This book is the first to focus on war and peace in the ancient world from a global perspective. Nineteen distinguished scholars, all of whom are experts in their fields, discuss different aspects of this fascinating subject in relation to a large number of early ...
This book is the first to focus on war and peace in the ancient world from a global perspective. Nineteen distinguished scholars, all of whom are experts in their fields, discuss different aspects of this fascinating subject in relation to a large number of early ...
Con Roma y Mesopotamia abrimos una nueva serie en la colección Los Diccionarios del Arte dedicada a las Civilizacones Antiguas. Se trata de culturas fascinantes, que nos ha legado un riquísimo caudal de arte, arquitectura y restos arqueológicos y cuya influencia puede presenciarse en buena ...
Con Roma y Mesopotamia abrimos una nueva serie en la colección Los Diccionarios del Arte dedicada a las Civilizacones Antiguas. Se trata de culturas fascinantes, que nos ha legado un riquísimo caudal de arte, arquitectura y restos arqueológicos y cuya influencia puede presenciarse en buena ...
Esta es la historia de Wu, la concubina que llegó a ostentar personalmente el poder imperial y fue proclamada dios viviente. Hija de un comerciante de madera, entró en el palacio como una más de las concubinas del emperador Taizong. Sobrevivió en medio de las ...
Esta es la historia de Wu, la concubina que llegó a ostentar personalmente el poder imperial y fue proclamada dios viviente. Hija de un comerciante de madera, entró en el palacio como una más de las concubinas del emperador Taizong. Sobrevivió en medio de las ...
This carefully crafted study presents the fascinating story of the development and establishment of India's culture and civilization from early pre-history through to the early second millennium. Encompassing topics such as Harappan Civilization, the rise of Hindu culture, the influx of Islam in the ...
This carefully crafted study presents the fascinating story of the development and establishment of India's culture and civilization from early pre-history through to the early second millennium. Encompassing topics such as Harappan Civilization, the rise of Hindu culture, the influx of Islam in the ...
The economy of the late antique Mediterranean is still largely seen through the prism of Weber's influential essay of 1896. Rejecting that orthodoxy, Jairus Banaji argues that the late empire saw substantial economic and social change, propelled by the powerful stimulus of a stable ...
The economy of the late antique Mediterranean is still largely seen through the prism of Weber's influential essay of 1896. Rejecting that orthodoxy, Jairus Banaji argues that the late empire saw substantial economic and social change, propelled by the powerful stimulus of a stable ...
This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while giving weight to the characteristics of each country. This narrative history employs the ...
This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while giving weight to the characteristics of each country. This narrative history employs the ...
Au terme du premier grand empire de son histoire - celui des Maurya (fin IVe siècle-début IIe siècle av. J.-C.) -, l'Inde connaît, du Ier au IIIev siècle de notre ère, les puissants pouvoirs des Kushâna, au nord, et des Sâtavâhana, au sud. Mais c ...
Au terme du premier grand empire de son histoire - celui des Maurya (fin IVe siècle-début IIe siècle av. J.-C.) -, l'Inde connaît, du Ier au IIIev siècle de notre ère, les puissants pouvoirs des Kushâna, au nord, et des Sâtavâhana, au sud. Mais c ...
This collection of essays looks beyond the focus of existing works on ancient travel and its documentation, to examine its social and cultural implications. For travel (and the reasons behind it) offers a window on to many features of ancient societies - sense of place, perceptions ...
This collection of essays looks beyond the focus of existing works on ancient travel and its documentation, to examine its social and cultural implications. For travel (and the reasons behind it) offers a window on to many features of ancient societies - sense of place, perceptions ...
Louis Robert (1904-1985) fut l#un des plus grands savants du XXe siècle dans le domaine de l#Antiquité. Directeur d#études à l#École Pratique des Hautes Études (1933-1974), professeur au Collège de France (1939- 1974), cet historien eut une réputation internationale incontestée, et ...
Louis Robert (1904-1985) fut l#un des plus grands savants du XXe siècle dans le domaine de l#Antiquité. Directeur d#études à l#École Pratique des Hautes Études (1933-1974), professeur au Collège de France (1939- 1974), cet historien eut une réputation internationale incontestée, et ...
Publicacions de la Universitat de València. Valencia, 2007
Este volumen se centra en el estudio de las atokusai o mujeres infértiles de la Antigüedad y en los espacios de agamía, es decir, algunos de los diferentes momentos de la vida de la mujer en los que el matrimonio o el contacto sexual reglado ...
Publicacions de la Universitat de València. Valencia, 2007
Este volumen se centra en el estudio de las atokusai o mujeres infértiles de la Antigüedad y en los espacios de agamía, es decir, algunos de los diferentes momentos de la vida de la mujer en los que el matrimonio o el contacto sexual reglado ...
