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Empires & historical states

paperback. Editor(s): Brisch, N. Num Pages: 272 pages, 49 illus, 5 tabs. BIC Classification: 1QDAA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 175 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781885923554
ISBN
9781885923554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226067186
ISBN
9780226067186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. Examines the complex fate of classical Egyptian religion during the centuries from the period when Christianity first made its appearance in Egypt to when it became the region's dominant religion. This book describes how an ancient culture maintained itself while also being transformed through influences such as Hellenism, and Roman government. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map, 1 line illus., 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA; HRC; HRKP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070544
ISBN
9780691070544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.81

Hardcover. How does religion stimulate and feed imperial ambitions and violence? This title identifies three core components of an imperial theology that have transhistorical and contemporary relevance: dualistic ethics, a theory of divine election, and a sense of salvific mission. It shows how the religious ideas shaped Achaemenian practice. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 halftones, 11 line drawings, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; HBJD; HBLA; HRKP; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226481968
ISBN
9780226481968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.06
€ 79.61

Paperback. A comprehensive and radical new survey of religious life in Rome over the course of a millennium. Num Pages: 476 pages, 58 b/w illus. 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 176 x 22. Weight in Grams: 940.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
476
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521316828
ISBN
9780521316828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.37

Paperback. This 1999 book describes the religious life of the Greeks from the archaic to the Roman periods. Series: Key Themes in Ancient History. Num Pages: 230 pages, 36 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362. Series: Key Themes in Ancient History. 230 pages, 36 b/w illus. This 1999 book describes the religious life of the Greeks from the archaic to the Roman periods. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; HRKP. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 15. Weight: 370.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521388672
ISBN
9780521388672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.55

Hardcover. Materials from ten different cultures and traditions that arose and developed in Mediterranean religions are presented side by side in an incisive study of the complexities of the ancient spiritual world, which interprets these specific beliefs, rituals, practices, gods, and cults. Editor(s): Johnston, Sarah Iles. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 732 pages, 20 colour illustrations, 2 maps, 100halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 267 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1574.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
732
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Edition Unstated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674015173
ISBN
9780674015173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.36
€ 73.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJF1; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784531614
ISBN
9781784531614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.03

Paperback. Pioneering study of the anglophone 'settler boom' in North America, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand between the early 19th and early 20th centuries, looking at what made it the most successful of all such settler revolutions, and how this laid the basis of British and American power in the 19th and 20th centuries. Num Pages: 592 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 45. Weight in Grams: 864.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199604548
ISBN
9780199604548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.90

Hardcover. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403947123
ISBN
9781403947123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.70

Hardback. This title reconsiders images of Byzantine empresses on media as diverse as bronze coins and gold mosaic from the fifth through seventh centuries A.D. The representations have often been viewed in terms of individual personas, but strong typological currents frame their medieval contexts. Editor(s): Wheeler, Bonnie. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3D; 3F; AG; HBJD; HBJF; HBLC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312294922
ISBN
9780312294922
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.15

Hardback. Examines the role of romantic comedy, particularly the plays of Menander, in defending democratic culture and transnational polis culture against various threats during the initial and most fraught period of the Hellenistic Era. This book also demonstrates the importance of gender, kinship, and sexuality to the making of democratic civic ideology. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; JFC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691115832
ISBN
9780691115832
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.12
€ 68.86

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DB; HPCA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535767
ISBN
9780199535767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. "The Republic" deals with almost the whole range of Plato's thought, but is particularly concerned with what makes a well-balanced society and individual. It combines argument with myth to advocate a life organized by reason rather than dominated by leisures and appetites. Translator(s): Davies, John Llewelyn; Vaughan, David James. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HPCA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853264832
ISBN
9781853264832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.13

Paperback. During the archaic and classical periods, Greek ideas about the dead evolved in response to changing social and cultural conditions - most notably changes associated with the development of the polis, such as funerary legislation, and changes due to increased contacts with cultures of the ancient Near East. This book presents these changes. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK; HRKP3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280182
ISBN
9780520280182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

paperback. The angry emotions, and the problems they presented, were an ancient Greek preoccupation from Homer to late antiquity. The control or elimination of rage was an obsessive concern. From the Greek world it passed to the Romans. This work explains the rise and persistence of this concern. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; JMM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 32. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013865
ISBN
9780674013865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.10
€ 59.01

Paperback. Editor(s): Sorensen, Jorgen Podemann. Series: Opuscula Graecolatina S. Num Pages: 101 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 7. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
101
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772890791
ISBN
9788772890791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.06

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691016795
ISBN
9780691016795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 51.34

Paperback. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156354
ISBN
9780691156354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Prevalent among classicists today is the notion that Greeks, Romans, and Jews enhanced their own self-perception by contrasting themselves with the so-called Other - Egyptians, Phoenicians, Ethiopians, Gauls, and other foreigners. This book demonstrates how the ancients found connections rather than contrasts. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148526
ISBN
9780691148526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.17
€ 64.47

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