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 The greatness that was Babylon; a sketch of the ancient civilization of the Tigris-Euphrates Valley 
 The greatness that was Babylon; a sketch of the ancient civilization of the Tigris-Euphrates Valley New York, Hawthorn Books, Inc; First Edition edition Author:Saggs, H. W. F 1962 Language:English Format:pdf Size:123 Mb A sketch of the ancient civilization of the Tigris-Euphrates valley "And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying: Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down and shall be found no more at all.". REVELATIONS XVIII : 21 Splendor and degradation are the marks; that centuries have placed upon the ancient land of Babylon. Its history has been too often neglected because of the many enigmas that have baffled scholars since the time of its fall.
The Land of the Etruscans
 The Land of the Etruscans Author: Marisa Bonamici Scala Books 1985 ISBN-13: 978-0935748598 Pages: 98 Language: English Format: PDF Size: 90 MB Etruscan civilization is the modern name given to a civilization of ancient Italy in the area corresponding roughly to Tuscany, western Umbria, and northern Lazio. The ancient Romans called its creators the Tusci or Etrusci. Their Roman name is the origin of the terms Tuscany, which refers to their heartland, and Etruria, which can refer to their wider region. In Attic Greek, the Etruscans were known as (Tyrrhenoi), earlier Tyrsenoi, from which the Romans derived the names Tyrrheni (Etruscans), Tyrrhenia (Etruria), and Mare Tyrrhenum (Tyrrhenian Sea). The Etruscans called themselves Rasenna, which was syncopated to Rasna or Rasna, earlier T'rasena,[citation needed] whence come the Roman and Greek names, prompting some to associate them with the Egyptian Teresh (Sea Peoples). The word may also be related to the Hittite Taruisa...
The Uniqueness of Western Civilization
 Author: Ricardo Duchesne The Uniqueness of Western Civilization Brill 2012 Pages: 540 Format: PDF Language : English Size: 11 mb Quality: Good After challenging the multicultural effort to provincialize the history of Western civilization, this book argues that the roots of the Wests exceptional creativity should be traced back to the uniquely aristocratic warlike culture of Indo-European speakers.
Daily Life in the Roman City: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia
 Author: Gregory S. Aldrete Daily Life in the Roman City: Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia University of Oklahoma Press 2005 ISBN: 031333174X Format: PDF Size: 21,9 МБ Language: English Pages: 265 An in-depth study of life in ancient Roman cities Although the majority of ancient Rome's population lived in the countryside, Rome's heart - its cultural, political, and spiritual centre - lay in the city. In the most distant corners of the Empire, Rome's metropolitan existence was reflected in provincial cities whose architecture, infrastructure, language and laws echoed their model and parent: Rome. In Greg Aldrete's comprehensive account, readers will have the opportunity to peer into the inner workings and outer forms of life in Rome's cities, and also gain a new insight into the nature and history of urban existence. The book includes sections on Rome's history, infrastructure, government, and people, as well as chapters on living and dying; dangers of living; pleasures of living; entertainment; religion; the emperors; the economy; Ostia: an industrial port city; and Pompeli. This volume is ideal for school and college students, as well as anyone interested in examining the realities of life in Rome and the ancient Roman cities. A chronology of the time period, maps, illustrations, a bibliography, and an index are also included. Part of The Greenwood Press "Daily Life Through History" Series Provides a fascinating insight into urban life in ancient Rome
Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering The Dynasties of the Ancient Maya
 Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering The Dynasties of the Ancient Maya Thames & Hudson Author: Simon Martin, Nikolai Grube 2008 Pages: 240 Format: PDF Size: 36 mb Language: English "The ideal reference on Maya archaeology." Science News Behind the ancient cities of the Maya and their abandoned artworks lie the turbulent stories of their ruling dynasties. One of the world's greatest and most powerful civilizations, the Maya experienced constant conflict in a landscape divided among numerous kingdoms. Intense rivalries, rapacious conquerors, and repeated dynastic defeat and breakdown are common themes in many tales of this mighty civilization. The ancient Maya remain one of the most vibrant areas of study in world archaeology. Fresh discoveries in the field, together with the ongoing process of hieroglyphic decipherment, mean that information is constantly coming to light. This new version of the only comprehensive, kingdom-by-kingdom history of the ancient Maya brings the story fully up to date with previously unknown rulers and new glyphic readings, as well as additional information on diplomacy and warfare. 366 illustrations, 86 in color
1000 Facts - Ancient Egypt
 Author : Belinda Gallagher : 1000 Facts - Ancient Egypt (1000 Facts on...) Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd : 2007 ISBN: 9781842369357 Pages: 224 Format : epub Size : 14 MB Language : English This e-book provides a rich source of information with maximum impact and minimum clutter. Exactly 1000 facts are covered by 100 topics, each with 10 key points that provide a simple but memorable handle on the subject. Fascinating information panels as well as extended captions amplify this quick fire approach.
