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By: Adrienne Mayor
ISBN: 9780691147208
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2014
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and the Athenians reveled in their victory over a powerful Amazon army. In historical times, Cyrus of Persia, Alexander the Great, and the Roman general
(Paperback)
By: James B. Pritchard
ISBN: 9780691147260
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Feb 2011
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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With more than 130 reading selections and 300 photographs of ancient art, architecture, and artifacts, this title provides an introduction to some of the most significant and widely studied texts of the ancient Near East, including the "Epic of Gilgamesh", "the Creation Epic (Enuma elish)", "the Code of Hammurabi", and "the Baal Cycle".
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By: Frances F. Berdan
ISBN: 9781789143607
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2021
UK Publication Date: 14th June 2021
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A rich and revealing account of the ancient, enigmatic Aztec civilization.
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By: Lucy Shipley
ISBN: 9781789148329
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2024
UK Publication Date: 13th November 2023
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A new history of the Etruscans, a powerful and influential civilization in ancient Italy.
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By: Kyle Harper
ISBN: 9780691166834
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2018
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback)
By: Richard Stoneman
ISBN: 9780691217475
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2021
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Hardback)
By: Richard Stoneman
ISBN: 9780691154039
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Hardback)
By: Kevin Lane
ISBN: 9781789145465
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2022
UK Publication Date: 14th February 2022
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A new account of the Inca, who in their heyday were at the pinnacle of South American civilization.
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By: J. G. Manning
ISBN: 9780691156385
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2013
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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The contents of this book cover Egypt in the first millennium BC, the historical understanding of the Ptolemaic state, moving beyond despotism, economic planning and state banditry, shaping a new state, and much more.
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By: Alain Bresson
ISBN: 9780691183411
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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By: Jed Z. Buchwald
ISBN: 9780691200903
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2020
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback)
By: Velleius Paterculus
ISBN: 9781603845915
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2011
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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Suitable for historians and students, this title traces the story of Rome from Romulus and the foundations of Rome to the reign of the Emperor Tiberius. It includes an introduction to Velleius' life and times as well as notes on the text, a bibliography, map, glossary of unfamiliar terms, and an index.
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By: Peter Temin
ISBN: 9780691177946
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 2017
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Hardback)
By: Julius Caesar
ISBN: 9780691174921
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback)
By: Perez Zagorin
ISBN: 9780691138800
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2009
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Designed to introduce both students and general readers to a work that is an essential part of a liberal education, this book seeks to encourage readers to explore Greek author Thucydides - one of the world's greatest historians. It examines his landmark "History of the Peloponnesian War", one of the great classics of Western civilization.
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By: Dr Donald P. Ryan
ISBN: 9781789293517
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2021
UK Publication Date: 2nd September 2021
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
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Have you ever wondered what it was like to live and work in Egypt, the most powerful kingdom of the ancient world Spend a day with 24 Egyptians to see Egypt through their eyes.
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By: Neil Oliver
ISBN: 9780753828861
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2012
UK Publication Date: 11th September 2012
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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Continues Neil Oliver's landmark exploration of how our land and its people came to be, which began with the acclaimed A History of Scotland.
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By: John Romer
ISBN: 9780241454992
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2023
UK Publication Date: 25th May 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Sam Moorhead
ISBN: 9780714122694
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2010
Publisher: British Museum Press
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The Goths' sack of Rome in AD 410 was an event which shook the Roman world to its core. This book uncovers the key factors that contributed to Alaric the Goth's capture of Rome: mass migrations, military incompetence, civil war, court intrigue, economic decline and religious bigotry.
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By: Islam Issa
ISBN: 9781529377620
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2024
UK Publication Date: 5th September 2024
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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An original, authoritative and lively cultural history of the first modern city, from pre-Homeric times to the present day
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By: Donald P. Ryan
ISBN: 9780500251485
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2010
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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Takes the reader to Ancient Egypt in the time of Ramesses II (1250BC). This title guides the time-travelling tourist on a journey up the Nile, and en route, offers advice on everything from deciphering hieroglyphics to mummifying household pets.
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By: John H. Taylor
ISBN: 9780714119120
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2014
Publisher: British Museum Press
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What secrets lie beneath the wrappings of an ancient Egyptian mummy
(Hardback)
By: DK
ISBN: 9780241569566
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2023
UK Publication Date: 6th April 2023
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
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By: Paul Kriwaczek
ISBN: 9781848871571
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
UK Publication Date: 1st March 2012
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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In the sixth millennium BC, settlers on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers created the world's first cities. In doing so, they wrote the opening chapter of the history of human civilization as we know it. Paul Kriwaczek tells their extraordinary story.
