Roman Religion - J A North by J. A. North
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Category: History | Series: New Surveys in the Classics Ser.
The religion of the Greeks and Romans in the period before and after the invention of Christianity provides a special kind of foil to our understanding of modern world religions. Firstly, it provides the religious background against which Judaism, Christianity and eventually Islam first aroseand it deep ...Show more
Greek Thought: New Surveys in the Classics No. 25 by Christopher Gill; Classical Association (Great Britain) (Contribution by)
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Category: History | Series: New Surveys in the Classics Ser.
Four related themes in Greek thought are examined in this book: (1) personality and self, (2) ethics and values (3) individuals and communities, and (4) the idea of nature as a moral norm. Although the focus is on Greek philosophy (the Presocratics, Plato, Aristotle, and the Hellenistic period), links b ...Show more
GREEK RELIGION by Jan N. Bremmer
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Category: History | Series: New Surveys in the Classics Ser.
A brief but highly informative book on Greek religion in the classical period.
ANCIENT GREECE by Sarah B. Pomeroy; Stanley M. Burstein; Walter Donlan; Jennifer Tolbert Roberts
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Category: History
Written by four leading authorities on the classical world, Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History introduces students to the history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety. The most comprehensive and balanced history of ancient Greece thatcovers the enti ...Show more
ORESTES AND OTHER PLAYS/PHOENICIAN WOMEN/ION/ SUPPLIANT WOME by Eurípides; Robin Waterfield (Translator); James Morwood; Edith Hall (Introduction by)
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Category: History | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Orestes and Other Plays provides new translations of Ion, Orestes, The Phoenician Women and The Suppliant Women, plays that all explore ethical and political themes. Ion vividly portrays the role of chance in human life and the dynamics of family relationships.In Orestes, the most popular of the tragedi ...Show more
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS 3RD ED by Christopher Scarre; Brian M. Fagan
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Category: History
Drawing on many avenues of inquiry: archaeological excavations, surveys, laboratory work, highly specialized scientific investigations, and on both historical and ethnohistorical records; Ancient Civilizations, 3/e provides a comprehensive and straightforward account of the world's first civilizations a ...Show more
WESTERN SAHARA by Stephen Zunes; Jacob Mundy
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Category: History | Series: Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution Ser.
The Western Sahara conflict has proven to be one of the most protracted and intractable struggles facing the international community. Pitting local nationalist determination against Moroccan territorial ambitions, the dispute is further complicated by regional tensions with Algeria and the geo-strategic ...Show more
SPLM SPLA THE NASIR DECLARATION by Lam Akol
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Category: History
In August 1991, three members of the SPLM/SPLA Political-military High Command made the Nasir Declaration. This led to the split of the Movement. One of the leaders of the move(many say, THE ringleader) gives an account of the events that led to this momentous event in the SPLM/SPLA history, the develop ...Show more
AFRICAN LIVES by Denis Boyles
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Category: History
"A fast-paced look at white personalities in Africa, a few well-knowns from the past and a few collected by the author in recent years . . . Denis Boyles knows the territory well."--The New York Times Book Review In a series of ebullient and evocative portraits, journalist Denis Boyles chronicles the ...Show more