Ronald Hutton's latest book is the first comprehensive study of what people have thought about the ancient Druids and why. Written in a racy and accessible style, it is essential reading for everyone interested in exploring our mysterious past. Most books written on the ...
Ronald Hutton's latest book is the first comprehensive study of what people have thought about the ancient Druids and why. Written in a racy and accessible style, it is essential reading for everyone interested in exploring our mysterious past. Most books written on the ...
peur de l'esclave-peur de l'esclavage en méditerranée ancienne (discours, représentations, pratiques). Actes du XXIXe Colloque du Groupe International de Recherche sur l'Esclavage dans l'Antiquité (GIREA), Rethymnon, 4-7 novembre 2004
Centré sur la problématique de la peur et de l'esclavage le 29e colloque du GIREA qui s'est tenu à Rethymnon en novembre 2004 s'est voulu un rassemblement international d'antiquisants qui a porté son attention sur une thématique qui incitait à l ...
peur de l'esclave-peur de l'esclavage en méditerranée ancienne (discours, représentations, pratiques). Actes du XXIXe Colloque du Groupe International de Recherche sur l'Esclavage dans l'Antiquité (GIREA), Rethymnon, 4-7 novembre 2004
Centré sur la problématique de la peur et de l'esclavage le 29e colloque du GIREA qui s'est tenu à Rethymnon en novembre 2004 s'est voulu un rassemblement international d'antiquisants qui a porté son attention sur une thématique qui incitait à l ...
War in Late Antiquity is the first book to focus on the social impact of warfare and the Roman army from the third to the early seventh century AD. Drawing on the rich and varied source materials for the period, Doug Lee investigates how the ...
War in Late Antiquity is the first book to focus on the social impact of warfare and the Roman army from the third to the early seventh century AD. Drawing on the rich and varied source materials for the period, Doug Lee investigates how the ...
Princeton University Press. Princeton (New Jersey), 2007
In recent decades it has become obvious that mathematics has always been a worldwide activity. But this is the first book to provide a substantial collection of English translations of key mathematical texts from the five most important ancient and medieval non-Western mathematical cultures, and ...
Princeton University Press. Princeton (New Jersey), 2007
In recent decades it has become obvious that mathematics has always been a worldwide activity. But this is the first book to provide a substantial collection of English translations of key mathematical texts from the five most important ancient and medieval non-Western mathematical cultures, and ...
How did the ancient oracles operate - and how were they used and abused for treacherous, deceitful and dangerous ends? The oracles are one of the great mysteries of the ancient world. Doorways to the underworld, foretellers of the future, decision-makers for kings and paupers alike ...
How did the ancient oracles operate - and how were they used and abused for treacherous, deceitful and dangerous ends? The oracles are one of the great mysteries of the ancient world. Doorways to the underworld, foretellers of the future, decision-makers for kings and paupers alike ...
Description is based upon research evidence from the Near East and elsewhere, of changes in climate and how that affected social and political developments. This work uses 3 major case studies of the Neolithic, Early Bronze, and Roman/Byzantine periods.
Description is based upon research evidence from the Near East and elsewhere, of changes in climate and how that affected social and political developments. This work uses 3 major case studies of the Neolithic, Early Bronze, and Roman/Byzantine periods.
"Musa, háblame sobre aquel varón de gran ingenio, quien, tras destruir la sagrada ciudad de Troya, peregrinó errante entre muchas ciudades y pueblos..." (Odisea, I, 1-3)
"Musa, háblame sobre aquel varón de gran ingenio, quien, tras destruir la sagrada ciudad de Troya, peregrinó errante entre muchas ciudades y pueblos..." (Odisea, I, 1-3)
El comportamiento sexual en la Antigüedad constituye un terreno en el que pocos estudiosos se han atrevido a internarse y, sin duda, la iconografía provee de un material abundante pero difícil de interpretar. Los autores de este volumen, sin embargo, desentrañan el papel desempeñado por ...
El comportamiento sexual en la Antigüedad constituye un terreno en el que pocos estudiosos se han atrevido a internarse y, sin duda, la iconografía provee de un material abundante pero difícil de interpretar. Los autores de este volumen, sin embargo, desentrañan el papel desempeñado por ...
Dates form the backbone of written history. But where do these dates come from? Many different calendars were used in the ancient world. Some of these calendars were based upon observations or calculations of regular astronomical phenomena, such as the first sighting of the new ...
Dates form the backbone of written history. But where do these dates come from? Many different calendars were used in the ancient world. Some of these calendars were based upon observations or calculations of regular astronomical phenomena, such as the first sighting of the new ...
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