{"product_id":"ancient-history-patrick-auerbach-9781973964063","title":"Ancient History: History of Ancient Civilisations. Norse Mythology, Greek Mythology, and Ancient Rome","description":"\u003cb\u003e3 Manuscripts\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorse Mythology\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book you will find information, about Norse Mythology. Norse mythology, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of mythology of the North Germanic people stemming from Norse paganism and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia and into the Scandinavian folklore of the modern period. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost of the knowledge used to create this book, is from the Icelandic historian and poet, Snorri Sturluson, who has written The Prose Edda around the year 1200. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Norse gods and goddesses were loved by the Vikings. The Vikings came mainly from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Faroe Island, and Greenland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreek Mythology\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGreek Mythology is the body of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. It was a part of the religion in ancient Greece. The Greeks were polytheistic in their religious beliefs. Polytheistic means they believed in and worshiped many different gods. Modern scholars refer to and study the myths in an attempt to shed light on the religious and political institutions of Ancient Greece and its civilization, and to gain understanding of the nature of myth-making itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAncient Rome\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning in the eighth century B.C., Ancient Rome grew from a small town on central Italy's Tiber River into an empire that at its peak encompassed most of continental Europe, Britain, much of western Asia, northern Africa and the Mediterranean islands. Among the many legacies of Roman dominance are the widespread use of the Romance languages (Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian) derived from Latin, the modern Western alphabet and calendar and the emergence of Christianity as a major world religion. After 450 years as a republic, Rome became an empire in the wake of Julius Caesar's rise and fall in the first century B.C. The long and triumphant reign of its first emperor, Augustus, began a golden age of peace and prosperity; by contrast, the empire's decline and fall by the fifth century A.D. was one of the most dramatic implosions in the history of human civilization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBuy this book now!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Auerbach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1973964066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781973964063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Patrick Auerbach","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940402397439,"sku":"9781973964063","price":14.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5f78d2b6-af87-414a-b075-661eebbf3504.jpg?v=1681446994","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ancient-history-patrick-auerbach-9781973964063","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}