Exploring the intriguing interplay between tradition and modernity in the 19th-century capitals of London, Athens and Rome, Richard Alston delves into the political and architectural choices that shaped these cities as representations of self-conscio...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040341902)
A Study in Creative History (1932) aims to present the main movements of thought as they emerge clearly into history. The book offers the view that the main developments prior to 500 B.C. were the emergence of the Prophetic school in Israel, of Mazda...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040341759)
A Study in Creative History (1932) aims to present the main movements of thought as they emerge clearly into history. The book offers the view that the main developments prior to 500 B.C. were the emergence of the Prophetic school in Israel, of Mazda...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040340318)
Archaic Greece (1976) describes the typical polis, and considers in turn each city-state in mainland Greece, the Aegean and the coast of Asia Minor. In detailing its history and local culture, as well as events which had great impact on the period -...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040340295)
Archaic Greece (1976) describes the typical polis, and considers in turn each city-state in mainland Greece, the Aegean and the coast of Asia Minor. In detailing its history and local culture, as well as events which had great impact on the period -...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Apr-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040334485)
Originally published in 1957 and as a fourth edition in 1970 this is an accessible history of Byzantium from Constantine the Great to its final conquest by the Ottoman Turks in 1453. Despite internal dissensions and the almost perpetual threat of out...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Apr-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040334447)
Originally published in 1957 and as a fourth edition in 1970 this is an accessible history of Byzantium from Constantine the Great to its final conquest by the Ottoman Turks in 1453. Despite internal dissensions and the almost perpetual threat of out...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Mar-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691252445)
How ideas and experiences of beauty informed human relationships with the divine in ancient GreeceBeginning with the earliest Greek literature, the epics of Homer and Hesiod, beauty was seen as having a special connection with the divine. The gods of...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Mar-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691252445)
How ideas and experiences of beauty informed human relationships with the divine in ancient GreeceBeginning with the earliest Greek literature, the epics of Homer and Hesiod, beauty was seen as having a special connection with the divine. The gods of...Loe edasi...
Sari: Studies in the History of the Ancient Near East
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Mar-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040331248)
This book is the first in-depth study of food in talmudic literature in its geographical and cultural contexts. It demonstrates the sharing of foods and foodways between Jews and their non-Jewish neighbours in the Near East in Late Antiquity.Using bo...Loe edasi...
Sari: Studies in the History of the Ancient Near East
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Mar-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040331323)
This book is the first in-depth study of food in talmudic literature in its geographical and cultural contexts. It demonstrates the sharing of foods and foodways between Jews and their non-Jewish neighbours in the Near East in Late Antiquity.Using bo...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Feb-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691259048)
The essential role of ethnographic thought in the Roman empire and how it evolved in Late AntiquityEthnography is indispensable for every empire, as important as armies, tax collectors, or ambassadors. It helps rulers articulate cultural differences,...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Feb-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691259048)
The essential role of ethnographic thought in the Roman empire and how it evolved in Late AntiquityEthnography is indispensable for every empire, as important as armies, tax collectors, or ambassadors. It helps rulers articulate cultural differences,...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Feb-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040307380)
This book explores the function and socio-cultural significance of rural bathhouses, seeking to redefine our understanding of the relationships between these buildings and the identities of the communities residing in the countryside of Roman Britain...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Feb-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040307410)
This book explores the function and socio-cultural significance of rural bathhouses, seeking to redefine our understanding of the relationships between these buildings and the identities of the communities residing in the countryside of Roman Britain...Loe edasi...
A masterful new translation of Suetonius renowned biography of the twelve Caesars, bringing to life a portrait of the first Roman emperors in stunning detailThe ancient Roman empire was the supreme arena, where emperors had no choice but to fight, t...Loe edasi...
The country to which the name of Palestine is given by moderns is that portion in Asia which is comprehended within the 31st and 34th degrees north latitude, and extends from the Mediterranean to the Syrian Desert, eastward of the river Jordan and th...Loe edasi...
