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The Ancient World: Ideas in Profile
J. P. Toner
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Description for The Ancient World: Ideas in Profile
Paperback. A sparkling introduction to the Ancient World that brings its peoples and cultures vividly to life. Series: Ideas in Profile. Num Pages: 160 pages, 2 maps (in 2-colour) and 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
Ideas in Profile: Small Introductions to Big Topics This introduction to the ancient world, part of the Ideas in Profile series, covers all its different cultures, from the million people crammed into Rome to the Jews and Syrians who refused to be Romanised. Jerry Toner shows what can be learnt from new approaches to ancient history, from analysing the bones of the dead in Pompeii or assessing the impact of environmental change, and considers how we can discover what it was like to live back then. He looks at every period, not just classical Athens and Republican ... Read more
Ideas in Profile: Small Introductions to Big Topics This introduction to the ancient world, part of the Ideas in Profile series, covers all its different cultures, from the million people crammed into Rome to the Jews and Syrians who refused to be Romanised. Jerry Toner shows what can be learnt from new approaches to ancient history, from analysing the bones of the dead in Pompeii or assessing the impact of environmental change, and considers how we can discover what it was like to live back then. He looks at every period, not just classical Athens and Republican ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Ideas in Profile
Condition
New
Weight
191g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781254202
SKU
V9781781254202
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99-50
About J. P. Toner
Jerry Toner is Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at Churchill College, Cambridge, the scholar behind Marcus Sidonius Falx's How to Manage your Slaves and author of Emperors and Crooks (Profile 2016).
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