Troy c. 1700-1250 BC - Osprey Fortress 17
 Troy C. 1700-1250 BC Author: Nic Fields Osprey Publishing Osprey Fortress 17 2001 ISBN: 1841767034 Format: PDF Size: 13.7 MB Language: English Pages: 68 Hisarlik is a small place, a sandy stone strewn hillock cut up into gullies and hummocks. Yet its historical significance is immense, for this is the site of Troy - the legendary city whose story sprawls across cultures, time and geography. The tale of the siege of Troy is the greatest secular story ever told, and has captured the imagination of the Western World for some 3,000 years. Although there are many difficulties in using Greek myths, oral traditions and the Homeric epics to reconstruct the Trojan War, this title uses the latest archaeological evidence to reconstruct in detail the fortifications of Troy as well as making more general observations about the possible historical events behind the epics of Homer.
Karaites in Byzantium: The Formative Years, 970-1100
 Author: Zvi Ankori Karaites in Byzantium: The Formative Years, 970-1100 Columbia University Press ISBN: 0404515975 1968 Format: PDF Size: 9,9 МБ Language: English Pages: 546 Karaites in Byzantium: The Formative Years, 970-1100
La Leyenda de Ulises
 Author: Peter Connolly La Leyenda de Ulises Grupo Anaya 1990 Format: PDF Pages: 78 Language: Spanish Size: 11 MB Odysseus, also known by the Roman name Ulysses, was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and a hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in that same Epic Cycle. Husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus, and son of Laërtes and Anticlea, Odysseus is renowned for his brilliance, guile, and versatility (polytropos), and is hence known by the epithet Odysseus the Cunning (mētis, or "cunning intelligence"). He is most famous for the ten eventful years he took to return home after the decade-long Trojan War.
Warfare in the Roman Republic: From the Etruscan Wars to the Battle of Actium
 Author: Lee L. Brice Warfare in the Roman Republic: From the Etruscan Wars to the Battle of Actium ABC-CLIO 2014 Format: PDF Size: 10.4 Mb Language: English The study of ancient Rome remains both a high-interest topic and a staple of high school and university curricula, while recent Hollywood movies continue to heighten popular interest in Rome. This multi-format handbook examines warfare in ancient Rome during the republic period, from approximately 400 BCE to 31 BCE. Presenting ready reference, primary source documents, statistical information, and a chronology, the title explore all aspects of conflict during this time period, including key military leaders, pivotal battles and sieges, new weapons and technologies, and the intersections of warfare and society in the ancient world. The reference entries provide detailed snapshots of key people, events, groups, places, weapons systems, and strategies that enable readers to easily understand the critical issues during 400 years of the Roman Republic, while various overview, causes, and consequences essays offer engaging, in-depth coverage of the most important wars. By providing students with in-depth information about how the Roman Army operated, they develop a fuller understanding Roman, ancient, and world history.
