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As he touches on the common elements of ancient technologyenergy, machines, mining, metallurgy, ceramics, agriculture, engineering, transportation, and communicationHumphrey asks questions central to understanding the impact of ancient tools on the modern world: What prompts change

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In the 250 years between 250 and 500 C.E., Rome found itself transformed from a mighty global empire into a limited collection of Germanic kingdoms.

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Deals with the Brahmanical cosmology from which Buddhism emerged, the stories and myths surrounding the Buddha's birth, his path to enlightenment, and the eventual spread of his teachings. This work helps readers understand concepts such as the natural law of cause and effect (karma), the birth/life/death/rebirth cycle (samsara), and more.

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Explores the emergence of Christianity in Rome during the first four centuries of the Roman Empire.

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Designed as an accessible introduction to Justinian's reign and his time, 'The Emperor Justinian and the Byzantine Empire' offers readers and researchers an appealing mix of descriptive chapters, biographical sketches, and annotated primary documents.

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The Han Dynasty created an enduring Chinese empire comparable to the Roman Empire.

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Ambitious, intelligent, and desired by men and emperors, Cleopatra VII came to power at a time when Roman and Egyptian interests increasingly tended to concern the same object: the Egyptian Empire itself.

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For Ancient Greece as well as Ancient Rome, the Trojan War provided a history that seemed possessed of a power as magnetic as it was malleable;