Beck, Roger
79,20€
A Brief History of Ancient Astrology explores the theory and practice of astrology from Babylon to Ancient Greece and Rome and its cultural and political impact on ancient societies.
Discusses the union between…
Snell, Daniel C.
158,40€
A Companion to the Ancient Near East offers students and general readers a comprehensive overview of Near Eastern civilization from the Bronze Age to the conquests of Alexander the Great.
Covers the civilizations of the Sumerians, Hittites, Babylonians,…
Raaflaub, Kurt A.
92,40€
This book is the first to focus on war and peace in the ancient world from a global perspective.
The first book to focus on war and peace in the ancient world Takes a global perspective, covering a large number of early civilizations, from China,…
Collins, Derek
92,40€
Original and comprehensive, Magic in the Ancient Greek World takes the reader inside both the social imagination and the ritual reality that made magic possible in ancient Greece.
Explores the widespread use of spells, drugs, curse tablets, and figurines, and the practitioners of magic…
Robinson, Eric W.
125,40€
This book invites readers to join in a fresh and extensive investigation of one of Ancient Greece’s greatest inventions: democratic government.
Provides an accessible, up-to-date survey of vital issues in Greek democracy. Covers democracy’s origins, growth and essential nature.…
Spalinger, Anthony J.
105,60€
This book is an introduction to the war machine of New Kingdom Egypt from c. 1575 bc–1100 bc.
Focuses on the period in which the Egyptians created a professional army and gained control of Syria, creating an “Empire of Asia”.
Written…
Morris, Ian
92,65€
This project challenges theology to consider the undeniable diversity of human embodiment. It also enriches previous disability work by providing an alternative to the dominant medical and minority models, both of which fail to acknowledge the full diversity…
Young, David C.
85,80€
For more than a millennium, the ancient Olympics captured the imaginations of the Greeks, until a Christianized Rome terminated the competitions in the fourth century AD. But the Olympic ideal did not die and this book is a succinct history of the …
Reinhold, Meyer
55,55€
Professor Reinhold, a distinguished senior classicist, has produced a fascinating and accessible collection of essays devoted to the study of ancient history. Among the articles included are "The Generation Gap," a major survey exploring myths of the…
Seager, Robin
66,00€
Pompey the Great gives readers a look inside the political and military world of ancient Rome and at one of the characters that shaped its destiny