Prehistoric Europe
 Prehistoric Europe Author: T.C. Champion, Clive Gamble, Stephen Shennan, Alasdair Whittle Left Coast Press Inc 2009 ISBN-13: 978-1598744637 Pages: 371 Language: English Format: PDF Size: 38 MB The study of European prehistory has been revolutionized in recent years by the rapid growth rate of archeological discovery, advances in dating methods and the application of scientific techniques to archaeological material and new archaeological aims and frameworks of interpretation. Whereas previous work concentrated on the recovery and description of material remains, the main focus is now on the reconstruction of prehistoric societies and the explanation of their development. This volume provides that elementary and comprehensive synthesis of the new discoveries and the new interpretations of European prehistory. After and introductory chapter on the geographical setting and the development of prehistoric studies in Europe, the text is divided chronologically into nine chapters. Each one describes, with numerous maps, plans and drawings, the relevant archaeological data, and proceeds to a discussion of the societies they represent. Particular attention is paid to the major themes of recent prehistoric research, especially subsistence economy, trade, settlement, technology and social organization.
Immoderate Greatness: Why Civilizations Fail
 Author: William Ophuls Immoderate Greatness: Why Civilizations Fail CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2012 Format: pdf/epub Size: 1.2 Mb Language: English "Immoderate Greatness" explains how a civilization’s very magnitude conspires against it to cause downfall. Civilizations are hard-wired for self-destruction. They travel an arc from initial success to terminal decay and ultimate collapse due to intrinsic, inescapable biophysical limits combined with an inexorable trend toward moral decay and practical failure. Because our own civilization is global, its collapse will also be global, as well as uniquely devastating owing to the immensity of its population, complexity, and consumption. To avoid the common fate of all past civilizations will require a radical change in our ethos—to wit, the deliberate renunciation of greatness—lest we precipitate a dark age in which the arts and adornments of civilization are partially or completely lost.
Ancient Rome
 Ancient Rome (Ancient Civilizations) Author: Susan E. Hamen Essential Library Ancient Civilizations 2015 ISBN-13: 978-1624035425 Pages: 115 Language: English Format: PDF (True) Size: 18 MB "In Ancient Rome, readers discover the history and impressive accomplishments of the ancient Romans, including their military power and feats of engineering. Engaging text provides details on the civilization's history, development, daily life, culture, art, technology, warfare, social organization, and more."--Publisher's web site.
Antiquity: Greeks and Romans in Context
 Author: Frederick G. Naerebout, Henk W. Singor Antiquity: Greeks and Romans in Context Wiley-Blackwell 2014 Format: PDF Size: 17.2 Mb Language: English Antiquity: Greeks and Romans in Context provides a chronological introduction to the history of ancient Mediterranean civilizations within the larger context of its contemporary Eurasian world. - Innovative approach organizes Greek and Roman history into a single chronology - Combines the traditional historical story with subjects that are central to modern research into the ancient world including a range of social, cultural, and political topics - Facilitates an understanding of the ancient Mediterranean world as a unity, just as the Mediterranean world is in its turn presented as part of a larger whole - Covers the entire ancient Mediterranean world from pre-history through to the rise of Islam in the seventh century A.D. - Features a diverse collection of images, maps, diagrams, tables, and a chronological chart to aid comprehension - English translation of a well-known Dutch book, De oudheid, now in its third edition
Crisis and Ambition: Tombs and Burial Customs in Third-Century AD Rome
 Author: Barbara E. Borg Crisis and Ambition: Tombs and Burial Customs in Third-Century AD Rome (Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture & Representation) Oxford University Press 2013 Format: PDF Size: 72.9 Mb Language: English Tombs and burial customs are an exquisite source for social history, as their commemorative character inevitably expresses much of the contemporaneous ideology of a society. This book presents, for the first time, a holistic view of the funerary culture of Rome and its surroundings during the third century AD. While the third century is often largely ignored in social history, it was a transitional period, an era of major challenges -- political, economic, and social -- which inspired creativity and innovation, and paved the way for the new system of late antiquity. Barbara Borg argues that during this time there was, in many ways, a return to practices known from the Late Republic and early imperial period, with spectacular monuments for the rich, and a large-scale reappearance of collective burial spaces. Through a study of terraced tombs, elite monuments, the catacomb nuclei, sarcophagi, and painted image decoration, this volume explores how the third century was an exciting period of experimentation and creativity, a time when non-Christians and Christians shared fundamental ideas, needs, and desires as well as cemeteries, tombs, and hypogea. Ambition continued to be a driving force and a determining factor in all social classes, who found innovative solutions to the challenges they encountered.
