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Empires & historical states

Paperback. Before the creation of the Agora as a civic center in the 7th century B.C., the region northwest of the Acropolis was a vast cemetery. Over 150 ancient burial places have been found by excavators, and a few of the more remarkable are described here. Series: Excavations of the Athenian Agora Picture Book. Num Pages: 32 pages, b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 81 x 99 x 2. Weight in Grams: 60.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876616130
ISBN
9780876616130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.56

Paperback. The mainland and islands of Greece were settled by peoples moving from Asia Minor in c.5000 BC, while a further wave in c.5000 BC introduced bronze-working to the region. This title recreates the world of these peoples through an examination of their material culture. Illustrator(s): Rava, Giuseppe. Series: Warrior. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 183 x 4. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780968582
ISBN
9781780968582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. A masterful history of Rome's first imperial dynasty by the award-winning author of Rubicon, Persian Fire and In the Shadow of the Sword. Num Pages: 544 pages, Section: 24, b/w and col photos. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 40. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349123837
ISBN
9780349123837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 illustrations; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307743749
ISBN
9780307743749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.81

paperback. This book examines dwarfs in myth and everyday life in ancient Egypt and Greece. The spectacular forms of dwarfism were always a focus of interest, and it is the most depicted disorder in antiquity. Dasen brings together a whole range of mostly unpublished or little-known iconographic, epigraphic, literary, and anthropological evidence. Series: Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology. Num Pages: 440 pages, 50 in-text illustrations and 80 pages of black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 1QDAG; HBLA; HBLA1; HDDG; HDDK. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780199680863
ISBN
9780199680863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 102.72

hardcover. Contains 176 herbs listed alphabetically and by scientific name. This book includes entries, which provide illustrations of the plant, family line information, synonyms, notes, common names, activities, indications, dosages, downsides and interactions, natural history, and extracts. Num Pages: 552 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, 98 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAL; GBC; HRCG; VFD; VXHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 190 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
CRC Press United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780849382024
ISBN
9780849382024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.92

Paperback. Collects and examines evidence and references to female clothing, cosmetics and ornament in Roman antiquity, deciphering their meaning and revealing what it meant to be an adorned woman in Roman society. This book argues that Roman women took pleasure in fashioning themselves, enjoying the social status, influence and power that it signified. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 3. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415414760
ISBN
9780415414760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

paperback. Explores the wider cultural framework in which we should study the housing in the Greek and Roman worlds. Series: Key Themes in Ancient History. Num Pages: 196 pages, 38 b/w illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDA; AMK; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780521789455
ISBN
9780521789455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 34.82

Paperback. In this second edition of Documents in Mycenaean Greek, Chadwick examines how the study of the subject has expanded since 1953. Num Pages: 662 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 191 x 248 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1248.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107503410
ISBN
9781107503410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.68

Hardcover. Professor Richards's work is based on part of a manuscript in the British Library concerned with the revenues and administration of the later Mughal Empire, and datable to the reign of the Emperor Bahadur Shah I (AD 1708-1712). Editor(s): Richards, John F. Num Pages: 195 pages, p. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 2BXF; 3JF; DNF; DSBD; DSBF; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780906094143
ISBN
9780906094143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.24
€ 74.81

Paperback. Takes kids back in time to discover what life was like in Ancient Rome. With key curriculum information, this title is packed with information, quizzes, fun facts and images of every aspect of Roman life. It shows you what Romans would have put in their shopping baskets, how to decode Roman numerals, and go into battle with the gladiators. Series: DK Find out!. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; 5AF; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 243 x 188 x 11. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241250235
ISBN
9780241250235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Series: DK Findout!. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; 5AH; YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 190 x 241 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241282779
ISBN
9780241282779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. The story of the wars that led to the break-up of Alexander the Great's vast empire after his death in 323 BC and the brilliant cultural developments which accompanied this birth of a new world. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 black & white plates, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 134 x 24. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199647002
ISBN
9780199647002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Flexibound. The most up-to-date account of the boy king's life, from the discovery of the tomb in 1922 by Howard Carter to the latest CT-scanning, X-raying, and DNA studies. By the world-renowned Egyptologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, Zahi Hawass, who lead the first DNA analysis of royal mummies in 2010. Num Pages: 320 pages, 160 Colour. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBLA; HBLH; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 284 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1310.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
320
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774166372
ISBN
9789774166372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.89

Paperback. What was the significance of the Ottoman Empire? What kind of lives did people live? What lessons can be learnt from the civilization that the Ottomans created? What does the Ottoman Empire mean to us today? This book answers these questions. Translator(s): Ross, Jonathan. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDT; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Kube Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847740083
ISBN
9781847740083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Craft, Louise. Series: Carnegie Museum Discovery Series. Num Pages: 24 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; YNH; YX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 280 x 215 x 2. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Roberts Rinehart Publishers United States
Number of pages
24
Condition
New
SKU
V9780911239287
ISBN
9780911239287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.63

Paperback. She reveals the immense love that Abbot Seridos, Barsanuphius, and John had for their fellow monastics and for the lay community in Tawatha, Gaza, and beyond. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HRCC2; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421413860
ISBN
9781421413860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 36.95

paperback. No other god of the Greeks is as widely present in the monuments and nature of Greece and Italy, in the tradition of antiquity, as Dionysos. This work presents a historical account of the religion of Dionysos from its beginnings in the Minoan culture to its transition to a cosmic and cosmopolitan religion of late antiquity under the Roman Empire. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 608 pages, 50 illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 774.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9780691029153
ISBN
9780691029153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.99
€ 44.90

Hardcover. "A superb piece of scholarship."--Anthony Long, author of "Hellenistic Philosophy" Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 271 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 1QSM; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520073029
ISBN
9780520073029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.98
€ 48.91

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292721258
ISBN
9780292721258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

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