Vanished Civilizations

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Reader's Digest Association
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Cities and towns, Ancient
ISBN : 0276426584

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Vanished Civilizations by Anonim Pdf

Eons before the of Greece, and women glory men round the globe erected towering structures, created magnificent art, devised ingenious inventions and lived civilized lives. Mining the latest archaeological evidence, "Vanished Civilizations" brings long forgotten communities and their amazing accomplishments again to life -- with vivid immediacy and richly intimate insights. More than 370 full-color illustrations, including detailed maps, specially commissioned reconstructions and photographs of artifacts, reveal the wonders of 40 rediscovered cities. Capturing the thrill of scholar-detectives on the hunt and the intricate work of excavations, the journey opens windows on intriguing, complex societies dating back to 10,000 B.C. Organized chronologically, exciting stops include: -- Catal Huyuk, the world's oldest city, discovered beneath Turkey only 20 years ago -- Mycenae, where the legendary Trojan War was actually fought -- Babylon, where the prophet Daniel interpreted the writing on the wall -- Olympia, original site of the world-famous games recently played in Salt Lake City -- Pataliputra, jewel of the Ganges, defended by war elephants and "Amazonian" guards -- The Henueberg, with a fortress built of sun-dried bricks deep in the dark German forest Sidebars trace the development of commerce, the written word, warfare and technology over thousands of years.

Author : Robert Silverberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : UOM:39015020676881

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Lost Cities and Vanished Civilizations by Robert Silverberg Pdf

The author has chosen the ancient cities of Pompeii, Troy, Angkor, Knossos, Babylon and Chichén Itzá, tells what they were like in ancient times, and recounts the stories of the discoverers and scientists of modern times who unearthed them.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Civilization, Ancient
ISBN : OCLC:1151665948

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Vanished Civilizations by Anonim Pdf

Provides information on the history, culture, and archaeology of forty cities and other locations of the ancient world.

Author : Marion McMurrough Mulhall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Atlantis
ISBN : UCAL:B3118743

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Beginnings Or Glimpses of Vanished Civilizations by Marion McMurrough Mulhall Pdf

Author : John Coleman De Graft-Johnson
Publisher : Black Classic Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0933121032

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African Glory by John Coleman De Graft-Johnson Pdf

First published in 1954, a time when few books on African history were written from an African perspective. An intimate history of Africa and its ancient civilizations, the book opposed the stereotyped and often racist histories of Africa. Today, a half century after its initial publication, African Glory still provides a vivid and dynamic connection to the African past.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Time Life Education
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0809498626

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Pompeii by Anonim Pdf

Recounts the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which buried the city of Pompeii under volcanic ash, describes what daily life was like in the city, and discusses the excavation of the archaeological site

Author : Jean Paul Barbier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : UCSD:31822033006149

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Vanished Civilizations by Jean Paul Barbier Pdf

In this inviting picture book, Jean-Paul Barbier, world-renowned historian and founder of the Barbier-Mueller Museum, recounts the moving and glorious history of, among others, the people who built Babylon, the Benin Kingdom, the Pyramids of Egypt and the statues of Easter Island. Mankind, at every crossroads in its development, at every latitude and in every continent, has been continually confronted with challenges. Here, Barbier looks at the way these challenges were met, recounting a past in which the grandiose, the mysterious and the human are intertwined. For the first time, a single volume presents all of these "vanished civilizations" in a synthesis which plunges us deep into the worlds of the past. Through beautiful and lavish photographs, this book invites you to discover such mysteries as the world of the Etruscans, the art of the Celts, the Olmec and the dawn of Mexican art, the grandeur and decadence of the Maya, and the mystical North American Indians.

Author : John Loret,John T. Tanacredi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461501831

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Easter Island by John Loret,John T. Tanacredi Pdf

Easter Island, a World Heritage Site is still, after over 50 years since Thor Heyerdahl's work on the island, a fascinating area to explore and learn about a culture that has only remnants remaining, while documenting a marine ecology still mostly unknown. Easter Island: Scientific Exploration into the World's Environmental Problems in Microcosm presents the research results from three years of interdisciplinary expeditions to Easter Island. The primary objectives were to investigate the effects of human population growth on the ecology of the island and to discover whether any dramatic climatic changes such as a prolonged El Niño could have disrupted the island's fragile ecosystem. The interdisciplinary scientific team were mainly researching the paleontology, archaeology, climatology, and geophysics of the island. This book now brings together the results of the three expeditions, identifies new areas of research, and hopefully will continue to inspire aspiring scientists to revisit this amazing island to explore and demystify this timeless enigma of human history.

Author : Edward Bacon
Publisher : London : Thames and Hudson
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Afghanistan
ISBN : LCCN:sit07000287

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Vanished Civilizations by Edward Bacon Pdf

Author : Reader's Digest (Australia) Pty, Limited
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Cities and towns, Ancient
ISBN : 1921569212

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Vanished Civilizations by Reader's Digest (Australia) Pty, Limited Pdf

Vanished Civilizations brings to life 40 of the greatest civilizations the world has ever known, with over 370 lavish illustrations, including detailed maps and specially commissioned photographs and reconstructions. This is a superbly researched timeline of global events and achievements dating from 10,000 B.C.

