History - Civilization

An epic and highly readable investigation into our very earliest ancestors, focusing on the land corridor thorough which humans passed from Africa to Europe and the evidence left behind of their lives and deaths, struggles and beliefs. This is not a book about archaeological...

Osprey's Campaign title for one of the battles in which Muslims attempted to overtake Syria. In 636 AD, after protracted skirmishing and minor engagements the Arab and Byzantine armies faced each other on the banks of the Yarmuk river. The Byzantines were initially successful,...

Author: William F. BynumISBN-10: 8200069087ISBN-13: 9798200069088Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/21/2013Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.17lbs

By examining the history of universal history from the late Middle Ages until the early nineteenth century we trace the making of the global. Early modern universal history can be seen as a response to the epistemological crisis provoked by new knowledge and experience....

This is a sample book, 4 chapters. It has now been superseded by Tax Man and Myth of England, The River of Gold and Gifts from the Gods; it also includes a chapter on the Mau-Mau revolt which appears nowhere else, for the moment....

*Includes pictures of the sites and depictions of important people and events. *Explains the history of the sites and the theories about their purpose. *Describes the layout of the ancient cities, their important structures, and the theories about the buildings' uses. *Includes footnotes and...

"America First" was originally a slogan of the Ku Klux Klan. The phrase was adopted by the America First Committee (AFC), founded to lobby to keep the United States out of World War II, and comprised of the leading American fascists. Also involved in...

Knowledge is power. Time is money. Justice is blind. Western civilisation is a powerful brand, and full of accepted wisdoms like these that we rarely question. Taking cues from Greek philosophy and honed in the Enlightenment, certain notions about humanity and society grew into...

Between 1969 and 1980, Soviet archaeologists conducted excavations of Mesopotamian villages occupied from pre-agricultural times through the beginnings of early civilization. This volume brings together translations of Russian articles along with new work.Author: Norman YoffeeISBN-10: 0816532818ISBN-13: 9780816532810Publisher: University of Arizona PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2016Pages: 306Format:...

True Civilization: An Immediate Necessity, And The Last Ground Of Hope For Mankind is a book written by Josiah Warren in 1863. The book is a call to action for humanity to reject the current social and economic systems and embrace a new way...

No animal is so entangled in human history as the horse. The thread starts in prehistory, with a slight, shy animal, hunted for food. Domesticating the horse allowed early humans to settle the vast Eurasian steppe; later, their horses enabled new forms of warfare,...

Discover the mysteries of Chinese history with 500 fascinating facts!Unlock the secrets of Chinese history with these five hundred interesting facts! Discover the incredible history of China and its people in this comprehensive book. With thirty-three chapters detailing eras from pre-imperial China to the...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This work covers topics related to the exercise of influence by individuals and groups within organizations. It includes an introductory group of articles dealing with the nature of influence processes and power. With more than two-thirds fresh material, this new updated edition of Organizational...

As the title suggests, we are here addressing the most fundamental questions: Who is man? What is art? What is the bond that unites man, nature and art? The argument at the heart of this book is that what should be common to all...

Presents compelling evidence that civilizations worldwide became warlike and monotheistic after Earth passed through the tail of a comet in 1500 B.C. - Explores the violent effect of debris from comet 12P/Pons-Brooks on peaceful cultures such as the Olmec of Mexico and the Megalithic...

The Turkic Peoples in World History is a thorough and rare introduction to the Turkic world and its role in world history, providing a concise history of the Turkic peoples as well as a critical discussion of their identities and origins. The "Turks" stepped...

A beautifully illustrated exploration of how Latif Al Ani's photographs and contemporary Iraqi artists continue to challenge the colonial appropriation of Iraq's ancient past Beginning in the early nineteenth century, Mesopotamian and early Islamic ruins became the focus of many Western colonial expeditions. These...

Discover the frothy, flavorful journey of humanity's favorite brew in "Beer's Ancient Cradle: From Mesopotamia to Monasteries." This intoxicating odyssey through time and culture will leave you thirsting for more, as you delve into the tantalizing tale of beer's epic voyage from its humble...

We live in a difficult time. The world is changing in ways that are often complex, confusing, and disruptive to our lives and that can't easily be anticipated. Within such a world, there is a renewed hunger for more direct access to personal gnosis,...

"For the last hundred years, Western colonialism has had a bad name." So began Professor Bruce Gilley's watershed academic article "The Case for Colonialism" of 2017. The article sparked a global furor. Critics and defenders of Gilley's argument battled it out in the court...

The Political and Strategic History of the World, Vol I: From Antiquity to the Caesars, 14 A.D. covers great swathes of time beginning with the earliest written records of the Hebrews, Sumerians, Babylonians, Egyptians, and the ancient East, through the rise of the Greeks...

The Political and Strategic History of the World, Vol I: From Antiquity to the Caesars, 14 A.D. covers great swathes of time beginning with the earliest written records of the Hebrews, Sumerians, Babylonians, Egyptians, and the ancient East, through the rise of the Greeks...

