Ancient History Key Themes And Approaches

Author : Neville Morley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134709830

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Ancient History: Key Themes and Approaches by Neville Morley Pdf

Ancient History: Key Themes and Approaches is a sourcebook of writings on ancient history. It presents over 500 of the most important stimulating and provocative arguments by modern writers on the subject, and as such constitutes an invaluable reference resource. The first section deals with different aspects of life in the ancient world, such as democracy, imperialism, slavery and sexuality, while the second section covers the ideas of key ancient historians and other writers on classical antiquity. Overall this book offers an invaluable introduction to the most important ideas, theories and controversies in ancient history, and a thought-provoking survey of the range of views and approaches to the subject.

Author : Neville Morley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134536108

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Theories, Models and Concepts in Ancient History by Neville Morley Pdf

The first accessible guide for students to show how theories, models and concepts have been applied to ancient history.

Author : Andrew Erskine
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118451366

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A Companion to Ancient History by Andrew Erskine Pdf

This Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the study of ancient history. Examines the forms of evidence, problems, approaches, and major themes in the study of ancient history Comprises more than 40 essays, written by leading international scholars Moves beyond the primary focus on Greece and Rome with coverage of the various cultures within the ancient Mediterranean Draws on the latest research in the field Provides an essential resource for any student of ancient history

Author : Lin Foxhall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521553186

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Studying Gender in Classical Antiquity by Lin Foxhall Pdf

Up-to-date, theoretically informed historical survey of the practices and performance of gender in ancient Greece and Rome.

Author : Arjan Zuiderhoek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521198356

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The Ancient City by Arjan Zuiderhoek Pdf

This book provides a survey of modern debates on Greek and Roman cities, and a sketch of the cities' chief characteristics.

Author : Liba Taub
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521113700

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Science Writing in Greco-Roman Antiquity by Liba Taub Pdf

This book explores how science and mathematics were communicated in antiquity in a wide variety of texts, including poetry, letters and biographies.

Author : Lisa C. Nevett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780521783361

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Domestic Space in Classical Antiquity by Lisa C. Nevett Pdf

Explores the wider cultural framework in which we should study the housing in the Greek and Roman worlds.

Author : Matthew Dillon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Civilization, Ancient
ISBN : UVA:X006048756

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Religion in the Ancient World by Matthew Dillon Pdf

Author : Sitta von Reden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-18
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780521453370

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Money in Classical Antiquity by Sitta von Reden Pdf

A comprehensive analysis of the impact of money on the economy, society and culture of the Greek and Roman worlds.

Author : Moses I. Finley
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X001058922

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Ancient History by Moses I. Finley Pdf

This is a book about the study and understanding of the history of the Greeks and Romans ; about the evidence that is available to the historians and its severe limitations ; about the practices of the historians in dealing with the evidence, and about alternative procedures that might be attempted ; in sum, about what we can know and what we are unlikely ever to know. Thus, Sir Moses Finley states his purpose, with characteristic clarity, at the start of the book in which he distils the thoughts and conclusions he has come to after fifty years of teaching and scholarly work in history. His intention is avowedly polemical. In fundamental ways he challenges the prevailing tradition : the special status so often accorded to classical texts, for example, or the flaws in the traditional analysis of the Greek city-state. He exposes unacceptable assumptions in the traditional accounts of ancient wars and urban structure, and offers pointers to a more fruitful approach through models. Always the emphasis is on asking the right questions, to enlarge our understanding of life in the ancient world "as it really was". Professor Finley's book provides a keynote for future research in the field of ancient history and, at the same time, a liberating analysis of the problems of method that all historians face. -- Publisher description.

Author : Neville Morley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134536092

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Theories, Models and Concepts in Ancient History by Neville Morley Pdf

Morley's book offers the first accessible guide for students to show how theories, models and concepts have been applied to ancient history. Showing readers how they can use theory to interpret historical evidence for themselves, as well as to evaluate the work of others, the book includes a survey of key ideas and theories on a wide range of ancient historical topics including society and economy, the environment, gender and sexuality, and myth and rationality. Also including a helpful annotated guide to further reading on all the topics covered, students will not want to miss out on this essential guide to the ancient world.

Author : William J. Dominik
Publisher : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780865164857

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Words and Ideas by William J. Dominik Pdf

Unlike most etymology textbooks, this one presents the words studied in the context of the ideas in which the words functioned. Instead of studying endless lists of word roots, suffixes, and prefixes in isolation, the words are enlivened by their social, literary, and cultural media. Features: Chapters on Mythology, Medicine, Politics and Law, Commerce and Economics, Philosophy and Psychology, History Introduction to word building Exercises throughout Illustrations of ancient artifacts Clever cartoons on word origins Glossary of English words and phrases.

Author : James Clackson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521192354

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Language and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds by James Clackson Pdf

You are what you speak. What does language tell us about ancient societies and individuals?

Author : Emma Dench
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108696005

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Empire and Political Cultures in the Roman World by Emma Dench Pdf

This book evaluates a hundred years of scholarship on how empire transformed the Roman world, and advances a new theory of how the empire worked and was experienced. It engages extensively with Rome's Republican empire as well as the 'Empire of the Caesars', examines a broad range of ancient evidence (material, documentary, and literary) that illuminates multiple perspectives, and emphasizes the much longer history of imperial rule within which the Roman Empire emerged. Steering a course between overemphasis on resistance and overemphasis on consensus, it highlights the political, social, religious and cultural consequences of an imperial system within which functions of state were substantially delegated to, or more often simply assumed by, local agencies and institutions. The book is accessible and of value to a wide range of undergraduate and graduate students as well as of interest to all scholars concerned with the rise and fall of the Roman Empire.

Author : Lukas Thommen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107002166

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An Environmental History of Ancient Greece and Rome by Lukas Thommen Pdf

Lively and accessible account of the relationship between man and nature in Graeco-Roman antiquity. Describes the ways in which the Greeks and Romans intervened in the environment and thus traces the history of tension between the exploitation of resources and the protection of nature.