Author : Edward Bacon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Civilization, Ancient
ISBN : UOM:39076001497184

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Vanished Civilizations of the Ancient World by Edward Bacon Pdf

Author : Patrick D. Nunn
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824832193

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Vanished Islands and Hidden Continents of the Pacific by Patrick D. Nunn Pdf

Islands—as well as entire continents—are reputed to have disappeared in many parts of the world. Yet there is little information on this subject concerning its largest ocean, the Pacific. Over the years, geologists have amassed data that point to the undeniable fact of islands having disappeared in the Pacific, a phenomenon that the oral traditions of many groups of Pacific Islanders also highlight. There are even a few instances where fragments of Pacific continents have disappeared, becoming hidden from view rather than being submerged. In this scientifically rigorous yet readily comprehensible account of the fascinating subject of vanished islands and hidden continents in the Pacific, the author ranges far and wide, from explanations of the region’s ancient history to the meanings of island myths. Using both original and up-to-date information, he shows that there is real value in bringing together myths and the geological understanding of land movements. A description of the Pacific Basin and the "ups and downs" of the land within its vast ocean is followed by chapters explaining how—long before humans arrived in this part of the world—islands and continents that no longer exist were once present. A succinct account is given of human settlement of the region and the establishment of cultural contexts for the observation of occasional catastrophic earth-surface changes and their encryption in folklore. The author also addresses the persistent myths of a "sunken continent" in the Pacific, which became widespread after European arrival and were subsequently incorporated into new age and pseudoscience explanations of our planet and its inhabitants. Finally, he presents original data and research on island disappearances witnessed by humans, recorded in oral and written traditions, and judged by geoscience to be authentic. Examples are drawn from throughout the Pacific, showing that not only have islands collapsed, and even vanished, within the past few hundred years, but that they are also liable to do so in the future.

Author : Michael Rank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Civilization
ISBN : OCLC:1051076725

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Lost Civilizations by Michael Rank Pdf

Whether it is Plato's lost city of Atlantis, a technological advanced utopia that sank into the ocean "in a single day and night of misfortune"; the colony of Roanoke, whose early American settlers were swallowed up in the wild forest lands of the unexplored continent, or the Ancient American Explorers, who managed to arrive to the New World 2,000 years before Columbus, the disappearance of these societies is as cryptic as it is implausible. This book will look at cultures of the 10 greatest lost civilizations in history. Some were millenia ahead their neighbors, such as the Indus Valley Civilization, which had better city planning in 3,000 B.C. than any European capital in the 18th century. Others left behind baffling mysteries, such as the Ancient Pueblo Peoples (formerly known as the Anasazi), whose cliff-dwelling houses were so inaccessible that every member of society would have to be an expert-level rock climber. It will also at explanations as to how massive societies that lasted for centuries can disappear without a trace. Did the builders of the pyramids handy craftsmen whose method of transporting massive stones are still unexplainable simply disappear or were they part of an advanced alien race, as conspiracy theorists assert? Was the Kingdom of Aksum really the keeper of the Ark of the Covenant, and did this lead to their downfall?

Author : Don Rauf
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493033973

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Breaking History: Lost America by Don Rauf Pdf

Breaking History books offer a front row seat to history as it broke (like “breaking news”) and give the blow-by-blow of historical discovery—what we learned, when we learned it, who made the discovery, and how. Lost America is an illustrated look at fascinating places in the United States that have existed only in myth and have never been found, those that were abandoned and why, and those that were lost to social upheaval or natural disaster. The book reviews the history behind these places—how they began, how long they endured, why they were lost, and how many have been rediscovered. Included are accounts of the mysterious disappearance of the Anasazi from the Southwest, the abandonment of the Roanoke Colony in 1590, the environmental disaster that caused the population of Centralia, Pennsylvania to evacuate the town in the 1980s, and the nearly-intact ghost town of Bodie, California. The book also includes places that were thought to exist, but did not--or not yet, anyway: legendary Norse settlements, lost cities of gold, and The Fountain of Youth.

Author : David M. Gwynn
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780238920

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The Goths by David M. Gwynn Pdf

The Goths are truly a “lost civilization.” Sweeping down from the north, ancient Gothic tribes sacked the imperial city of Rome and set in motion the decline and fall of the western Roman empire. Ostrogothic and Visigothic kings ruled over Italy and Spain, dominating early medieval Europe. Yet after the last Gothic kingdom fell more than a thousand years ago, the Goths disappeared as an independent people. Over the centuries that followed, as traces of Gothic civilization vanished, its people came to be remembered as both barbaric destroyers and heroic champions of liberty. In this engaging history, David M. Gwynn brings together the interwoven stories of the original Goths and the diverse Gothic heritage, a heritage that continues to shape our modern world. From the ancient migrations to contemporary Goth culture, through debates over democratic freedom and European nationalism, and drawing on writers from Shakespeare to Bram Stoker, Gwynn explores the ever-widening gulf between the Goths of history and the popular imagination. Historians, students of architecture and literature, and general readers alike will learn something new about this great lost civilization.