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 The Prehistory of the Silk Road 
 The Prehistory of the Silk Road (Encounters with Asia) Author: Kuzmina E.E. University of Pennsylvania Press 2007 Pages: 264 Language: English Format: pdf Size: 20.5 Mb In ancient and medieval times, the Silk Road was of great importance to the transport of peoples, goods, and ideas between the East and the West. A vast network of trade routes, it connected the diverse geographies and populations of China, the Eurasian Steppe, Central Asia, India, Western Asia, and Europe. Although its main use was for importing silk from China, traders moving in the opposite direction carried to China jewelry, glassware, and other exotic goods from the Mediterranean, jade from Khotan, and horses and furs from the nomads of the Steppe. In both directions, technology and ideologies were transmitted. The Silk Road brought together the achievements of the different peoples of Eurasia to advance the Old World as a whole. The majority of the Silk Road routes passed through the Eurasian Steppe, whose nomadic people were participants and mediators in its economic and cultural exchanges. Until now, the origins of these routes and relationships have not been examined in great detail. In The Prehistory of the Silk Road, E. E. Kuzmina, renowned Russian archaeologist, looks at the history of this crucial area before the formal establishment of Silk Road trade and diplomacy. From the late Neolithic period to the early Bronze Age, Kuzmina traces the evolution of the material culture of the Steppe and the contact between civilizations that proved critical to the development of the widespread trade that would follow, including nomadic migrations, the domestication and use of the horse and the camel, and the spread of wheeled transport. The Prehistory of the Silk Road combines detailed research in archaeology with evidence from physical anthropology, linguistics, and other fields, incorporating both primary and secondary sources from a range of languages, including a vast accumulation of Russian-language scholarship largely untapped in the West. The book is complemented by an extensive bibliography that will be of great use to scholars.
The Murder of Cleopatra: History's Greatest Cold Case
 Author: Pat Brown The Murder of Cleopatra: History's Greatest Cold Case Prometheus Books 2013 Format: pdf/epub/mobi Size: 12 Mb Language: English A world-renowned criminal profiler takes a fascinating look at one of the most tragic mysteries in history. For more than two thousand years, the great pharaoh Cleopatra VII has been portrayed as a failed monarch. Various ancient sources state that she desperately ended her life with the bite of an asp, as her nemesis - the Roman general Octavian, later known as Augustus, the first Roman emperor - stormed Alexandria. Now, a completely unique interpretation of history is brought to light by world-renowned criminal profiler Pat Brown in her new myth-busting book, The Murder of Cleopatra. As host and profiler of The Mysterious Death of Cleopatra (Discovery 2005), Brown challenged the long-enduring myth that Cleopatra died via snakebite and that she committed suicide to avoid further humiliation. Using the techniques and methodology of investigative criminal profiling and crime reconstruction, The Murder of Cleopatra takes up where the Discovery Channel documentary left off. Brown's findings, borne of scientific method, rigorous inquiry, and deductive reasoning, will be revealed against a historical backdrop of mystery, drama, politics, danger, and romantic intrigue. The result: a thought-provoking analysis of the amazing woman Cleopatra truly was, a fascinating account of the queen's final desperate attempt to escape Egypt with her ships and treasure, and the brutal homicide that ended her life as the last Egyptian pharaoh.
Living Buddhas: The Self-Mummified Monks of Yamagata, Japan
 Living Buddhas: The Self-Mummified Monks of Yamagata, Japan Author: Ken Jeremiah McFarland & Company 2010 ISBN: 0786448806 Pages: 236 Format: PDF Size: 4 mb Language: english Northern Japan is home to an ancient, esoteric tradition of self-mummifying Buddhist monks, a tradition little known to the outside world. Long after death, these ascetics continue to be revered as living Buddhas. This first English-language work on the subject recounts the process by which these monks starve themselves for a decade, bury themselves alive with only a small breathing tube, and meditate until death. After three years, the mummified body is exhumed and displayed. The biographies of various monks are presented within this history of self-mummification, as is an examination of the religious beliefs involved, an amalgamation of three distinct religious traditions. Also explored is the role of asceticism in religion, and beliefs about life and death shared by the Buddhist sects involved in self-mummification.
The Life. Against Apion
 Author: Josephus Flavius The Life. Against Apion Harvard University Press The Loeb Classical Library 1926 Format: PDF Size: 22,15 mb 458
Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilisation, 2 edition
 Author: Barry J. Kemp "Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilisation, 2 edition" R,,ledge 2006 Pages: 448 ISBN: 0415235502 Format: PDF Size: 12,3 mb Language: English Quality: Good Completely revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, this second edition of Barry J. Kemp's popular text presents a compelling reassessment of what gave ancient Egypt its distinctive and enduring characteristics. Ranging across Ancient Egyptian material culture, social and economic experiences, and the mindset of its people, the book also includes two new chapters exploring the last ten centuries of Ancient Egyptian civilization and who, in ethnic terms, the ancients were. Fully illustrated, the book draws on both ancient written materials and decades of excavation evidence, transforming our understanding of this remarkable civilization. Broad ranging yet impressively detailed, Kemp’s work is an indispensable text for all students of Ancient Egypt.