The Forge of Christendom: The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West
 Author: Tom Holland The Forge of Christendom The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West Anchor ISBN: 0385520581 2009 Format: EPUB Size: 10,4 МБ Language: English Pages: 512 In AD 900, few would have guessed that the splintering kingdoms of Christendom were candidates for future greatness. Hemmed in by implacable enemies on three sides, and by ocean on the fourth, it seemed that the Christian people had nowhere to turn. Indeed, there were many who feared—cast in the Millennium’s shadow—that they were nearing the time when the Antichrist would appear, drowning the world in blood and heralding its end. But the Antichrist did not appear, and Christendom did not collapse. Instead, forged from the convulsions of those terrible times, there emerged a new civilization as the Christian people set to the heroic task of building a Jerusalem on earth themselves. With an epic sweep that transports us from the crucifixion to the First Crusade, and from the glitter of Constantinople to the bleak shores of Canada, Tom Holland’s The Forge of Christendom is a brilliant study of a truly fateful revolution: the emergence of Western Europe for the first time as a distinctive and expansionist power.
The Villanovan, Etruscan, and Hellenistic Collections in the Detroit Institute of Arts
 The Villanovan, Etruscan, and Hellenistic Collections in the Detroit Institute of Arts Author: Dr. David A. Caccioli Brill Monumenta Graeca Et Romana Vol.14 2009 ISBN: 978-90-04-17230-2 Pages: 253 Language: English Format: PDF (e-book) Size: 10 MB The author is extremely grateful to William Peck, former Curator of Ancient Art, Elsie Peck, former Associate Curator of Ancient Art, Dr. Penelope Slough, former Associate Curator of Ancient Art, and the many current staff members of the Detroit Institute of Arts whose ceaseless efforts made this catalogue possible. These include Dr. Salvador Salort-Pons, Curator of European Art, Sylvia Inwood, Manager, Rights and Reproduction, Barbara Heller, Chief Conservator, and Christina Gibbs, Assistant Registrar.
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
 The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt Author: Toby Wilkinson Random House ISBN: 0747599491 2010 Pages: 672 Language: English Format: PDF Size: 33.7 mb The story of Ancient Egypt and the extraordinary civilisation that flourished along the banks of the River Nile can seem like a gorgeous pageant studded with exceptional events. Among them are the building of the pyramids, the conquest of Nubia, Akhenaten's religious revolution, the power and beauty of Nefertiti, the life and death of Tutankhamun, the ruthlessness of Ramesses, Alexander the Great's invasion, and Cleopatra's fatal entanglement with Rome which led to the fall of Ptolemaic Egypt
The Literature of Ancient Sumer
 Author:Edited by The late Jeremy Black, Graham Cunningham, Eleanor Robson, and Gábor Zólyomi The Literature of Ancient Sumer Oxford University Press 2004 Format: pdf Size: 3.51 MB Language: English This anthology of Sumerian literature constitutes the most comprehensive collection ever published, and includes examples of most of the different types of composition written in the language, from narrative myths and lyrical hymns to proverbs and love poetry. The translations have benefited both from the work of many scholars and from our ever-increasing understanding of Sumerian. In addition to reflecting the advances made by modern scholarship, the translations are written in clear, accessible English. An extensive introduction discusses the literary qualities of the works, the people who created and copied them in ancient Iraq, and how the study of Sumerian literature has evolved over the last 150 years.
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