These Were the Greeks, Paperback

An introduction to Greek society examining the period from 1500 BC to Roman times. The authors explore many aspects of Greek social, political, rel...

Who were the Ancient Greeks and how did they live? Using your powers of analysis, work out what primary sources tell us about this ancient civiliza...

An exploration of how the Greeks reacted to and interacted with India from the third to first centuries BCE When the Greeks and Macedonians in Alex...

Reducere. Get to know the Greek gods and goddesses, from the mighty Zeus, to the temperamental Poseidon, the beautiful Aphrodite, and every character from A ...

Fierce warriors and skilled craftsmen, the Celts were famous throughout the Ancient Mediterranean World. They were the archetypal barbarians from t...

Nobel laureate Erwin Schrodinger was one of the most distinguished scientists of the twentieth century; his lectures on the history and philosophy ...

"The best introduction I have ever read to Ancient Greece. The author's liveliness of mind and style has enabled him to make a mass of information ...

2 Manuscripts Book 1: Greek Mythology - The Ancient Myths and Legends of Greek Mythology Greek Mythology is the body of myths and teachings that be...

Reducere. What are numbers? What were the counting methods used by ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, and Greeks? Read this book to find out Building Blocks of ...

This book provides a groundbreaking reassessment of the prehistory of Homeric epic. It argues that in the Early Iron Age bilingual poets transmitte...

Reducere. GREEK MYTHOLOGYGreek mythology can be identified as the body of myths that were initially shared by the ancient Greeks in an era of folklore; the t...

The Spartans of ancient Greece were a powerful and unique people, radically different from any civilization before or since. A society of warrior-h...

Reducere. "Altogether a most instructive, entertaining, and esthetically pleasing book." -- Science.Since the ancient Greeks, the visualization of space has ...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes ancient descriptions of the oracle *Includes a bibliography for further reading "Not often nor regularly, but occasion...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Examines the archaeology, history, and culture of both groups *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading...

Reducere. Thoth, Hermes or Djehuty as this book refers to him is a mythical ancient Egyptian (Kemetian) sage whose wisdom is said to have transformed him int...

DescriptionWhat set the successful armies of Sparta, Macedon, and Rome apart from those they defeated? In this major new history of battle from the...

Greek and Roman warfare was unlike that of any other culture before or since. The key difference is often held to be that the Greeks and Romans pra...

Reducere. Contrary to modern beliefs, the medieval world was not one of superstition and ignorance. True, they lacked what we know as science, but on the oth...

Reducere. DescriptionExplore the History and Mythology of the Ancient Greeks There are few things as fascinating and exciting as the world of Ancient Greece,...

The Scythians were warlike nomadic horsemen who roamed the steppe of Asia in the first millennium BC. Using archaeological finds from burials and t...

A leading biblical scholar places charity back at the heart of the Judeo-Christian tradition, arguing for its biblical roots It has long been ackno...

DescriptionWho were the ancient Phoenicians--and did they actually exist?The Phoenicians traveled the Mediterranean long before the Greeks and Roma...

Commentary on the letter from the Apostle Paul to the church in Colosse. The apostle penned the letter to counteract the appearance of false teachi...

In this sequel to The History of Sexuality, Volume I: An Introduction, the brilliantly original French thinker who died in 1984 gives an analysis o...

Reducere. This book takes you on a short journey-a weekend cruise, if you will-through ancient Greek myth, leading you up to Homer's doorstep. It proceeds ch...

Reducere. DescriptionIn his book The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors, American writer Kersey Graves shows that many demigods all over the world, share simi...

Reducere. An assessment of the ancient Greek city and its subsequent influence. A masterwork of political theory and comparative politics for the classroom.I...

Reducere. The ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn't until the nineteenth century that irrational numbers were properly understood and rigorously defi...

Description During and after World War I, over one million Ottoman Greeks were expelled from Turkey, a watershed moment in Greek history that resul...

Contributor(s): Author: Josette ElayiThe history of the Phoenicians, explorers and merchants, is little known. What a paradox for this ingenious pe...

DescriptionGreek myths abound in images of beauty and perfection: charming gods, attractive goddesses, and handsome heroes, all of them standards o...

Contributor(s): Author: Giambattista VicoTranslator: Dave MarshIntroduction by: Anthony GraftonBarely acknowledged in his lifetime, the New Science...

Reducere. This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, ...

DescriptionThe type of monumental tomb that developed in Macedonia in the late Classical period was undoubtedly the most impressive of all the Gree...

Reducere. DescriptionVarious accounts have been given of the meaning of the distinctive word in the title; but all agree in regarding it as indicating the mi...

Reducere. Native American Mythology began long before the European settlers arrived on North American soil. Contrary to popular beliefs, there is more to Nat...

Reducere. Greeks were history's great men of thought. John Haaren has collected stories from the lives of thirty famous Greek men, detailing the rise, Golden...

Reducere. Winner of the 2016 Frantz Fanon Prize for Outstanding Book in Caribbean Thought presented by the Caribbean Philosophical Association In this provoc...

The deities of ancient Greece are central characters in a body of mythical narratives that were at the heart of a civilization that lasted many cen...

A guide to the history and practices of the Druids and the Celtic faith - Reconstructs the Druidic faith from surviving remnants, parallels with ot...

Reducere. "Chronicles from pre-Celtic Europe" is a factual account of European and Asian pre-history as described in an ancient manuscript discovered in the ...

DescriptionWhy is belief in an afterlife so persistent across times and cultures? And how can it coexist with disbelief in an afterlife? Most moder...

Reducere. The Bridge to the New Testament covers the 420 years between the end of the Old Testament and the beginning of the New Testament. This period gave ...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Nearly 2, 000 years before Homer wrote his epic poems, the Min...

Reducere. The Civil War is the American Iliad. Lincoln, Stonewall Jackson, Grant, and Lee still stand as heroic ideals, as stirring to our national memory as...

*Includes pictures. *Includes ancient accounts of gladiatorial games and other spectacles. *Explains how the Colosseum was designed and built, as w...

The oracle and sanctuary of the Greek god Apollo at Delphi were known as the "omphalos"--the "center" or "navel"--of the ancient world for more tha...

The author of the classic The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought.Western philosophy is now two-and-a-half millennia old, b...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating History of Ancient Greece The culture and events of Greece were so influential they have a significant effect on modern-day...

Reducere. *Includes pictures of important places and historic art depicting Athena and other Greek gods and goddesses. *Explains the historical origins of th...

Magic, miracles, daemonology, divination, astrology, and alchemy were the arcana mundi, the "secrets of the universe, " of the ancient Greeks and R...

Reducere. Mythology is not about the past. The past is what's behind us and that's not where mythology really exists. The big daddy of mythology hails from a...

Once upon a time there were just the gods; mortal beings did not yet exist. We are used to thinking of myths containing lines like this simply as s...

Boston Book ReviewAmerica's racial odyssey is the subject of this remarkable work of historical imagination. Matthew Frye Jacobson argues that race...

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Reducere. Description40 recipes for using dandelions as all-natural medicine Dandelions are the blossom children love and adults spray to eradicate...but it ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Ronald Dalton JrTHE GREATEST IDENTIY THEFT OF ALL MAKIND HAS HAPPENED WITHOUT THE WORLD EVEN KNOWING IT. We all know who th...

Reducere. Have you heard about Native American healing herbs and want to learn more?Are you looking for natural remedies for common ailments? If yes, this is...