Empires & historical states
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Empires & historical states
Paperback. * Argues that slavery transformed the tastes and economy of the western world * Illustrated with frequent reference to individual lives * New edition incorporates recent scholarly findings * Notes and bibliography have been updated. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KB; 1KJW; 1QDB; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLH; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229605
- ISBN
- 9780631229605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.60
€ 40.99
€ 40.60
Paperback. Bernal's response to criticisms to his 1987 book, 'BLACK ATHENA', which argued for an Afro-Asiatic origin for Greek civilisation. Editor(s): Moore, David Chioni. Num Pages: 576 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327172
- ISBN
- 9780822327172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.64
€ 37.99
€ 35.64
Hardback. Num Pages: 172 pages, 48 figures, 132 plates, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614910206
- ISBN
- 9781614910206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.18
€ 44.18
Paperback. Presents an account of the great Ottoman Empire in the early nineteenth century, a key period often seen as the eve of Tanzimat westernizing reforms and the beginning of three distinct histories - ethnic nationalism in the Balkans, imperial modernization from Istanbul, and European colonialism in the Middle East. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 b/w photos, 5 maps, 2 line drawings, and 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDT; 3JF; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266353
- ISBN
- 9780520266353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. First systematic and wide-ranging treatment of problems of communication involving Latin in the Roman world. Num Pages: 866 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; CFB; CFDM; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1204.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 864
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1 Blg
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521731515
- ISBN
- 9780521731515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.91
€ 50.91
Paperback. Bestselling author of NATHANIEL'S NUTMEG, Giles Milton takes us on another fascinating and extraordinary historical adventure. Num Pages: 432 pages, B/W maps and illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KB; 1QDB; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 292. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- SKU
- KKD0005696
- ISBN
- 9780340748824
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. The "Second Sophistic" traditionally refers to a period at the height of the Roman Empire's power that witnessed a flourishing of Greek rhetoric and oratory, and since the 19th century it has often been viewed as a defense of Hellenic civilization against the domination of Rome. This book proposes a very different model. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 295
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276819
- ISBN
- 9780520276819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.89
€ 54.99
€ 38.89
Hardback. Editor(s): Grant, Kevin; Levine, Professor Philippa; Trentmann, Frank. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403986436
- ISBN
- 9781403986436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.30
€ 119.30
Hardback. A magisterial and wide-ranging volume on the rich visual culture of the Roman Empire Num Pages: 404 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606064719
- ISBN
- 9781606064719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.81€ 53.95
€ 70.81
€ 53.95
Paperback. This collection of essays is devoted to the most important changes - in theme, language, structure, style, and production - that characterize the transformation of Athenian Comedy from the mid-fifth through the fourth century. Editor(s): Dobrov, Gregory W. Series: American Philological Association American Classical Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780788501401
- ISBN
- 9780788501401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.03
€ 62.03
Paperback. This volume looks at the rise of the Ottoman Empire - the longest-lived political entity in human history - showing the transformation of a tiny frontier enterprise into a centralized imperial state that saw itself as both leader of the world's Muslims and heir to the the Eastern Empire. Num Pages: 205 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3H; 3JB; HBG; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206007
- ISBN
- 9780520206007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.25
€ 35.99
€ 26.25
Paperback. Between Thucydides and Polybius focuses on the contribution of fourth-century authors such as Ephorus, Theopompus, and Xenophon to the development of Greek historiography. Essays examine the interface between historiography and rhetoric, while undermining the claim that historians after Thucydides allowed rhetoric to prevail over research. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBAH; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674428348
- ISBN
- 9780674428348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.31
€ 27.99
€ 24.31
Hardcover. This study represents a radical rethinking of traditional distinctions involving the term "religion" in the ancient Greek world and beyond, through late antiquity to the 17th century, and promotes the fluidity of such concepts as religion and magic. Editor(s): Asirvatham, Sulochana R.; Pache, Corinne; Watrous, John. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 1QSM; 3F; 3H; 3J; HRKP; HRQX2; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847699681
- ISBN
- 9780847699681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.21
€ 179.21
Hardcover. Libanius was a major figure in the fourth century East as an intellectual, a professor of rhetoric, and the friend of the emperor Julian. This book intends to remedy to that, and focuses on some unfamiliar aspects of Libanius' personality and the way he saw the world of the fourth century. Translator(s): Cribiore, Raffaella. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 147. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382523
- ISBN
- 9781781382523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.85
€ 139.85
Paperback. This book provides an English translation of 12 orations (mostly unknown) of the sophist Libanius who had an important school of rhetoric in Antioch (Syria) and was one of the most influential figures in the fourth century. Translator(s): Cribiore, Raffaella. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 147. .
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382530
- ISBN
- 9781781382530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.77
€ 37.99
€ 33.77
Hardback. Berenice II Euergetis (267-6-221 BCE), the daughter of King Magas of Cyrene (Libya) and wife of King Ptolemy III of Egypt, was queen at an important juncture in Hellenistic history. This collection of four essays focuses on aspects of chronology, genealogy and marital practices, royal ideology and queenship. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 260 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137494610
- ISBN
- 9781137494610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.13
€ 98.13
Paperback. The second volume of the Beni Hassan series is devoted to the recording and study of the only decorated Old Kingdom tombs at the site, the tombs of Ipi and Bebi. The examination comprises coloured plates, line drawings as well as a study of scenes and inscriptions in the tombs. Num Pages: 52 pages, 32 colour plates; 15 b&w folded plates. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDAE; 2CXG; 3D; HBLA; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 313 x 8. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Australian Centre for Egyptology
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856688614
- ISBN
- 9780856688614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.90
€ 79.90
Paperback. Series: Screening Antiquity Eup. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; APF; AS; HBLA1; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474407953
- ISBN
- 9781474407953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 45.91
€ 48.99
€ 45.91
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237382
- ISBN
- 9780812237382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.04
€ 81.04
Paperback. This accessible account of the discoveries at the Roman fort at Bearsden examines the process of archaeological excavation, the life of the soldiers at the fort based on the results of the excavation as well as material from elsewhere in the Roman Empire. Num Pages: 130 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1QDAR; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 245 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Archaeopress
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784914905
- ISBN
- 9781784914905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.91
€ 50.91