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Author : James Dunkerley
Publisher : Verso
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Latin America
ISBN : 1859847544
Anglo-America has possessed neither a uniform imperialist vocation, nor the consistent capacity to impose it.
Author : James Dunkerley
Publisher : Verso
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 1859842720
Anglo-America has possessed neither a uniform imperialist vocation, nor the consistent capacity to impose it.
Author : William L. Fash
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1993-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0500277087
Copan in modern Honduras was one of the great cities of the Classic Maya. Explorers found ruined temples, plazas, and more hieroglyphic inscriptions and sculpted monuments than in any other site in the New World. But the stones were silent, the script undeciphered.
Author : William Leonard Fash
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 050028282X
Copan in modern Honduras was one of the great cities of the Classic Maya. Abandoned to the rain forest for nearly a thousand years, it was rediscovered in the early 1800s. Now, two centuries later, an international team of scholars is solving the puzzle of Copan and the ancient Maya. William Fash, himself one of the key contributors to the recent breakthroughs, describes how decipherment of the Maya inscriptions together with tomb finds have unlocked the secrets of Copan's history. For this revised edition, Professor Fash shows how recent discoveries in the Acropolis, urban wards, and rural redoubts of the Copan kingdom reveal fascinating insights into the life and times of royalty, nobles, and commoners in this distinguished Maya city. The uncovering of the extraordinary tomb of the dynasty's founder provides illuminating information on his origins and accomplishments, while archaeological and hieroglyphic studies have demonstrated the importance of Tikal and the great metropolis of Teotihuacan in the founding and long-term legitimization of the Copan royal line. New excavations in the royal residential area give a blueprint for the layout and functioning of Maya palaces, as well as dramatic evidence for the violent and sudden end to dynastic rule. 11 color and 109 b/w illustrations.
Author : William J. Bouwsma
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1990-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0520910141
The essays assembled here represent forty years of reflection about the European cultural past by an eminent historian. The volume concentrates on the Renaissance and Reformation, while providing a lens through which to view problems of perennial interest. A Usable Past is a book of unusual scope, touching on such topics as political thought and historiography, metaphysical and practical conceptions of order, the relevance of Renaissance humanism to Protestant thought, the secularization of European culture, the contributions of particular professional groups to European civilization, and the teaching of history. The essays in A Usable Past are unified by a set of common concerns. William Bouwsma has always resisted the pretensions to science that have shaped much recent historical scholarship and made the work of historians increasingly specialized and inaccessible to lay readers. Following Friedrich Nietzsche, he argues that since history is a kind of public utility, historical research should contribute to the self-understanding of society.
Author : Geoffrey Turner
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004435377
Geoffrey Turner's definitive study of the mid-19th century excavations by the British Museum at the Assyrian site of Nineveh documents the complete history of these excavations and provides detailed reconstructions of the architecture and sculpture in the palace of Sennacherib.
Author : Elizabeth Hunter
Publisher : Recurve Press, LLC
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780988520592
Hidden at the crossroads of the world, an ancient race battles to protect humanity, even as it dies from within. To the outside world, Ava Matheson is a successful travel photographer from a privileged background. But Ava's spent a lifetime battling voices in her mind she can't understand, and her fractured family has convinced her she'll never belong. Malachi is an Irin scribe, descended from an angelic race and sworn by blood and magic to defend humanity from the Grigori, the sons of fallen angels who could ravage the world. A chance meeting in Istanbul will change both Ava and Malachi's destinies forever. Their attraction should be impossible, but it could also be the only thing that will keep them alive. The Scribe is the first book in the Irin Chronicles, a contemporary fantasy series by Elizabeth Hunter, seven-time USA Today bestselling author of the Elemental Legacy. Loved this book! It had great intrigue and romance. It was sexy, well-written and suspenseful. …I was gripped from the very beginning, enticed by adventures in faraway places. —Vilma Iris Book Blog
Author : Heinrich Brugsch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Egypt
ISBN : HARVARD:32044019187798
Author : Heinrich Karl Brugsch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781108084734
This illustrated two-volume history of Egypt, 'derived entirely from the monuments', was first published in an English translation in 1879. Brugsch brings to bear his wide experience of the archaeological sites together with his linguistic expertise, and deliberately eschews later Greek and Roman accounts of Egypt.
Author : Heinrich Brugsch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600074650
Author : Bernhard Lang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351931151
Bernhard Lang, known for his contributions over several decades to biblical anthropology, offers in this volume a selection of essays on the life and literature of the ancient Hebrews. The subjects range from the Hebrew God, the world-view of the Bible, and the formation of the scriptural canon, to peasant poverty, women's work, the good life, and prophetic street theatre. The stories of Joseph, Samson, and the expulsion from Paradise are analysed, and in a departure from the Old Testament, the priestly origins of the Eucharist are considered. Insight into the Hebrew mentality is facilitated by the arrangement of the essays, reflecting the three strata of the ancient society: the peasants, with their common concerns of fertility and happiness; warriors, their martial pursuits, and the divine Lord of War; and the wise - prophets, priests, and sages.
Author : Heinrich Brugsch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Egypt
ISBN : PRNC:32101064455098
Author : John Broughton
Publisher : Next Chapter
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PKEY:6610000343614
Christ Church Priory, Canterbury, 990 AD. Orphaned by vikings, Folcwin and his elder brother Aelfwynn have become excellent scribes. Their lives, enlivened by sibling rivalry, are upset by a competition to illuminate a commissioned psalter. After Folcwin is selected the victor, his brother is accused of murdering another competitor, and he escapes. While Aelfwynn begins a patriotic battle against Viking raiders, Folcwin's fame as a scribe increases. Even with their imbalanced fortunes, the paths of the two brothers are bound to cross with powerful kings and strong leaders, including King Aethelred, Thorkell the Tall and Edmund Ironside. But can they overcome the Viking menace?
Author : K.C. May
Publisher : Peach Orchard Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Book 6 of The Mindstream Chronicles When Gatekeeper Jora Lanseri learns the princess has been convicted by a vengeful enemy of terrible crimes, she must free the delegates trapped in gold statues on the Isle of Shess to trade for the captured princess. Now, with the enemy warships on her heels, Jora must protect the king while negotiating the princess's freedom... and keep the monster inside her from destroying them all.
Author : Vina A. Lanzona,Frederik Rettig
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317571841
This book brings together a wide range of case studies to explore the experiences and significance of women warriors in Southeast Asian history from ancient to contemporary times. Using a number of sources, including royal chronicles, diaries, memoirs and interviews, the book discusses why women warriors were active in a domain traditionally preserved for men, and how they arguably transgressed peacetime gender boundaries as agents of violence. From multidisciplinary perspectives, the chapters assess what drove women to take on a variety of roles, namely palace guards, guerrillas and war leaders, and to what extent their experiences were different to those of men. The reader is taken on an almost 1,500-year long journey through a crossroads region well-known for the diversity of its peoples and cultures, but also their ability to creatively graft foreign ideas onto existing ones. The book also explores the re-integration of women into post-conflict Southeast Asian societies, including the impact (or lack thereof) of newly established international norms, and the frequent turn towards pre-conflict gender roles in these societies. Written by an international team of scholars, this book will be of interest to academics working on Southeast Asian Studies, Gender Studies, low-intensity conflicts and revolutions, and War, Conflict, and Peace Studies.