History - Civilization

This Handbook re-examines the concept of early modern history in a European and global context. The term 'early modern' has been familiar, especially in Anglophone scholarship, for four decades and is securely established in teaching, research, and scholarly publishing. More recently, however, the unity...

Xenophon's Anabasis, or The Expedition of Cyrus, is one of the most exciting historical narratives--as well as the most important autobiographical work--to have survived from ancient Greece. It tells the story of Cyrus, a young and charismatic Persian prince, who in 401 BC enlisted...

"'All humans, by their nature, ' said Aristotle, 'desire to know.' A special and unparalleled way to know is to simply go where you've never been before. And the key to this quest for knowledge is 'elsewhere.'" So begins The Elsewhere Community by acclaimed...

Spanning the origins of the Earth to the outcome of the First World War, this is a brilliantly compelling account of the evolution of life and the development of the human race. Along the way, Wells considers such diverse subjects as the Neolithic era,...

This new historical atlas - richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations and full-colour maps - explores the world's earliest civilisations from the first farming settlements of Mesopotamia, via Egypt, Greece and Rome, to the civilisations of the Far East, Europe and America. Informatively written,...

The Greeks were extraordinary not least because they evolved "a totally new conception of what human life was for". Elaborating on that claim, the author explores the life, culture and history of classical Greece.Author: H. D. F. KittoISBN-10: 0140135219ISBN-13: 9780140135213Publisher: Penguin BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/30/1950Pages:...

Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity's future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.Over the past century humankind has managed...

Discover the remarkable history of the Phoenician Civilization...As the tee-shirt slogans say, "If you can read this, thank the Phoenicians." The Phoenician achievements include creating the world's first alphabet, which consisted of 22 consonant letters. If you're sipping wine as you read, that's another...

Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the 2023 Chautauqua Prize! Named a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public...

The West has long enjoyed an unrivalled era of peace and prosperity in recent history. Its culture has come to dominate and influence every other; its military, a shining example of strength and unparalleled might; its metropolises, a beacon of freedom and modernity. However,...

"Hebrew Tribes" by Yair Davidiy describes how 10 out of the 12 Original Tribes of Israel lost consciousness of their ancestry. Nevertheless, they retained their cohesiveness and are identifiable as historical entities. The Ten Tribes all moved in stages and at different times to...

A comprehensive study of the history of South Russia. Writer Michael Rostovtzeff draws reference from a variety of subjects, including art, archeology, mythology, politics, and economics. He begins with the prehistoric civilizations and ends at the origin of the Russian state.Michael Rostovtzeff was a...

Imagine the planet, as if from an immense distance of time and space, as a galactic observer might see it--with the kind of objectivity that we, who are enmeshed in our history, can t attain. The Oxford Illustrated History of the World encompasses the...

Until the late twentieth century, relatively few Americans knew that the United States government forcibly detained nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. At war's end, the nation, including many of those who were confined to the ten Relocation Centers--which President Roosevelt initially...

Over the course of the eighteenth century, European intellectuals shifted from admiring China as a utopian place of wonder to despising it as a backwards and despotic state. That transformation had little to do with changes in China itself, and everything to do with...

The legendary Pablo Picasso once paid a visit to the legendary Altamira Caves, located near the town of Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain. There, he viewed the ancient cave paintings, deemed to be among the most sophisticated examples in the world. He summarized...

The Global Humanities Reader is a collaboratively edited collection of primary sources with student-centered support features. It serves as the core curriculum of the University of North Carolina Asheville's almost-sixty-year-old interdisciplinary Humanities Program. Its three volumes--Engaging Ancient Worlds and Perspectives (Volume 1), Engaging Premodern...

The very name Mesopotamia is evocative. This land, whose name means between two rivers, is also known as the Fertile Crescent. It's the Cradle of Civilization. Cities grew here. Agriculture was established. Writing was invented. But the cultures of Mesopotamia left the world many...

After decades of controversy, there is now a growing consensus that Greek warfare was not singular and simple, but complex and multiform. In this volume, emerging and established scholars build on this consensus to explore Greek warfare beyond its traditional focus on hoplites and...

Focusing on the body in every chapter, this book examines the changing meanings and profound significance of the physical form among the Anglo-Saxons from 1880 to 1920. They formed an imaginary--but, in many ways, quite real--community that ruled much of the world. Among them,...

The first lessons we learn in school can stay with us all our lives, but this was nowhere more true than in the last decades of the fourteenth century when grammar-school students were not only learning to read and write, but understanding, for the...

A monumental and exhilarating history of European thought from the end of Antiquity to the beginning of the Enlightenment--500 to 1700 AD--tracing the arc of intellectual history as it evolved, setting the stage for the modern era. With more than 140 illustrations; 90 in...

Wine has been produced for thousands of years, with evidence of ancient wine production in Georgia (c. 6000 BC) China (c. 7000 BC), Armenia (c. 4100 BC), Iran from 5000 BC, and Sicily from 4000 BC.A dialogue on Chinese and Mediterranean wine tradition; new...

Discover the remarkable history of Mesopotamia... Five Books in One Sumerians: A History From Beginning to End Hittites: A History From Beginning to End Akkadian Empire: A History From Beginning to End Assyrian Empire: A History From Beginning to End Babylon: A History From...

