Authors:Sally MacDonald, Michael Rice,
Publisher: UCL Press
Keywords: egypt, ancient, encounters, consuming
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 2003-10
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1844720039
ISBN-13: 9781844720033
Egypt has been a marketing marvel with its distinctive, unforgettable motifs scattered around the world as a source of inspiration for literature, the arts, music, architecture, film and so on. Although few of us have studied Egyptology, or even been to Egypt, the country and its history has an immemorial appeal to the masses. These fourteen essays examine how Egypt and Egyptian culture continues to have an influence on modern living, from tourism, souvenirs and advertising, to the Hollywoodisation of Egypt and the mass of books published on Egyptian subjects every year. Why do we continually
Author: K. A. Kitchen
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Keywords: arabia, ancient, liverpool, university, world, sources, press, framework, part, chronological, documentation, historical
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1994-12-01
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0853233594
ISBN-13: 9780853233596
This first volume in the World of Ancient Arabia Series presents an entirely fresh treatment of the vexed problems of the dating of the kingdoms of ancient pre-Islamic Arabia, offering a new minimal chronology for the whole peninsula. In Part One, the first chapter refines recent work on SW Arabian dates for the first six centuries AD, and lists documented dates for the Himyarite and parallel eras. The second chapter links up Egypt and Lihyan and the SW kingdoms of Main, Saba, etc., minimally within c350-0 BC.
Authors:Michael Woods, Mary B. Woods,
Publisher: Runestone Press
Keywords: ancient, technology, computing
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2000-08
List price: $25.26
ISBN-10: 0822529971
ISBN-13: 9780822529972
Author:
Publisher: Basic Books
Keywords: china, ancient, warfare, history, military, seven, classics
Number of Pages: 592
Published: 2007-11-06
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0465003044
ISBN-13: 9780465003044
Finally available in paperback, Ralph D. Sawyer’s incomparable study of ancient Chinese warfare. One of the most profound studies of warfare ever written, The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China presents us with an Eastern tradition of strategic thought that emphasizes outwitting one’s opponent through speed, stealth, flexibility, and a minimum of force--an approach very different from that stressed in the West, where the advantages of brute strength have overshadowed more subtle methods. Safeguarded for centuries by the ruling elites of imperial China, even in modern time
Authors:Ian Worthington, John Miles Foley,
Publisher: Brill Academic Publisher
Keywords: ancient, greece, bibliotheca, mnemosyne, classica, batava, supplementum, literacy, orality, written, communication, grammata, epea, oral
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2001-12-01
List price: $160.00
ISBN-10: 9004124551
ISBN-13: 9789004124554
This volume deals with aspects of orality and oral traditions in Ancient Greece and is a selection of refereed papers from the fourth biennial "Orality and Literacy in Ancient Greece" conference, held at the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA in 2000. The book is divided into three parts: literature, rhetoric and society, and philosophy. The papers focus on genres such as epic poetry, drama, poetry and art, public oratory, legislative procedure, and Simplicius’ philosophy.
Author: Richard A. Lobban Jr.
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Keywords: historical, ancient, civilizations, eras, dictionaries, medieval, dictionary, nubia
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 2004-01-01
List price: $143.00
ISBN-10: 0810847841
ISBN-13: 9780810847842
TheHistorical Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Nubiacovers the period of Nubian history from the Paleolithic to the end of Medieval Christianity. It includes the rapidly expanding field of Nubian archaeology that centers ancient African history along the Nile but beyond the better-known field of Egyptology.
Authors:Bartok, Mira, Ronan, Christine,
Publisher: Good Year Books
Keywords: cultures, living, ancient, series, grades, resource, teacher, amp, west, africa, nigeria, stencils
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1996-11-08
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0673361373
ISBN-13: 9780673361370
Children discover and explore the rich heritage of ancient cultures around the world through fascinating myths, legends, festivals, and stories of the culture. Detailed maps and vivid illustrations show how various people lived and what they accomplished. Each book in this popular series contains five easy-to-do art projects- complete with unique punch-out stencils for making many of the traditional arts and crafts still produced today. Ages 8+
