EURASIAN CROSSROADS by James Millward; Michael J. Dwyer (Contribution by)
$77.00 AUD
Category: History
"Eurasian Crossroads" is the first comprehensive history of Xinjiang, the vast central Eurasian region bordering India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Mongolia. Forming one-sixth of the People's Republic of China (PRC), Xinjiang stands at the crossroads between Ch ...Show more
OASIS IDENTITIES by Justin Jon Rudelson; Justin J. Rudelson
$72.99 AUD
Category: History
The rising tide of ethnic nationalism that has swept across Central Asia in the past decade has energized efforts by the Chinese government to win favor among its ethnic minorities. As a result, China has granted the Uyghurs--a Turkic Muslim people who inhabit the oases of China's far northwestern provi ...Show more
NAPOLEONS EGYPT by Juan Cole
$35.95 AUD
Category: History
In this vivid historical account, Juan Cole tells the story of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798. Revealing Napoleon's reasons for leading the expedition against Egypt and showcasing the young general's fascinating views of the Orient, Cole delves into the psychology of both the military titan and hi ...Show more
The Iliad of Homer translated by Richmond Lattimore by Homer
$48.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Tradition says that Homer was blind. First, the bard Demodocus, who appears in the Odyssey to sing episodes of the Trojan War, is blind: the Muse he "took his eyes, but given the mild chant." Then the author of the Homeric Hymn to Delian Apollo says about himself: "This is a blind, who lives in the roca ...Show more
URUK WORLD SYSTEM 2ND ED by Guillermo Algaze
$104.00 AUD
Category: History
Archaeologists and historians have long been keenly interested in the emergence of early cities and states in the ancient Near East, particularly in the growth of early Sumerian civilization in the lowlands of Mesopotamia during the second half of the fourth millennium B.C. Most scholars have focused on ...Show more
HEART OF A CONTINENT by Francis Edward Younghusband
$23.35 AUD
Category: History
This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial mem ...Show more
PEOPLE OF THE EARTH 13TH ED by Brian M. Fagan
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Category: History
People of the Earth is a narrative account of the prehistory of humankind from our origins over 3 million years ago to the first pre-industrial civilizations, beginning about 5,000 years ago. This is a global prehistory, which covers prehistoric times in every corner of the world, in a jargon-free style ...Show more
PRINCE OF MEDICINE GALEN IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE by Susan P. Mattern
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Category: History
Galen of Pergamum (A.D. 129 - ca. 216) began his remarkable career tending to wounded gladiators in provincial Asia Minor. Later in life he achieved great distinction as one of a small circle of court physicians to the family of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, at the very heart of Roman society. Susan Mattern' ...Show more
LAST PAGANS OF ROME by Alan Cameron
$146.32 AUD
Category: History
Rufinus' vivid account of the battle between the Eastern Emperor Theodosius and the Western usurper Eugenius by the River Frigidus in 394 represents it as the final confrontation between paganism and Christianity. It is indeed widely believed that a largely pagan aristocracy remained apowerful and activ ...Show more
The Gallic War by Julius Caesar
$24.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: World's Classics Ser.
The Gallic War, published on the eve of the civil war which led to the end of the Roman Republic, is an autobiographical account written by one of the most famous figures of European history. On one level a straightforward narrative of the campaigns Caesar fought against the Gauls, Germans and Britons, ...Show more
GREEK HISTORIANS by John Marincola
$38.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: New Surveys in the Classics Ser.
This survey of recent work on Herodotus, Thucydides, and Polybius focuses on new developments in the study of Greek historiography and synthesises some of the most important research from the last thirty years. There is a detailed treatment of each writer, with an emphasis on analysis of the historians' ...Show more
LATIN HISTORIANS by C. S. Kraus; A. J. Woodman
$38.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: New Surveys in the Classics Ser.
In recent decades there has been a complete revolution in the way we read the historians of Greece and Rome. Their works have been shown to be quite different in nature from those of today's historians; instead, their techniques and assumptions have much in common with those of Homer or Virgil. Using th ...Show more