Author: Christopher AmatobiISBN-10: 1477151397ISBN-13: 9781477151396Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/22/2012Pages: 458Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.82lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d

Arun Bala challenges Eurocentric conceptions of history by showing how Chinese, Indian, Arabic, and ancient Egyptian ideas in philosophy, mathematics, cosmology and physics played an indispensable role in making possible the birth of modern science.Author: A. BalaISBN-10: 1403974683ISBN-13: 9781403974686Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/10/2007Pages: 230Format:...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This classic work of history provides a sweeping overview of the development of Western civilization from the end of the Roman Empire to the dawn of the modern era. With its broad scope and insightful analysis, the book provides readers with a deep understanding...

In this exhilarating look at cities, past and future, Ben Wilson proposes that, in our world of rising seas and threatening weather, the natural world may prove the city's savior "Illuminating...Wilson leaves readers with hope about the future of efforts to preserve the ecosystems...

Anglo-Saxon Supremacy: Or Race Contributions To Civilization is a book written by John Lincoln Brandt in 1915. The book focuses on the idea of Anglo-Saxon supremacy and how the Anglo-Saxon race has contributed to civilization. The author argues that the Anglo-Saxon race is superior...

The Language of Objects sheds new light on the sub-genre of Greek descriptive epigram, focusing on deictic reference as a springboard to understand three different approaches to the materiality of texts: imagination-oriented deixis, pointing to referents conjured in the reader's mind; ocular deixis, addressing...

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - From the award-winning historian and broadcaster comes an immersive, awe-inspiring tour of the ancient sites that kindle our imagination and afford us a glimpse into our shared history "This fascinating book is brimming with stories of people and places, all...

At its very center, The Cultivation of Character and Culture in Roman Rhetorical Education: The Available Means is a study of the subtle, organic ways that rhetoric can work to cultivate a particular character. This is an extension of the current work in composition...

The Minoans by George Glasgow has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current...

Abbott makes reading history easy. Xerxes the Great is the Ahaseurus of the Book of Esther in the Bible. He was also the one whose army was drastically reduced by the famous 300! This is a fascinating insight into the man and life at...

Western arts, the literary, performing, and visual arts of Europe and regions that share a European cultural tradition, including the United States and Canada.This text book has been developed by a teacher with more than a decade's experience of lecturing in art history and...

Augustus, also called Augustus Caesar or (until 27 BCE) Octavian, original name Gaius Octavius, adopted name Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, (born September 23, 63 BCE-died August 19, 14 CE, Nola, near Naples [Italy]), first Roman emperor, following the republic, which had been finally destroyed...

A history of Burgundy could more accurately be described as the "history of the Burgundies," because at different points between 406 and 1795, there were at least 10 distinct entities known as "Burgundy." One of the least known of these was the Kingdom of...

History, to a greater degree than you might think, determines who we are, where we are and what we are. History determines what countries are free and what people are slaves. History determines how people lived in the past and how they live today....

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe three modern Baltic states - Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia - may occupy small tracts of lands bordering the Baltic Sea, but their respective histories are unique. Latvia, like its neighbours, was settled thousands of years ago, with...

Christine's family is slaughtered by Indians and she is raised by her Uncle. However, his debts make her the payoff to a corrupt Lieutenant. She is saved by a Cheyenne warrior, but how can she be grateful to a savage? Blade is half-Cheyenne and...

In verse, rhyme and original art, Incomplete Ignorance at Play demonstrates the author's incomplete ignorance of the many subjects this poem addresses. It is divided into three books - Emergence, Divergence and Convergence - where topics from the Big Bang to Hiroshima are "playfully"...

Would you like to know the origin of the races and present day nations on Earth? In this book, you will discover a lot of interesting and educative information concerning how the present-day nations of the Earth evolved from the families of the three...

BIC Subject and Qualifiers: Biblical Studies & Exegesis (HRCG)BISAC Subject: History, Ancient/GeneralBy comparing biblical information with historical records, this book exposes how the most populous nations of the world evolved from the multiracial families of the five sons of Shem. These multiracial descendants of...

Even if you do not share the same surname as me, or even if your ancestors did not come from Ireland as mine did, you can still learn a lot from this book about searching for your own relatives. This book details the step-by-step...

In the not - too - distant future, planet Earth has descended into chaos, the outlook grim - but from an unexpected source comes hope. Uncle Q, a wise, careworn man whose people have been entrapped and brutally victimized for the color of their...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingWhen people think of ancient Greece, images of philosophers such as Plato or Socrates often come to mind, as do great warriors like Pericles and Alexander the Great, but hundreds of years before Athens became a city, a...

Tax Man explains how a human population of more than seven billion is possible. Most mammals follow a violent instinct when meeting strange same-sex members of their own species, restricting their population to a few million. Humans, uniquely, co-operate. This adaptation derives from a...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"Immigration during the first five years of the 1850s reached a level five times greater than a decade earlier. Most of the new arrivals were poor Catholic peasants or laborers from Ireland and Germany who crowded into the...

(See the Preface and Table of Contents)The testimony here recorded has been taken from many sources. I doubt not that diligent search would reveal further facts of the highest value. As a matter of fact I have a great accumulation of material which would...

Europe's identity was formed in spite of clashes between civilizations. The authors examine Europe's complicated and controversial history, from the Persians to the European Union. The dissection over Europe involved geography, culture, philosophy, religion, essential values, and practices of living out life. Author: Piotr...