Art, Myth and Ritual: The Path to Political Authority in Ancient China, Paperback - Kwang-Chih Chang

A leading scholar in the United States on Chinese archaeology challenges long-standing conceptions of the rise of political authority in ancient Ch...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Paul C. ChallenExamines ancient China and how its politics, daily activities, art, religion, economy, and social structures...

Reducere. In the fourth century BC three conflicting points of view in Chinese philosophy received classic expression: the Taoist, the Confucianist, and the ...

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Reducere. Guided by 20th century theories of language, Hansen's novel approach to interpretive theory launched the modern analytical study of Ancient Chinese...

The present book by Hu Baozhu explores the subject of ghosts and spirits and attempts to map the religious landscape of ancient China. The main foc...

Blood sacrifice, the ritual slaughter of animals, has been basic to religion through history, so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Chr...

The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu a high-ranking military general, strategist and tactician, and it was ...

Reducere. The religious and magical practices of the ancient Egyptians have had a profound and lasting effect on the world. Egypt has been described as the "...

Publisher: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty LtdAuthor(s): Qiyao DengIllustration(s): 698 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 400Publication...

Reducere. Ancient Art And Ritual This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original class...

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Reducere. DescriptionIf you want to discover the captivating history of ancient China, then keep reading... To understand present-day China, its politics, so...

Reducere. - Clean new design for easy readability and comprehension- Updated text presented in a lively, continuous narrative- New center-spread sidebar feat...

Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt - Emily Teeter

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of ancient China, then keep reading...To understand present-day China, its politics, society, and c...

Cave and Worship in Ancient Greece brings together a series of stimulating chapters contributing to the archaeology, and our modern understanding o...

Myth, Ritual, and the Warrior in Roman and Indo-European Antiquity - Roger D. Woodard

Uncover some of the most chilling practices in ancient China. This book explores all the gruesome details, from rituals and rites to battles and si...

This volume features a group of select peer-reviewed papers by an international group of authors, both younger and senior academics and researchers...

Myth, Ritual and the Oral - Jack Goody

Publisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Oswaldo Chinchilla MazariegosNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 205 x 255 x 25Cover t...

Reducere. "Our main object will be to describe one of the most incomparably beautiful myths that has ever flowered from the mind of man, or from the unconsci...

Originally published in 1999, A New China has become a standard textbook for intermediate Chinese language learning. This completely revised editio...

The Dragon in the West is the first book to offer an in-depth examination of the history of the image and idea of the dragon. A creature popular in...

Reducere. DescriptionIt's the tantalizing smell of Chinese food that's enticed the Binkerton children back into the creepy Good Times Travel Agency. Sure, th...

Who were the Gnostics? And how did the Gnostic movement influence the development of Christianity in antiquity? Is it true that the Church rejected...

The seven chapters of this seminal study shed light on the great transformation from polytheism to monotheism.

Reducere. DescriptionThe first comprehensive survey of the different methods of divination, this book delves into games originating from many countries and c...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Ellen GoughIllustration(s): 20 halftonesNumber of pages: 296Collection: Class 200: New Studies...