The Ancient World Ideas In Profile

Author : Jerry Toner
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782831419

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The Ancient World: Ideas in Profile by Jerry Toner Pdf

Ideas in Profile: Small Introductions to Big Topics This introduction to the ancient world, part of the Ideas in Profile series, covers all its different cultures, from the million people crammed into Rome to the Jews and Syrians who refused to be Romanised. Jerry Toner shows what can be learnt from new approaches to ancient history, from analysing the bones of the dead in Pompeii or assessing the impact of environmental change, and considers how we can discover what it was like to live back then. He looks at every period, not just classical Athens and Republican Rome, but the Hellenistic kingdoms that followed Alexander and the Christian-dominated later Roman Empire. Greece and Rome, he argues, must be fitted into the global history of their day: what did Persians think of Greeks and how does the Roman empire stack up to China's? With vivid examples and animation from award-winning Cognitive at every stage, this is the ideal introduction to the ancient world for general readers and students.

Author : T. R. Glover
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107695634

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The Ancient World by T. R. Glover Pdf

Originally published in 1935, this book presents an introductory guide to the ancient Mediterranean and its history. Glover covers the history of ancient Greece and the Roman Empire, as well as the art of both civilizations and a brief view into the everyday life of the people living under the Roman Empire's dominion. Maps, illustrations and photographs of relevant artefacts and locations are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the ancient world or the history of classical education.

Author : William Outhwaite
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781782831754

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Social Theory: Ideas in Profile by William Outhwaite Pdf

Ideas in Profile: Small Introductions to Big Topics In a world that is constantly changing, understanding the world has never been more important. But by thinking in neat segments, we miss the big picture. When economists think about globalisation, they often see trade; politicians see institutions and power; artists see a new global aesthetic. Social theory is what sees them all together. Renowned theorist William Outhwaite takes us on a journey through the major thinkers and topics of this often misunderstood discipline. We move from the the work of Rousseau to the still powerful insights of Marx and on to the great sociologists, Weber and Durkheim. We probe the big questions - why is religion powerful, where does capitalism come from - and move through the key ideas of the twentieth century thought from the Frankfurt School to Bourdieu and Giddens. Lastly Outhwaite questions the role of social theory today. Where does this vital discipline go next and how will its wide horizons help us stand up to the challenge of the twenty-first century?

Author : Peter Turchin,Daniel Hoyer
Publisher : The Economist
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781541736764

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Figuring Out the Past by Peter Turchin,Daniel Hoyer Pdf

Discover the world records that define our history and jump headfirst into the past using scientific data that reveals accurate and insightful answers to life’s biggest questions. What was history's biggest empire? Or the tallest building of the ancient world? What was the plumbing like in medieval Byzantium? The average wage in the Mughal Empire? Where did scientific writing first emerge? What was the bloodiest ever ritual human sacrifice? ​ We are used to thinking about history in terms of stories. Yet we understand our own world through data: cast arrays of statistics that reveal the workings of our societies. In Figuring Out the Past, radical historians Peter Turchin and Dan Hoyer dive into the numbers that reveal the true shape of the past, drawing on their own Seshat project, a staggeringly ambitious attempt to log every data point that can be gathered for every society that has ever existed. This book does more than tell the story of humanity: it shows you the big picture, by the numbers.

Author : Jerry Toner
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781468310276

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The Roman Guide to Slave Management by Jerry Toner Pdf

A scholar explores the history of slavery in Ancient Rome using a fictional story as a backdrop. Marcus Sidonius Falx is an average Roman citizen. Born of a relatively well-off noble family, he lives on a palatial estate in Campania, dines with senators and generals, and, like all of his ancestors before him, owns countless slaves. Having spent most of his life managing his servants—many of them prisoners from Rome’s military conquests—he decided to write a kind of owner’s manual for his friends and countrymen. The result, The Roman Guide to Slave Management, is a sly, subversive guide to the realities of servitude in ancient Rome. Cambridge scholar Jerry Toner uses Falx, his fictional but true-to-life creation, to describe where and how to Romans bought slaves, how they could tell an obedient worker from a troublemaker, and even how the ruling class reacted to the inevitable slave revolts. Toner also adds commentary throughout, analyzing the callous words and casual brutality of Falx and his compatriots and putting it all in context for the modern reader. Written with a deep knowledge of ancient culture—and the depths of its cruelty—this is the Roman Empire as you’ve never seen it before. “By turns charming, haughty, and brutal . . . an ingenious device.” —The New Yorker “[Toner’s] history and commentary provides context for the dirty institution upon which modern civilization is built.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Danny Dorling,Carl Lee
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782831969

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Geography: Ideas in Profile by Danny Dorling,Carl Lee Pdf

Ideas in Profile: Small Introductions to Big Topics Geography gives shape to our innate curiosity; cartography is older than writing. Channelling our twin urges to explore and understand, geographers uncover the hidden connections of human existence, from infant mortality in inner cities to the decision-makers who fly overhead in executive jets, from natural disasters to over-use of fossil fuels. In this incisive introduction to the subject, Danny Dorling and Carl Lee reveal geography as a science which tackles all of the biggest issues that face us today, from globalisation to equality, from sustainability to population growth, from climate change to changing technology - and the complex interactions between them all. Illustrated by a series of award-winning maps created by Benjamin D. Hennig, this is a book for anyone who wants to know more about why our world is the way it is today, and where it might be heading next.

