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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Until fairly recently, religion as a major influence on the nature of individual societies around the world seemed to be on the wane. Now, far from being marginalized, the relationship between faith and society has moved to the center of politics and global conversation. Neil MacGregor's new book traces the ways in which different societies have understood and articulated their places in the cosmic scheme. It examines mankind's beliefs not from the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"This important book explores the culture and achievements of ancient Mesopotamia through the examination of artifacts that have survived through the centuries. Each primary-source artifact offers the reader significant clues to the civilization's technologies, cultural traditions, foods, and conflicts"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Do you think you would have enjoyed living in ancient Rome? That depends--do you like taking a bath in public! This book is full of fascinating facts about Roman daily life, religion, the school life of boys and girls, and health care."--
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A sweeping global human history that describes the separate beginnings of the world's major civilizations and cultural movements -- Confuscianism, Islam, Judeo-Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and Nomadism -- and the dramatic, sometimes ruinous, sometimes transformative effects of their ever closer intertwinement that has brought us to where we are today"--
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Our brains were designed for tribal life, for getting along with a select group of others (Us) and for fighting off everyone else (Them). But modern times have forced the world's tribes into a shared space, resulting in epic clashes of values along with unprecedented opportunities. As the world shrinks, the moral lines that divide us become more salient and more puzzling. We fight over everything from tax codes to gay marriage to global warming, and...
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, great cities have marked the development of human civilization. "The Great Cities in History" tells their stories, from Uruk and Memphis to Tokyo and Sao Paulo. A galaxy of distinguished contributors evoke the character of each place its people, its art and architecture, its government and explain the reasons for its success. Richly illustrated with photographs, paintings,...
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
"In her Arts of Tuscany, Marina Belozerskaya leads the reader on a journey through the arts of this astonishing part of Italy, from the Etruscan capitals of Cerveteri and Tarquinia, to the great medieval and Renaissance city-states of Lucca, Pisa, Siena, and Florence, and onto the fashionable destinations of the recent past. Spanning time, geography, and a wide variety of art forms - from Etruscan bronzes to Ferragamo shoes - she shows how the arts...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Pub. Group
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Twenty-eight years ago, the author presented his theory that an alien race helped create the pyramids of Egypt. Continuing studies of the ruins provide additonal clues--new discoveries, new revelations, new evidence that Earth was indeed colonized by an alien race.
Author
Series
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
"Anthony Pagden tells the story of the great empires of the West, from the days of Alexander the Great and Rome to the fall of Europe's colonial system after World War II." "Peoples and Empires explains how Europe's great colonial enterprises exploded across the world at the time and in the manner that they did, connects them in a mosaic of cause and effect, teases out their similarities and significant differences, and follows the waxing and waning...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Egypt boasts some of the most spectacular ancient ruins in the world, scattered across the entire country. Over the past two centuries, archaeologists have unearthed the burials of some of Egypt's celebrated pharaohs, from the chambers deep within the famed pyramids at Giza to the tombs hidden away in the rocky hills of the Valley of the Kings. And yet, many of the most intriguing and notorious individuals remain unaccounted for. Where are Alexander...
57) Bible lands
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Photographs and text document life in Biblical times, surveying the clothing, food, and civilizations of a wide variety of cultures, including the Israelites, Babylonians, Persians, and Romans.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"This fascinating book explores the culture and achievements of ancient China through the examination of artifacts that have survived through the centuries. Each primary-source artifact offers the reader significant clues to the civilization's technologies, cultural traditions, foods, and conflicts."--
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The year is AD100 and Rome stands supreme and unconquerable, from the desert sands of Mesopotamia to the misty highlands of Caledonia. But the might of Rome rests entirely on the shoulders of the legionaries, who stand strong against the barbarian hordes, pushing back the frontiers of the empire. This book tells you how to get in and get on in the legions, the best places to serve, life in camp, on campaign and in battle, and such things as how to...
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Viewers will take a fascinating look at the infamous family at the center of the Italian Renaissance. Tales of treachery, poison, incest, and murder provide the backdrop as the mystery of the Borgia family legacy is unraveled. Whatever the truth, and the world may never know, the Borgia legacy continues to inspire fear and awe.
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