Empires & historical states
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Empires & historical states
Paperback. Considers the civilization of ancient Greece, including Magna Graecia's colonial expansion. This book features color photographs and text, and offers views of various aspects of ancient Greek life, from the material needs of the people to their artistic culture, and from political and administrative organization to the religious cults. Series: Dictionaries of Civilization. Num Pages: 384 pages, 323 color illustrations, 18 b/w photographs, 19 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; GBC; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 136 x 28. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256477
- ISBN
- 9780520256477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.31
€ 37.99
€ 27.31
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. An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Series: Greece and Rome - Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 210 pages, 4 colour book. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 4KL; AN. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 11. Weight in Grams: 428. Series: Greece and Rome - Texts and Contexts. 208 pages, 4 colour book. An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Cateogry: (UA) A / AS level. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 4KL; AN. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 11. Weight: 468.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521689427
- ISBN
- 9780521689427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.93
€ 31.99
€ 31.93
Paperback. Presents an account of Greek history from the end of the Bronze Age to the Classical Period. This book offers a narrative which acknowledges the later traditions, as traditions, but insists that we must confront the contemporary evidence, which is in large part archaeological and art historical, and must make sense of it in its own terms. Series: The Routledge History of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 400 pages, 7 black & white tables, 63 colour illustrations, 38 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415469920
- ISBN
- 9780415469920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.30
€ 58.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QDAG; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118631751
- ISBN
- 9781118631751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.25
€ 34.99
€ 27.25
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QDAG; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118631904
- ISBN
- 9781118631904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.31€ 66.65
€ 80.31
€ 66.65
paperback. This illustrated Guide written by experts offers up-to-date descriptions and plans of over a hundred major and minor archaeological sites in mainland Greece, dating from the Neolithic to the early Christian eras. There is extensive background information on each site and on the general history and archaeology of Greece in this period. Series: Oxford Archaeological Guides. Num Pages: 480 pages, numerous line figures and halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600. Good clean copy. Covers showing v. light wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031685
- ISBN
- 9780192880581
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
Hardback. Offers a historical and sociological interpretation of classical Athens centered on the notion of greed. Integrating ancient philosophy, poetry, and history, and drawing on modern political thought, this work demonstrates that the Athenian discourse on greed was an essential component of Greek social development and political history. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; HPQ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048550
- ISBN
- 9780691048550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.01€ 78.31
€ 104.01
€ 78.31
Paperback. The catapult (katapeltikon) was developed around 400 BC by engineers and craftsmen assembled by Dionysius I of Syracuse. This work describes the development and operational use of siege artillery throughout the classical period. Illustrator(s): Delf, Brian. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b&w & 7 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 186 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841766348
- ISBN
- 9781841766348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.03
€ 19.99
€ 17.03
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125067
- ISBN
- 9781905125067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.76
€ 72.76
Paperback. Offers an accessible translation of a representative play by four ancient playwrights. Editor(s): O'Bryhim, Shawn. Translator(s): Franko, George Fredric; Moore, Timothy J.; O'Bryhim, Shawn; Olson, S. Douglas. Num Pages: 330 pages, 5 photos. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292760554
- ISBN
- 9780292760554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.44
€ 34.99
€ 33.44
Paperback. Modern western education finds its origins in the practices, systems and schools of the ancient Greeks and Romans. It is in the field of education that classical antiquity has exerted one of its clearest influences on the modern world. This book provides a representative sample of the primary evidence for ancient Greek and Roman education. Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415338073
- ISBN
- 9780415338073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.78
€ 50.78
Paperback. Surveys the places, performers, and techniques of necromancy as well as the reasons for turning to it. This book investigates the cave-based sites of oracles of the dead at Heracleia Pontica and Tainaron, as well as the oracles at the Acheron and Avernus, which probably consisted of lakeside precincts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 halftones. 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HRQM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119687
- ISBN
- 9780691119687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.19€ 50.95
€ 53.19
€ 50.95
Paperback. Where do our ideas about politics come from? What can we learn from the Greeks and Romans? How should we exercise power? This book deals with these questions. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141976150
- ISBN
- 9780141976150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.78
€ 12.99
€ 11.78
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441158895
- ISBN
- 9781441158895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.92€ 175.81
€ 200.92
€ 175.81
Paperback. Christopher Mee presents an extensive examination of the material culture of the Greek world from its Neolithic roots in 7000 B.C. to the close of the Hellenistic period in 146 B.C. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405167338
- ISBN
- 9781405167338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 42.78
€ 43.99
€ 42.78
Hardback. Christopher Mee presents an extensive examination of the material culture of the Greek world from its Neolithic roots in 7000 B.C. to the close of the Hellenistic period in 146 B.C. Num Pages: 376 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 177 x 27. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405167345
- ISBN
- 9781405167345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.33
€ 111.33
Paperback. We now know conclusively that Greeks in fact lavished their sculptures with realistic colour paint, and also worked with a wealth of other materials on a major scale, including wood and precious metals. This edition showcases the artistic endeavours of the ancient Greeks. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Fifth
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500204337
- ISBN
- 9780500204337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.95
€ 17.99
€ 13.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Konig, Senior Lecturer in Greek Jason (University of St Andrews, Scotland University of St Andrews University of St Andrews University of St Andrews, Scotland University of St Andrews, Scotland University of St Andrews, Scotland University of St Andrews, Scotland University of St. Andrews). Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748639441
- ISBN
- 9780748639441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.14
€ 42.99
€ 38.14
Hardcover. 144 pages, 130 colour illustrations. The ancient Greeks perceived the human body as an object of sensory delight and its depiction as the expression of an intelligent mind. This photographic book explores ancient Greek sculptures of the body from the various angles. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AGH. Dimension: 266 x 265 x 22. Weight: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714122687
- ISBN
- 9780714122687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.03
€ 26.99
€ 20.03