Author : Chester G. Starr
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History, Ancient
ISBN : 0195066286

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A History of the Ancient World by Chester G. Starr Pdf

This volume offers an account of early world history from the rise of the first cities to the fall of the Roman Empire. Though Greece and Rome occupy center stage, the author also surveys the cities and empires of Mesopotamia, India from the early Indus civilization to the Gupta state, and China from the Hsia dynasty to the Han empire. He has revised his discussions of early humankind to account for the most recent findings; he presents a new view of the Jewish revolt against Rome led by Bar Kochba. In addition, his account of the end of the Roman Empire has been rewritten in light of the most recent thinking by classical historians. Numerous maps and illustrations, carefully composed and selected, highlight the text.

Author : Jerry Toner
Publisher : Ideas in Profile - small books, big ideas
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Civilization, Ancient
ISBN : 1781254206

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The Ancient World: Ideas in Profile by Jerry Toner Pdf

A sparkling introduction to the Ancient World that brings its peoples and cultures vividly to life.

Author : Mikhail Rostovtzeff
Publisher : Biblo & Tannen Publishers
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : History
ISBN : 0819621625

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A History of the Ancient World by Mikhail Rostovtzeff Pdf

Author : Shona Grimbly
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 1579582818

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Encyclopedia of the Ancient World by Shona Grimbly Pdf

This reference tells the stories of the peoples of the ancient past and shows how they laid the foundations of the modern world. Each of the first five chapters looks at the cultures and civilizations that developed in one particular region. The last chapter looks at some general aspects of life in the ancient world, such as agriculture or legal codes, and examines them in different cultures. A time line shows how civilizations in different parts of the world relate to each other in time. Nicely illustrated with many color images. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Civilization, Ancient
ISBN : 0760711348

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Mysteries of the Ancient World by Anonim Pdf

Explanation and exploration of so many of the mysteries of the ancient world.

Author : Michael Kulikowski
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782832461

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Imperial Tragedy by Michael Kulikowski Pdf

For centuries, Rome was one of the world's largest imperial powers, its influence spread across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle-East, its military force successfully fighting off attacks by the Parthians, Germans, Persians and Goths. Then came the definitive split, the Vandal sack of Rome, and the crumbling of the West from Empire into kingdoms first nominally under Imperial rule and then, one by one, beyond it. Imperial Tragedy tells the story of Rome's gradual collapse. Full of palace intrigue, religious conflicts and military history, as well as details of the shifts in social, religious and political structures, Imperial Tragedy contests the idea that Rome fell due to external invasions. Instead, it focuses on how the choices and conditions of those living within the empire led to its fall. For it was not a single catastrophic moment that broke the Empire but a creeping process; by the time people understood that Rome had fallen, the west of the Empire had long since broken the Imperial yoke.

Author : Angelos Chaniotis
Publisher : History of the Ancient World
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674659643

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Age of Conquests by Angelos Chaniotis Pdf

The world that Alexander remade in his lifetime was transformed once again by his death in 323 BCE. Over time, trade and intellectual achievement resumed, but Cleopatra's death in 30 BCE brought this Hellenistic moment to a close--or so the story goes. Angelos Chaniotis reveals a Hellenistic world that continued to Hadrian's death in 138 CE.

Author : Michael Scott
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465094738

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Ancient Worlds by Michael Scott Pdf

"As panoramic as it is learned, this is ancient history for our globalized world." Tom Holland, author of Dynasty and Rubicon Twenty-five-hundred years ago, civilizations around the world entered a revolutionary new era that overturned old order and laid the foundation for our world today. In the face of massive social changes across three continents, radical new forms of government emerged; mighty wars were fought over trade, religion, and ideology; and new faiths were ruthlessly employed to unify vast empires. The histories of Rome and China, Greece and India-the stories of Constantine and Confucius, Qin Shi Huangdi and Hannibal-are here revealed to be interconnected incidents in the midst of a greater drama. In Ancient Worlds, historian Michael Scott presents a gripping narrative of this unique age in human civilization, showing how diverse societies responded to similar pressures and how they influenced one another: through conquest and conversion, through trade in people, goods, and ideas. An ambitious reinvention of our grandest histories, Ancient Worlds reveals new truths about our common human heritage. "A bold and imaginative page-turner that challenges ideas about the world of antiquity." Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads

Author : Susan Wise Bauer
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393070897

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The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome by Susan Wise Bauer Pdf

A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own. This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting historical events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while still giving weight to the characteristics of each country. Susan Wise Bauer provides both sweeping scope and vivid attention to the individual lives that give flesh to abstract assertions about human history. Dozens of maps provide a clear geography of great events, while timelines give the reader an ongoing sense of the passage of years and cultural interconnection. This old-fashioned narrative history employs the methods of “history from beneath”—literature, epic traditions, private letters and accounts—to connect kings and leaders with the lives of those they ruled. The result is an engrossing tapestry of human behavior from which we may draw conclusions about the direction of world events and the causes behind them.