A Farm in Marin
Farm in Marin is an exploration into story-telling and a multi-layered tapestry of historical events to which we can relate our own family stories of change, migration, meaning and mystery. It is literary art that invites us to see ourselves intimately connected with our...- $29.95
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The Reality of Giants, Monsters and Nephilim: As set in a Short and Sweet History of the World
Did giants, monsters and Nephilim once exist? Is it possible? The people at the time said yes.This book does not exclude the possibility of it, and this short 'spiritual' history of the world uses many ancient sources, including the Bible, to explain why. It...- $11.65
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Possessing the City: Property and Politics in Delhi, 1911-1947
Possessing the City is a social history of the property market in late-colonial Delhi; a period of much turbulence and transformation. It argues that historians of South Asian cities must connect transformations in urban space with the economy of the city. Using new archival...- $105.00
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Vendor: Edwyn Robert Bevan
The House of Seleucus
Edwyn Bevan (1870-1943) remarks in his preface to this two-volume work of 1902 that there is 'much to discourage an attempt to write a history of the Seleucid dynasty', notably 'how often the narrative must halt for deficiency of materials'. However, Bevan, a scholar...- $44.99
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Vendor: Gareth Kinnagh
Manx Language for Beginners: An Introduction to the Resurrected Celtic Tongue
Have you ever wanted to connect with a living language that defied extinction? Manx Language for Beginners invites you on a journey into the heart of the Isle of Man, where the ancient Celtic language of Manx has been brought back to life. Once...- $12.99
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Vendor: Tomer Persico
In God's Image: How Western Civilization Was Shaped by a Revolutionary Idea
The idea that all human beings were created in God's image was core to the creation of the modern West In God's Image examines the central role that the idea that all people were created in the image of God played in the development...- $39.00
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Vendor: David Machek
Plato's Gorgias: Speech, Soul and Politics
In the Gorgias Plato offers a synthesis of what he thinks about the bitter conflict between philosophical and non-philosophical approaches to one's responsibilities in private and public life. This book contributes to a deeper understanding of this historically and conceptually rich canvas by shedding...- $151.00
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Vendor: Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz
Law and Power: Agents of Social and Spatial Transformation in the Roman West
In the Roman world, landscapes became legal and institutional constructions, being the core of social, political, religious, and economic life. The Romans developed ambitious urban transformations, seeking to equate civic monumentality and legal status. The built environment becomes the axis of the legal, administrative,...- $139.00
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Vendor: Sylvia Engdahl
The Planet-Girded Suns: Our Forebears' Firm Belief In Inhabited Exoplanets
Interest in exoplanets--the worlds of other stars--is not new. From the late 17th century until the end of the 19th, almost all educated people believed that the stars are suns surrounded by inhabited planets--a belief that was expressed not in science fiction, but in...- $11.99
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Vendor: Daniel R. Faust
Ancient Mesopotamia
Located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in modern-day Iraq, the region known as Mesopotamia, Greek for "between two rivers," is often called the "cradle of civilization." The region is known for the rise of the first cities, as well as the invention of...- $34.27
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Vendor: Ernest A. Gardner
Religion and Art in Ancient Greece
Religion and Art in Ancient Greece Greek History Greek religion may be studied under various aspects; and many recent contributions to this study have been mainly concerned either with the remote origin of many of its ceremonies in primitive ritual, or with the manner...- $9.95
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Vendor: Corliss Lamont
Soviet Civilization
This is a new release of the original 1955 edition.Author: Corliss LamontISBN-10: 1494112825ISBN-13: 9781494112820Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 476Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.39lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.96d- $42.95
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Vendor: Miguel Le?n-Portilla
The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the Spanish victors. Miguel Le?n-Portilla has long been at the forefront of expanding that history to include the voices of...- $24.00
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Vendor: Kelsey Harper
Rooted in History: A Guide to Ancient Trees and Their Stories
"Rooted in History: A Guide to Ancient Trees and Their Stories" by Kelsey Harper is a thrilling journey into the heart of our planet's timeless green companions. The report is an enchanting exploration of ancient trees-serene sentinels that have been silent witnesses to the...- $14.99
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Vendor: Frank H. Hankins
The Racial Basis Of CivilizationA Critique Of The Nordic Doctrine
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Vendor: Mark Humphries
Cities and the Meanings of Late Antiquity
The last half century has seen an explosion in the study of late antiquity, which has characterised the period between the third and seventh centuries not as one of catastrophic collapse and 'decline and fall', but rather as one of dynamic and positive transformation....- $94.00
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Vendor: Morris Jastrow
The Civilization Of Babylonia And Assyria: Its Remains, Language, History, Religion, Commerce, Law, Art And Literature
The Civilization of Babylonia and Assyria is a comprehensive book written by Morris Jastrow that delves into the history, culture, religion, art, literature, commerce, and law of the ancient civilizations of Babylonia and Assyria. The book explores the remains of these civilizations, including their...- $43.95
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Vendor: Ian McMahan
Secrets of the Pharoahs
Mankind's fascination with Ancient Egypt has never waned in fifty centuries. The magnificent Pyramids, colossal temples and brooding sphinx still awe and enthrall us. Now you can explore all the secrets of one of the world's first and most mysterious civizations. Mankind's fascination with...- $16.99
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Vendor: Owen Rees
The Far Edges of the Known World: Life Beyond the Borders of Ancient Civilization
To many ancient Greeks and Romans, the outer reaches of their world was where civilization ceased to exist. But what was it like to live on the edges of these empires, on the boundaries of the known world? Thanks to new archaeological excavations, we...- $31.99
