Empires & historical states
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Empires & historical states
paperback. In an epic series of battles, the mighty empires of Carthage and Rome vied for supremacy of Mediterranean - before the Carthaginians finally buckled and their great capital city was razed to the ground, burning for six days and nights, its inhabitants slaughtered or enslaved. This title charts one of the bloodiest dramas of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 544 pages, col. Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HB; 1QDA; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141018096
- ISBN
- 9780141018096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.29
€ 19.99
€ 15.29
Paperback. Editor(s): Hartkamp, Arthur; Sieburgh, Carla; Devroe, Wouter. Series: Ius Commune Casebooks for the Common Law of Europe. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; LNB; LNCJ; LNV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 171 x 245 x 31. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509911875
- ISBN
- 9781509911875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.08€ 53.93
€ 59.08
€ 53.93
Paperback. Cats in Egypt were probably domesticated by around 4,000 BC, from wild ancestors. Over the following centuries, they became popular household pets; they are regularly shown in tomb paintings of family life. This title draws on a range of artistic and written sources to show how they became widely-esteemed and revered animals in Egypt. Num Pages: 144 pages, 111 illustrations, 90 in colour. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 189 x 12. Weight in Grams: 456. 144 pages, 111 illustrations, 90 in colour. Cats in Egypt were probably domesticated by around 4,000 BC, from wild ancestors. Over the following centuries, they became popular household pets; they are regularly shown in tomb paintings of family life. This title draws on a range of artistic and written sources to show how they became widely-esteemed and revered animals in Egypt. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG. Dimension: 243 x 189 x 12. Weight: 456.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714119700
- ISBN
- 9780714119700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 12.42
€ 12.99
€ 12.42
Paperback. The battle of the Catalaunian Fields saw two massive, powerful empires square up in a conflict that was to shape the course of Eurasian history forever. This book describes the fighting at the Catalaunian Fields and reveals the broader campaign of Hunnic incursion that led up to it. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Campaign. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 186 x 9. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472807434
- ISBN
- 9781472807434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.39
€ 20.99
€ 15.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 115 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AFKB; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 271 x 218 x 8. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Nationalmuseet Antiksamlingen Denmark
- Number of pages
- 115
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788789438016
- ISBN
- 9788789438016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.08
€ 27.08
Hardcover. Num Pages: 728 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; GBCR; HD; WCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 299 x 227 x 77. Weight in Grams: 3748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
- Number of pages
- 728
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884020240
- ISBN
- 9780884020240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.04€ 148.51
€ 163.04
€ 148.51
Catalogue of Greek Terracottas in the British Museum
Burn, Lucilla; Higgins, Reynold A.; Burns, Lu...
Hardback. This catalogue presents nearly a thousand of the British Museum's extensive collection of ancient Greek terracottas. Num Pages: 528 pages, including 4 pages of colour and 160 pages of b/w plates, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AFK; AGC; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 281 x 231 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2250.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714122212
- ISBN
- 9780714122212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 264.17
€ 264.17
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Griffith Institute United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900416736
- ISBN
- 9780900416736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.42
€ 85.42
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, 49 b 1 col plate. BIC Classification: 1QDA; ACG; WCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 365 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714111308
- ISBN
- 9780714111308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.33
€ 121.33
Paperback. The Amazon History Book of the Year 2013 is a magisterial chronicle of the calamity that befell Europe in 1914 as the continent shifted from the glamour of the Edwardian era to the tragedy of total war. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDU; 3JJF; HBG; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 44. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007519743
- ISBN
- 9780007519743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.80
€ 17.99
€ 12.80
Paperback. These three works exemplify the Roman historian Sallust's condemnation of the excesses of the late Republic. In the conspiracy of Catiline and the war against Jugurtha he sees moral and political corruption and the tragedy of civil strife. This new translation captures Sallust's distinctive style and considers his work as history and literature. Translator(s): Batstone, William W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192823458
- ISBN
- 9780192823458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Contains three stories from Sallust: "Catiline's War" - tells of the conspiracy in 63 bc; "The Jugurthine War" - describes Rome's fight in Africa against the king of the Numidians; and Histories" - depicts Rome after the death of the dictator Sulla. Editor(s): Woodman, A. J. Translator(s): Woodman, A. J. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140449488
- ISBN
- 9780140449488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.25
€ 12.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; 1QDAP; 3B; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA1; HBTB; HDDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 240 x 17. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo Poland
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788323339670
- ISBN
- 9788323339670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.48
€ 49.99
€ 35.48
Hardcover. Editor(s): Dietz, Soren; Kolonas, Lazaros. Num Pages: 279 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDA; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 219 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1312.
- Publisher
- Aarhus Univ Pr
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788771249972
- ISBN
- 9788771249972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.53
€ 50.53
Paperback. The book includes a completely new final chapter, text and notes rewritten throughout to incorporate evidence and scholarship that has appeared over the past twenty-five years, and an index of ancient sources. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17, 17 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416861
- ISBN
- 9781421416861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.55
€ 35.55
Hardback. The book includes a completely new final chapter, text and notes rewritten throughout to incorporate evidence and scholarship that has appeared over the past twenty-five years, and an index of ancient sources. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17, 17 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 246 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416854
- ISBN
- 9781421416854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.82€ 46.41
€ 50.82
€ 46.41
Hardcover. In this novel perspective on a much-maligned figure, Michal Biran explains the monumental impact Chinggis Khan has had upon the Islamic World, both positive and negative. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDM; HBJF; HBLC; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851685028
- ISBN
- 9781851685028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.41
€ 34.41
Paperback. About Homer and Chios, The Izaid, one of the six Greek island booklets. The Odyssey, Goddess Athena, God Apollo and Helen of Troy came to Chios. 'Put in your pocket series'. Series: "Put it in Your Pocket" Series of Booklets. Num Pages: 16 pages, lyne on cover. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; 1QDAG; HBLA1; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 150 x 106 x 17. Weight in Grams: 22.
- Publisher
- Orpington Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993489044
- ISBN
- 9780993489044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.53
€ 6.53
Paperback. This book--the first full-length study of Theodoret's Therapeutic for Hellenic Maladies--examines Theodoret's arguments against Greek religion, philosophy, and culture. Its analysis of the interaction between Hellenism and early Christian culture offers insights into the broader late Roman and early Byzantine world in the fifth century. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HRAB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060678
- ISBN
- 9780674060678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.29
€ 23.99
€ 20.29
Paperback. When early Christians began to study the Bible, and to write their own history and that of the Jews, they used scholarly methods invented by the librarians and literary critics of Hellenistic Alexandria. But Origen and Eusebius, scholars of late Roman Caesarea, produced books in which parallel columns made possible critical comparisons. Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HRAX; HRC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674030480
- ISBN
- 9780674030480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.54
€ 35.99
€ 30.54