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Author : Anonim
Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1422372820
Author : Anonim
Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1422372812
Author : Chris Brennan
Publisher : Amor Fati Publications
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-10
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780998588902
Hellenistic astrology is a tradition of horoscopic astrology that was practiced in the Mediterranean region from approximately the first century BCE until the seventh century CE. It is the source of many of the modern traditions of astrology that still flourish around the world today, although it is only recently that many of the surviving texts of this tradition have become available again for astrologers to study. Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune is one of the first comprehensive surveys of this tradition in modern times. The book covers the history, philosophy, and techniques of ancient astrology, with a special focus on demonstrating how many of the fundamental concepts underlying the practice of western astrology originated during the Hellenistic period.
Author : Kenneth Silver
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784917296
This book addresses the proto-history and the roots of the Qumran community and of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the light of contemporary scholarship in Alexandria, Egypt.
Author : Dan O'Sullivan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134766246
During its brief existence Wikipedia has proved astonishingly successful with 2.8 million articles in English alone available freely to all with access to the internet. The online encyclopedia can be seen as the 21st century’s version of earlier historical attempts to gather the world’s knowledge into one place - this unique book offers a description of some of these earlier attempts. O’Sullivan follows with a thorough analysis of Wikipedia itself, suggesting how to approach and contribute to the site, and what can be gained from using it. Writing in an accessible style the author takes a socio-historical approach and argues that by looking at communities of practice in the past we can come to understand the radical, even political, nature of Wikipedia. The book will have a broad appeal to anyone interested in the development of this unique project, including information management professionals but also historians, sociologists, educators and students.
Author : Abbott Gleason
Publisher : TidePool Press, LLC
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780975555743
Abbott Gleason's insightful memoir of the generation that came of age in the late fifties.
Author : Michael Taylor
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473826915
The story of the man who ruled a sprawling ancient empire and strove to defend it against the Roman Republic. A teenage king in 223 BC, Antiochus III inherited an empire in shambles, ravaged by civil strife and eroded by territorial secessions. But he proved himself a true heir of Alexander—defeating rebel armies and embarking on a campaign of conquest and reunification. Although repulsed by Ptolemy IV at the Battle of Raphia, his eastern campaigns reaffirmed Seleucid hegemony as far as modern Afghanistan and Pakistan. Returning westward, he defeated Ptolemy V at Panion and succeeded in adding Koile Syria to the Seleucid realm. At the height of his powers, he challenged growing Roman power, unimpressed by their recent successes against Carthage and Macedon. His expeditionary force was crushed at Thermopylae and evacuated. Refusing to bow before Roman demands, Antiochus energetically mobilized against Roman invasion, but was again decisively defeated at the epic battle of Magnesia. Despite the loss of territory and prestige enshrined in the subsequent Peace of Apamea, Antiochus III left the Seleucid Empire in far better condition than he found it. Although sometimes presented as a failure against the unstoppable might of Rome, Antiochus III must rank as one of the most energetic and effective rulers of the ancient world. This book narrates his eventful career—and examines Seleucid military organization and royal administration.
Author : Magnus Ramage,David Chapman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781136707636
Information is everywhere, and defines everything in today's society. Moreover, information is a key concept in a wide range of academic disciplines, from quantum physics to public policy. However, these disciplines all interpret the concept in quite different ways. This book looks at information in several different academic disciplines - cybernetics, ICT, communications theory, semiotics, information systems, library science, linguistics, quantum physics and public policy. Perspectives on Information brings clarity and coherence to different perspectives through promoting information as a unifying concept across the disciplinary spectrum. Though conceived as a contribution to the ongoing conversation between academic disciplines into the nature of information, the deliberately accessible style of this text (reflecting the authors’ backgrounds at The Open University) will be make it valuable for anyone who needs to know something more about information. Given the ubiquity of information in the 21st century, that means everyone.
Author : Ahmed El Shamsy
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780691241913
The story of how Arab editors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries revolutionized Islamic literature Islamic book culture dates back to late antiquity, when Muslim scholars began to write down their doctrines on parchment, papyrus, and paper and then to compose increasingly elaborate analyses of, and commentaries on, these ideas. Movable type was adopted in the Middle East only in the early nineteenth century, and it wasn't until the second half of the century that the first works of classical Islamic religious scholarship were printed there. But from that moment on, Ahmed El Shamsy reveals, the technology of print transformed Islamic scholarship and Arabic literature. In the first wide-ranging account of the effects of print and the publishing industry on Islamic scholarship, El Shamsy tells the fascinating story of how a small group of editors and intellectuals brought forgotten works of Islamic literature into print and defined what became the classical canon of Islamic thought. Through the lens of the literary culture of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Arab cities—especially Cairo, a hot spot of the nascent publishing business—he explores the contributions of these individuals, who included some of the most important thinkers of the time. Through their efforts to find and publish classical literature, El Shamsy shows, many nearly lost works were recovered, disseminated, and harnessed for agendas of linguistic, ethical, and religious reform. Bringing to light the agents and events of the Islamic print revolution, Rediscovering the Islamic Classics is an absorbing examination of the central role printing and its advocates played in the intellectual history of the modern Arab world.
Author : D. Antoine Sutton
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527509474
This volume is pivotal reading for laypersons looking for an accurate understanding of the private life and public career of A.E. Housman. Furthermore, it is also essential for any reader seeking to recover a truer image of the Victorian man who, during his lifetime, issued two collections of Romantic poems, A Shropshire Lad and Last Poems. It will be of particular interest to history buffs, poets, professors and students of classical studies, and instructors in literary criticism, given that it sketches Housman’s biography and examines in detail his scholarship.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 142238182X
Author : The Open University
Publisher : The Open University
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473009356
This 7-hour free course explored the wide range of factors that shape what we know about antiquity.
Author : Bernard D. Rostker
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780833078216
War has always been a dangerous business, bringing injury, wounds, and death, and--until recently--often disease. What has changed over time, most dramatically in the last 150 or so years, is the care these casualties receive and who provides it. This book looks at the history of how humanity has cared for its war casualties and veterans, from ancient times through the aftermath of World War II.
Author : David Hutchings,James C. Ungureanu
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-03
Category : RELIGION
ISBN : 9780190053093
This is the story of John Draper, Andrew White, and the conflict thesis: a centuries-old misconception that religion and science are at odds with one another. Renowned scientist John William Draper (1811-1882) and celebrated historian-politician Andrew Dickson White (1832-1918) were certain that Enlightened Science and Dogmatic Christianity were mortal enemies--and they said as much to anyone who would listen. More than a century later, their grand and sweeping version of history dominates our landscape; Draper and White's conflict thesis is still found in countless textbooks, lecture series, movies, novels, and more. Yet, as it would later be discovered, they were mistaken. Their work has been torn to shreds by the experts, who have declared it totally at odds with reality. So how, if this is the case, does their wrongheaded narrative still live on? Who were these two men, and what, exactly, did they say? What is it about their God-versus-Science conflict thesis that convinced so many? And what--since both claimed to love Science and love Christ--were they actually trying to achieve in the first place? In this book, physicist David Hutchings and historian of science and religion James C. Ungureanu dissect the work of Draper and White. They take readers on a journey through time, diving into the formation and fallacy of the conflict thesis and its polarizing impact on society. The result is a tale of Flat Earths, of anesthetic, and of autopsies; of Creation and Evolution; of laser-eyed lizards and infinite worlds. It is a story of miracles and mathematicians; souls and Great Libraries; the Greeks, the scientific method, the Not-So-Dark-After-All Ages... and, of course, of popes and unicorns.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1422370194