Egyptianizing Figurines from Delos: A Study in Hellenistic Religion
 Author: Caitlín E. Barrett Egyptianizing Figurines from Delos: A Study in Hellenistic Religion Brill 2011 Pages: 833 Format: pdf Language : English Size: 30mb Quality:Good This book investigates Hellenistic popular religion through an interdisciplinary study of terracotta figurines of Egyptian deities, mostly from domestic contexts, from the trading port of Delos. A comparison of the figurines iconography to parallels in Egyptian religious texts, temple reliefs, and ritual objects suggests that many figurines depict deities or rituals associated with Egyptian festivals. An analysis of the objects clay fabrics and manufacturing techniques indicates that most were made on Delos. Additionally, archival research on unpublished notes from early excavations reveals new data on many figurines archaeological contexts, illuminating their roles in both domestic and temple cults. The results offer a new perspective on Hellenistic reinterpretations of Egyptian religion, as well as the relationship between popular and official cults.
Roman Conquests: Macedonia and Greece
 Author: Philip Matyszak Roman Conquests: Macedonia and Greece Pen and Sword Military 2009 Format: EPUB Pages: 208 Size: 6 Mb Language: English This will be the third in the Roman Conquests series (following Italy and Spain) and one of those with the most obvious appeal. While Rome was struggling for her very survival against the Carthaginians in the Second Punic War, Philip V of Macedon attempted to take advantage of their apparent vulnerability by allying with Hannibal and declaring war. For the time being the Romans negated this threat by shrewd use of allies to keep Philip occupied in Greece and Illyria. Once Carthage was defeated, however, the Romans were free to turn their full attention to settling the score.
The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings
 The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings Penguin Historical Atlases Penguin Books Ltd. (UK) Author: John Haywood 1995 г. Language (Language): English (English) Pages: 144 ISBN: 978–0–14–0–51328–0 Format : PDF RAR Size: 32.8 Mb
Roman Conquests: Gaul
 Author: Michael Sage Roman Conquests: Gaul Pen and Sword Military 2011 Format: EPUB Pages: 190 Size: 3 Mb Language: English This latest volume in the Roman Conquests series deals with some of the best known Roman campaigns of all. Indeed, due to the involvement of Julius Caesar and the commentaries he wrote upon them, these are some of the most studied of any ancient campaigns. Before Caesar, however, Rome had already established a foothold across the Alps in Gaul (the Province, modern Provence) and Michael M Sage starts with these early acquisitions which were largely reactive and defensive. The Gauls were one of the great warrior societies of ancient Europe and some of Rome's heaviest defeats were suffered here at the end of the second century BC.
An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
 Author: Kathryn A. Bard An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt (Second edition) Wiley-Blackwell 2015 Format: PDF Size: 28 Mb Language: English This student-friendly introduction to the archaeology of ancient Egypt guides readers from the Paleolithic to the Greco-Roman periods, and has now been updated to include recent discoveries and new illustrations. - Superbly illustrated with photographs, maps, and site plans, with additional illustrations in this new edition - Organized into 11 chapters, covering: the history of Egyptology and Egyptian archaeology; prehistoric and pharaonic chronology and the ancient Egyptian language; geography, resources, and environment; and seven chapters organized chronologically and devoted to specific archaeological sites and evidence - Includes sections on salient topics such as the constructing the Great Pyramid at Giza and the process of mummification
Life in Ancient Egypt
 Life in Ancient Egypt Author: Don Nardo Referencepoint Press Living History 2014 ISBN-13: 9781601526380 Pages: 96 Language: English Format: PDF (True) Size: 6 MB Much of what is known about people's everyday lives in times past comes from artifacts but also from diaries, letters, and other writings. Many important details of life during the Civil War, for instance, can be found in the diaries of women who carried on while their men were at war. In the Living History series, firsthand accounts such as these are combined with thoughtful narrative to offer a rich and vivid portrait of daily life in various times and places in history. A visual chronology, sidebars that feature quotes from people of the period and from historians, selected vocabulary words, source notes, a bibliography for further research, and an index provide additional tools for student researchers. Book jacket.