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Vendor: Ed Conway
Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE - AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - Finalist for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed...- $21.00
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Vendor: Justin Marozzi
Captives and Companions: A History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Islamic World
The definitive history of the slave trade in the Islamic world--a story that has been overshadowed by its notorious, but shorter-lived, Atlantic counterpart. Slavery in the Islamic world has a long, complex, and controversial history. In the earliest days of Islam, Arab Muslims enslaved...- $29.95
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Vendor: Jamsranjav Bayarsaikhan
Deer Stones of Northern Mongolia
When our joint Mongolian-American Deer Stone Project began there was little world-wide recognition that nomadic pastoral societies offered an alternative pathway to civilization and empire. Today we recognize the formative nature of Mongolia's Late Bronze Age culture in the transition from chiefly societies to...- $25.00
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Vendor: Ramon Bau
The Edda: The Divine & Heroic Mythology of the North
"The Edda: Divine & Heroic Mythology of the North" gathers in a single volume two studies authored by Winifred Faraday. These studies were originally published in two volumes as part of the Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance and Folklore series.Besides the studies on the...- $8.00
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Vendor: Eric Vanhaute
World History: An Introduction
World History: An Introduction provides readers with the knowledge and tools necessary to understand the global historical perspective and how it can be used to shed light on both our past and our present. A concise and original guide to the concepts, methods, debates...- $51.99
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Vendor: Howstuffworks Com
Stuff You Missed in History Class: A Guide to History's Biggest Myths, Mysteries, and Marvels
The scoop on all the fun, bizarre, and scandalizing history your teachers never wanted you to know From the hosts of HowStuffWorks.com's popular podcast, Stuff You Missed in History Class, comes a crash course in world history. Featuring the best of HSW's content and...- $12.99
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Vendor: David Lefebvre
The Science of Life in Aristotle and the Early Peripatos
This volume of fourteen essays explores the science of life in Aristotle and the Early Peripatos (Theophrastus and the Physical Problems) in its various dimensions--how the study of the soul contributes to the foundation of the science of perishable life, what is the program...- $238.00
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Vendor: John Marincola
The Collected Papers of J. L. Moles - Volume 2
J. L. Moles (1949-2015) made fundamental contributions to the fields of ancient (especially Cynic) philosophy, Greek and Roman historiography and biography, Latin poetry, and New Testament studies. These two volumes gather together all of his major articles and reviews, along with six previously unpublished...- $224.00
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Vendor: Gerard Gertoux
Absolute Egyptian chronology: From Narmer (2838-2808) to Nakhtnebef II (360-342)
Egyptian king lists make it possible to elaborate a chronology of all kings up to Narmer (2838-2808), because the numerous synchronisms between Egyptian and Mesopotamian reigns make it possible to anchor the 30 dynasties of this Egyptian chronology. These synchronisms with the Achaemenid and...- $32.47
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Vendor: Jan Den Boeft
Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXXI
This is the final volume in the series of commentaries on Ammianus' Res Gestae. The last book of Ammianus Marcellinus' Res Gestae is the most important source for a momentous event in European history: the invasion of the Goths across the Danube border into...- $224.00
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Vendor: Anne-Marie Wittke
The Early Mediterranean World, 1200 - 600 BC
Ranging in time from the end of the Bronze Age to the dawn of the so-called historical period (12th-6th centuries BC), this compendium presents the first complete survey of the early history of all the cultures along the coasts of the Mediterranean. In addition...- $395.00
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Vendor: Archeobooks
Japanese Civilization: Tokens and Manifestations
Author: ArcheobooksISBN-10: 8381380723ISBN-13: 9788381380720Publisher: ArcheobooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/31/2019Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.27lbs- $45.00
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Vendor: Kathleen Duval
Native Nations: A Millennium in North America
WINNER OF THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE - "An essential American history" (The Wall Street Journal) that places the power of Native nations at its center, telling their story from the rise of ancient cities more than a thousand years ago to fights for sovereignty...- $25.00
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Vendor: Heather Allen
Losing Their Guns: A close look into the origins of gun control across the world
In Losing Their Guns, Heather Allen presents a gripping and eye-opening exploration of how gun control policies have emerged and evolved across the globe. This is not just a history of legislation but a deep dive into the social forces, political strategies, and cultural...- $19.99
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Vendor: David Goodman Croly
Glimpses of the Future: Suggestions as to the Drift of Things
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Vendor: Georgios Tsolakis
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum. Consolidated Concordances for Volumes XLVI - LX (1996 - 2010)
Sverkos and Tsolakis provide a guide to the inscriptions published, mentioned, or discussed in the volumes XLVI - LX (1996 - 2010) of Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum for scholars and students of Greek epigraphy. The Consolidated Concordances is a catalogue of references to inscriptions and...- $175.00
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Vendor: Dagobert D. Runes
The Hebrew Impact On Western Civilization
""The Hebrew Impact On Western Civilization"" by Dagobert D. Runes is a comprehensive exploration of the profound influence that Hebrew culture, language, and religion have had on Western civilization. The book covers a wide range of topics, including the origins of Hebrew culture, the...- $48.95
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Vendor: Anthony Pagden
Worlds at War: The 2,500-Year Struggle Between East and West
Spanning two and a half millennia, Anthony Pagden's mesmerizing Worlds at War delves deep into the roots of the "clash of civilizations" between East and West that has always been a battle over ideas. It begins with ancient Greece and its epic fight against...- $23.00
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