History - Civilization

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...

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...

Is global violence on the decline? Scholars argue that Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker's proposal that violence has declined dramatically over time is flawed. This highly-publicized argument that human violence across the world has been dramatically abating continues to influence discourse among academics and the...

. The book is colossal in content and classic in treatment. It refers to 550 authentic works in different languages besides inscriptions. This itself speaks volumes of the industry put in by the author in writing the book. The book contains eight chapters subdivided...

The CategoriesBy AristotleTranslated by E. M. EdghillThe Categories is a text from Aristotle's Organon that enumerates all the possible kinds of things that can be the subject or the predicate of a proposition. They are "perhaps the single most heavily discussed of all Aristotelian...

Definitively tracing the evolution of the Maya civilization from the arrival of migrating 'first peoples' to the end of the Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican World with the Spanish Conquest in the 16th century AD. A span of some thousands of years are concisely covered in one...

The story of the Norse is a Viking adventure in history. The Norse saga began with the first ancient tribes of Norsemen during the Early Nordic Stone Age. The beginning of the Nordic Ax Culture when primitive Norsemen created their first battle axes from...

First Civilizations is the second edition of a popular student text first published in 1996 in Montreal by Les Editions Champ Fleury. This much updated and expanded edition provides an introductory overview of the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. It was conceived...

This is an extraordinarily detailed account of a modern small town on the edge of a rapidly expanding metropolitan region.Author: William HumberISBN-10: 1896219217ISBN-13: 9781896219219Publisher: Natural Heritage BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/15/1997Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.35w x 0.44d

Science is the only truly global human activity. Hence as they go about their business its practitioners have a unique opportunity to observe and comment on the places, customs and happenings going on around them. Yet few take advantage of this good fortune by...

The Hittites created one of the great civilizations of the ancient world, although it remained almost unknown until excavations in the early 20th century revealed the extent and importance of its culture. For nearly five centuries the Hittites controlled vast areas of Anatolia, by...

In this first volume of ancient leaders, the lives, battles and accomplishments of three of the most renowned warrior kings are examined.Alexander the Great hastened historical change in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds, and his vision for a Panhellenic world stretched over two...

The Remingtons series of story books is a "work in progress and plans to be edited and re edited as information evolves from the readers. Please contribute. Although I hold the copyright, I believe Eli would take pleasure in having us all meet around...

Do you believe aliens created the human race? Don't believe in alien intervention? Read the book and see the evidence for yourself. Legacy of the Gods will make you rethink what you think you know. The human race has altered the evolutionary process of...

Melchisedech, Moses, David and Solomon. We think of them as the famous kings of Canaan, powerful and mighty. But what if they were just common men, called to a very uncommon task? And what if that call was a woman's love? Read about history's...

Is the West in Decline? is a collection of ten essays by prominent scholars of international relations and current history, many of them associated with the European Studies program of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. The essays explore the question of...