Religion in Human Evolution: From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age
 Author: Robert N. Bellah Religion in Human Evolution: From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age Belknap Press 2011 Format: pdf/epub Size: 15 Mb Language: English Religion in Human Evolution is a work of extraordinary ambition—a wide-ranging, nuanced probing of our biological past to discover the kinds of lives that human beings have most often imagined were worth living. It offers what is frequently seen as a forbidden theory of the origin of religion that goes deep into evolution, especially but not exclusively cultural evolution. How did our early ancestors transcend the quotidian demands of everyday existence to embrace an alternative reality that called into question the very meaning of their daily struggle? Robert Bellah, one of the leading sociologists of our time, identifies a range of cultural capacities, such as communal dancing, storytelling, and theorizing, whose emergence made this religious development possible. Deploying the latest findings in biology, cognitive science, and evolutionary psychology, he traces the expansion of these cultural capacities from the Paleolithic to the Axial Age (roughly, the first millennium BCE), when individuals and groups in the Old World challenged the norms and beliefs of class societies ruled by kings and aristocracies. These religious prophets and renouncers never succeeded in founding their alternative utopias, but they left a heritage of criticism that would not be quenched. Bellah’s treatment of the four great civilizations of the Axial Age—in ancient Israel, Greece, China, and India—shows all existing religions, both prophetic and mystic, to be rooted in the evolutionary story he tells. Religion in Human Evolution answers the call for a critical history of religion grounded in the full range of human constraints and possibilities.
Between Rome and Persia
 Author: Peter M. Edwell Between Rome and Persia Routledge 2007 ISBN: 041542478X Format: PDF Size: 5,6 МБ Language: English Pages: 289 This detailed history of explores Rome's interaction with its Persian neighbour and enemy from the first century BC to the third century AD. Peter Edwell takes the innovative approach in treating the area in regional terms, giving more nuanced interpretations than are available in broader treatments of the Roman Near East.
Designing for Luxury on the Bay of Naples: Villas and Landscapes (c. 100 BCE - 79 CE)
 Designing for Luxury on the Bay of Naples: Villas and Landscapes (c. 100 BCE - 79 CE) Author: Mantha Zarmakoupi Oxford University Press Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture & Representation 2014 ISBN-13: 978-0199678389 Pages: 327 Language: English Format: PDF Size: 55 MB
The Gallic War
 Author: Caesar The Gallic War HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS The Loeb Classical Library Language: /English 1919 (Reprint 1958) Format: PDF Size: 28,01 mb 672
Roman Britain - A New History
 Author: Guy de la Bédoyère Roman Britain - A New History Thames & Hudson 2010 Format: PDF Pages: 288 Language: English Size: 145.8 MB A detailed portrait for nonspecialists of the many facets of Romano-British society as revealed by archaeological excavation, including the most recent discoveries...may become the standard archaeological survey of Roman Britain for students and lay readers. Simultaneously scholarly and attractive.
The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition, 2nd edition
 Author: Margaret Alexiou The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition, 2nd edition Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc 2002 ISBN: 0742507572 Format: PDF Size: 30,7 МБ Language: English Pages: 320 Margaret Alexiou's The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition, first published in 1974, has long since been established as a classic in several fields. This is the only generic and diachronic study of learned and popular lament and its socio-cultural contexts throughout Greek tradition in which a great diversity of sources are integrated to offer a comprehensive and penetrating synthesis. Its interdisciplinary orientation and broad scope have rendered The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition an indispensable reference work for classicists, byzantinists, neohellenists, folklorists, and anthropologists. Now a second edition, revised by Dimitrios Yatromanolakis and Panagiotis Roilos, has been made available. This new edition also includes a valuable up-to-date bibliography on ritual lament and death in Greek culture.
A History of the Archaic Greek World, ca. 1200-479 BCE
 Author: Jonathan M. Hall A History of the Archaic Greek World, ca. 1200-479 BCE Wiley-Blackwell 2013 Format: PDF Size: 10.3 Mb Language: English A History of the Archaic Greek World offers a theme-based approach to the development of the Greek world in the years 1200-479 BCE. - Updated and extended in this edition to include two new sections, expanded geographical coverage, a guide to electronic resources, and more illustrations - Takes a critical and analytical look at evidence about the history of the archaic Greek World - Involves the reader in the practice of history by questioning and reevaluating conventional beliefs - Casts new light on traditional themes such as the rise of the city-state, citizen militias, and the origins of egalitarianism - Provides a wealth of archaeological evidence, in a number of different specialties, including ceramics, architecture, and mortuary studies
A History of the Animal World in the Ancient Near East
 A History of the Animal World in the Ancient Near East Author: Billie Jean Collins BRILL 2001 Pages: 620 Language: English Format: pdf Size: 31.5 Mb This title concerns man's contact with the animal world: sacrifice, sacred animals, diet, and domestication. Chapters on art, literature, religion and animal husbandry reveal a picture of the complex relationships between the peoples of the Ancient Near East and (their) animals. A reference guide and key to the menagerie of the Ancient Near East, with ample original illustrations.
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