Empires & historical states
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Empires & historical states
Paperback. During most of its history, Babylon was the capital of a kingdom that corresponded roughly to the southern and central parts of Iraq. This work presents a narrative history of Babylon from the time of its First Dynasty (1880-1595) until the last centuries of the city's existence during the Hellenistic and Parthian periods (ca 331-75 AD). Series: Blackwell History of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAB; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405188982
- ISBN
- 9781405188982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 41.17
€ 42.99
€ 41.17
Hardback. During most of its history, Babylon was the capital of a kingdom that corresponded roughly to the southern and central parts of Iraq. This work presents a narrative history of Babylon from the time of its First Dynasty (1880-1595) until the last centuries of the city's existence during the Hellenistic and Parthian periods (ca 331-75 AD). Series: Blackwell History of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAB; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781405188999
- ISBN
- 9781405188999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.42
€ 91.42
paperback. Written by a Greek traveller in the second century for a principally Roman audience, "Pausanias' Guide to Greece" is a comprehensive guidebook concentrating on buildings, tombs and statues. It describes the myths, religious beliefs and historical background behind the monuments considered. This, second of two volumes, explores Southern Greece. Illustrator(s): Newberry, John; Lacey, Jeffery. Translator(s): Levi, Peter. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations, map, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QDAG; DNF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 40. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140442267
- ISBN
- 9780140442267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
Hardback. This is the first transnational study of British, Norwegian, and Swedish engagement with the Antarctic. Rather than charting how Europeans unveiled the Antarctic, it uses the history of Antarctic activity as a window into the political and cultural worlds of twentieth-century Britain and Scandinavia. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 283 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; 1MTS; 1QDB; 3JJ; HBJD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115910
- ISBN
- 9780230115910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.41
€ 119.41
Paperback. Translator(s): Ouahes, Colette; Floor, Willem. Num Pages: 582 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1QDT; HBJF1; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Publisher
- Mage Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933823652
- ISBN
- 9781933823652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.01€ 46.10
€ 59.01
€ 46.10
Paperback. Looks at contextualized Pompeian household artefacts and their role in deepening our understanding of household behaviour at Pompeii. Series: Monographs. Num Pages: 255 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 281 x 14. Weight in Grams: 906.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780917956966
- ISBN
- 9780917956966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.67
€ 49.67
Paperback. Presents studies of Roman imperial cult, political propaganda, and topography. Num Pages: 281 pages, 117 b&w photos and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 16. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Number of pages
- 281
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292702752
- ISBN
- 9780292702752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.95
€ 40.99
€ 35.95
hardcover. Reconstructs the lives of some of the men who shaped events in the final controversial years of the Western Roman Empire during the fifth century AD. Ranging from the Balkans and Italy to northern France, this study uses a wide range of historical evidence, folklore, letters, poems, sermons, archaeology, and coins. Series: Oxford Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 halftones and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 207 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780199252442
- ISBN
- 9780199252442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 318.64
€ 318.64
Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 1QDT; HBG; HBJF1; HBJK; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231182027
- ISBN
- 9780231182027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.00€ 49.96
€ 65.00
€ 49.96
Paperback. Text with translation, commentary and notes. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DN; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856685903
- ISBN
- 9780856685903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.54
€ 33.99
€ 30.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477311684
- ISBN
- 9781477311684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1959th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333079133
- ISBN
- 9780333079133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.11
€ 62.11
Paperback. Helen who has always been faithful to her husband Menelaus; who never went to Troy, but was carried off to Egypt, where she remains throughout the Trojan War, waiting faithfully for her husband Menelaus to rescue her. Meanwhile, Helen of Troy - a mere phantom fashioned by the gods - has blighted the real Helen's life with undeserved hatred. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856686511
- ISBN
- 9780856686511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.54
€ 33.99
€ 30.54
Paperback. A breathtaking analysis of twelve centuries of warfare. Num Pages: Colour artwork throughout. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 215. .
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848329416
- ISBN
- 9781848329416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.25
€ 33.99
€ 24.25
Paperback. The Giza Plateau represents perhaps the most famous archaeological site in the world. With the advent of new technologies, the Necropolis is now accessible in four dimensions. Peter Der Manuelian explores technologies for cataloging and visualizing Giza and offers more general philosophical reflection on the nature of visualization in archaeology. Series: metaLABprojects. Num Pages: 256 pages, 89 color illustrations, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG; HDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674731233
- ISBN
- 9780674731233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.26
€ 34.99
€ 29.26
Paperback. Offers a different perspective, suggesting that the crisis that finally brought down Sparta was in important ways a result of centrifugal impulses within the Peloponnesian League, accompanied by a general awakening of ethnicity in various areas of the Peloponnese. Editor(s): Funke, Peter; Luraghi, Nino. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 375 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031999
- ISBN
- 9780674031999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.26
€ 33.99
€ 28.26
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472524027
- ISBN
- 9781472524027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.34
€ 38.34
Paperback. An account of the historic sea battle which ended in a Greek victory at Salamis in 489 BC. It evokes the sweep of events that the Persian offensive set in motion, and describes the everyday details of the lives of the soldiers, statesmen and ordinary citizens. Num Pages: 356 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAP; HBJD; HBJF; HBLA; HBTM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566. 356 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, 12 maps. An account of the historic sea battle which ended in a Greek victory at Salamis in 489 BC. It evokes the sweep of events that the Persian offensive set in motion, and describes the everyday details of the lives of the soldiers, statesmen and ordinary citizens. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAP; HBJD; HBJF; HBLA; HBTM; JW. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 26. Weight: 562.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 356
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520203136
- ISBN
- 9780520203136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.22
€ 35.99
€ 26.22
Paperback. Peter Wilson provides a concise yet comprehensive account of the Holy Roman Empire and its profound impact during its last three centuries of existence. Drawing on a wealth of research, the expanded new edition has been fully revised and updated throughout and now features a new chapter on 'Nation and Identity'. Series: Studies in European History. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDH; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230239784
- ISBN
- 9780230239784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.81
€ 39.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 61. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141047478
- ISBN
- 9780141047478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.68
€ 25.99
€ 16.68