Why do some books stay with you for a lifetime, never leaving your head or your heart? Can a book really change the course of your life? If you could venture to the past and award Nobel Prizes, whom would you choose as your...

We are going to be studying Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, and the beginning of the Roman Empire.Topics of Discussion✓ Ancient Greece✓ Ancient Egypt✓ Ancient Rome✓ BONUS! Find InsideAuthor: Boyce ShirvanianISBN-10: 8746316787ISBN-13: 9798746316783Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/29/2021Pages: 180Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.41d

Navigate your way around the prehistoric world with the book.This brilliant book is an investigation into the original and ages-old knowledge nurtured by priests, shamans and occultists from the earliest times. Dissatisfied with theories of 'Gods from Outer Space' and 'lost Atlantis', the author...

The history of Islam concerns the political, social, economic and cultural developments of Islamic civilization. Most historians accept that Islam originated in Mecca and Medina at the start of the 7th century CE. Muslims regard Islam as a return to the original faith of...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingInternational trade in the ancient world was a more intricate and far-reaching system than many have been led to believe. The Silk Road and the Incense Trade Route have been heavily researched in recent decades, and the Amber...

Situating the close relationship between Latin and music within its historical context, this volume presents an overview of Latin and music in the educational system of the time - schools, choir schools and universities - and the development and pervasive influence of musical humanism....

Author: Annalee NewitzISBN-10: 1665115637ISBN-13: 9781665115636Publisher: HighBridge AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/09/2021Format: CDWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 5.60h x 5.80w x 1.10d

Histories of Everyday Life is a study of the production and consumption of popular social history in mid-twentieth century Britain. It explores how non-academic historians, many of them women, developed a new breed of social history after the First World War, identified as the...

Six classroom-tested debates are featured in this innovative sourcebook. Built on primary documents, each debate asks students to step into the shoes of historical characters and argue for a position. As author Joseph T. Stuart says in the Introduction, "Debates have proven to be...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingAfrica may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe nearly 5,000 years later. From the Library and Lighthouse...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingAfrica may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe nearly 5,000 years later. From the Library and Lighthouse...

Blending history, science, and culture, a stunning and highly engaging evolutionary story exploring how walking on two legs allowed humans to become the planet's dominant species. Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four legs--a locomotion known as bipedalism. We...

Calendars in the Making investigates the origins of calendars we are most familiar with today, yet whose early histories, in the Roman and medieval periods, are still shrouded in obscurity. It examines when the seven-day week was standardized and first used for dating and...

Sheba, or Saba, is a region of high mountains and vast deserts situated in the southwest of the Arabian peninsula, in what is known today as Yemen. The mysteries and riches of Sheba and its people enticed the likes of Alexander the Great, the...

*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingWhen the American Revolution ended, the United States and Britain reached an impressively comprehensive peace in the Treaty of Paris. Among the important terms of the treaty, Britain recognized the colonies as free and relinquished...

"My purpose was to comply with the desires of the publishers in preparing and presenting an easily readable, enjoyable, and fascinating account of the lost Continent of Lemuria, with all of its past history, effects upon the races of man, and ancient, human incidents...

In Greek Epigraphy and Religion Emily Mackil and Nikolaos Papazarkadas bring together a series of papers first presented at a special session of the Second North American Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy (Berkeley 2016). That session was dedicated to the memory of Sara...

A century ago, between the uneasy aftermath of the First World War and the chaos of the Russian Revolution, an elite group of Russian intellectuals announced the discovery of a new continent they called "Eurasia", a sprawling landmass wedged between Europe and Asia fated...

A succinct and comprehensive history of the development of citizenship from the Roman Empire to the present day Citizenship, Inequality, and Difference offers a concise and sweeping overview of citizenship's complex evolution, from ancient Rome to the present. Political leaders and thinkers still debate,...

The study presents a critical analysis of the political relations between Rome and Near Eastern kingdoms and principalities during the age of civil war from the death of Julius Caesar in 44 to Mark Antony's defeat at Actium in 31 BC. By examining each...

It is time for a fundamental reappraisal of the ancient texts and traditions from around the world. They retain traces of the lost wisdom of a forgotten race. These 'Atlanteans' possessed a perfect understanding of their spiritual roots, but became obsessed with the material...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingA history of the Tatar peoples covers a huge expanse of territory, time, and the rise and fall of many Tatar communities. As such, they played a role in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East over several centuries,...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingA history of the Tatar peoples covers a huge expanse of territory, time, and the rise and fall of many Tatar communities. As such, they played a role in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East over several centuries,...

This book attempts to explain why Christianity, as a movement, never tolerated dissent, either externally or internally, making it one of the bloodiest forces for totalitarianism in history. Much of the book's 540,000 words, in two volumes, are quotes from primary sources of Christian...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"Isn't it strange that, our being such an intelligent primate, we didn't domesticate chimpanzees as companions instead? Why did we choose wolves even though they are strong enough to maim or kill us?" - Wolfgang SchleidtAs the oft-repeated...

*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of ancient accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe concept of international trade was born in the ancient Mediterranean, which provided the perfect set of circumstances needed to produce an intricate trading system whose influence can still be seen in present-day economic...