Empires & historical states
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Empires & historical states
Paperback. Nine stories of Ancient Egypt, wittily retold in comic-strip style. Num Pages: 48 pages, chiefly col. Illustrations, col. maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 5AF; YFW. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 315 x 252 x 5. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Walker Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781406338324
- ISBN
- 9781406338324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.11
€ 11.99
€ 10.11
Hardcover. This collection of the best-known of the Greek myths has been carefully written to appeal to young children who will find these stories of gods, mortals and monsters irresistible. Beautiful illustrations by Linda Edwards bring the myths to life for children of all ages. Illustrator(s): Edwards, Linda. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 5AF; YBG; YDC; YFJ; YNR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile; (JN) Preschool (0-5). Dimension: 284 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Publisher
- Usborne Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780746037256
- ISBN
- 9780746037256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.88
€ 19.99
€ 14.88
Hardback. As a didactic explanation of pagan ancient Greek culture to Orthodox Christians, John Tzetzes's Allegories of the Iliad is deeply rooted in the mid-twelfth-century circumstances of the cosmopolitan Comnenian court. As a critical reworking of the Iliad, it is part of the millennia-long global tradition of Homeric adaptation. Num Pages: 601 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 210 x 37. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674967854
- ISBN
- 9780674967854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.40
€ 40.99
€ 33.40
Paperback. Antiquity: Greeks and Romans in Context provides a chronological introduction to the history of ancient Mediterranean civilizations within the larger context of its contemporary Eurasian world. . Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 195 x 22. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444351392
- ISBN
- 9781444351392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.51
€ 62.51
Hardcover. A compelling, fresh account of the battle of Rorke's Drift, featuring an array of previously unpublished material including defender accounts and artwork. The author questions what is widely believed to be historical fact and instead offers up his own interpretation of one of the most established actions of the hospital fight. Num Pages: 208 pages, 49 illustrations, 21 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMS; 1QDB; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555538
- ISBN
- 9781781555538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.35
€ 33.99
€ 23.35
Paperback. If you want a gripping, well-written, detailed story of insurrection against Rome, supported by splendid illustrations, start here.?The Sunday Telegraph Num Pages: 284 pages, 83. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445603162
- ISBN
- 9781445603162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.54
€ 40.99
€ 28.54
Paperback. Explores the generative crisis in understanding property's role in the constitution of a liberal polity, which intersected in Bengal with a new politics of peasant independence based on practices of commodity exchange. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281691
- ISBN
- 9780520281691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.34
€ 45.99
€ 32.34
Paperback. A collection of source material on women in the ancient Greek world including literary, rhetorical, philosophical and legal sources, and papyri and inscriptions. Beginning in the eighth century BCE, it covers archaic and Classical Athens, Etruscan Italy and the Roman Republic, concluding with the late Roman Empire and the advent of Christianity. Series: Continuum Sources in Ancient History. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408. A Sourcebook. Series: Continuum Sources in Ancient History. 336 pages. A collection of source material on women in the ancient Greek world including literary, rhetorical, philosophical and legal sources, and papyri and inscriptions. Beginning in the eighth century BCE, it covers archaic and Classical Athens, Etruscan Italy and the Roman Republic, concluding with the late Roman Empire and the advent of Christianity. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1; JFSJ1. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 15. Weight: 432.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441179630
- ISBN
- 9781441179630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.66
€ 44.66
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996601
- ISBN
- 9780674996601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.18
€ 33.99
€ 30.18
Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Sources. Num Pages: 119 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; GBC; JFC; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585100095
- ISBN
- 9781585100095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.23
€ 27.99
€ 21.23
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- NIPPOD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472530530
- ISBN
- 9781472530530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.78
€ 50.78
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Imprint unknown
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993537813
- ISBN
- 9780993537813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.53
€ 6.53
Hardback. By exposing the perversion, repression, corruption, and injustice at the heart of Justinian's regime, Prokopios' "The Secret History" destroyed forever that emperor's reputation as the great and benevolent ruler of a vast Byzantine state. In this title, Prokopios' tell-all is faithfully rendered in blunt and idiomatic English. Editor(s): Kaldellis, Anthony. Num Pages: 276 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 195
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841818
- ISBN
- 9781603841818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.54€ 43.35
€ 55.54
€ 43.35
Paperback. Chronicles the precarious reigns of King Akhenaten's successors and the political and legal reforms of King Horemheb, who succeeded to the throne after the passing of the last members of the royal family. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252069758
- ISBN
- 9780252069758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.23
€ 43.23
Paperback. A uniquely authoritative yet lightly handled examination of the key tales in the corpus of Greek mythology. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 394. Series: Brief History of. 320 pages. From the origins of the gods through to the homecomings of the Trojan heroes, this title features all the familiar Greek narratives, along with some less familiar characters and motifs. In addition to the tales, it explains key issues arising from the narratives, and discusses the myths and their wider relevance. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFHF. Dimension: 195 x 131 x 36. Weight: 440.
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845295127
- ISBN
- 9781845295127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.00
€ 9.00
Hardback. Talbert investigates miniature sundials which can be adjusted for the owner's whereabouts. They incorporate a list of locations and latitudes for ready reference, data that offers insight into Romans' worldviews. To some perhaps, these sundials were primarily symbols of scientific awareness as well as imperial mastery of time and space. Num Pages: 264 pages, 99 b/w halftones; 65 b/w line. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; PDX; TDPB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 181 x 18. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190273484
- ISBN
- 9780190273484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.16
€ 115.16
Paperback. Translator(s): Freeman, Kathleen. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872203068
- ISBN
- 9780872203068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.40
€ 25.99
€ 19.40
Paperback. This book presents a selection of the most important scholarship on Augustus and the contribution he made to the development of the Roman state in the early imperial period. Editor(s): Edmondson, Jonathan. Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World. Num Pages: 576 pages, 59 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748615957
- ISBN
- 9780748615957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.70
€ 41.99
€ 36.70
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486425108
- ISBN
- 9780486425108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 12.45
€ 12.99
€ 12.45
Paperback. Historicized by the New Testament as a centre of decadence and corruption, Babylon and its surrounding region was in fact a rich and complex civilization, responsible for the invention of the dictionary and laying the foundations of modern science. This book presents the history of the ancient state Babylonia and its 'holy city', Babylon. Editor(s): Leick, Gwendolyn. Series: Routledge Worlds. Num Pages: 616 pages, 105 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAB; HDD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1432.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 616
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415497831
- ISBN
- 9780415497831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.80
€ 60.80