Ancient History category: 8298 books

Cover of The Spartans
by Paul Cartledge
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2003

The Spartans is a compelling narrative that explores the culture and civilization of the most famous "warrior people": the Spartans of ancient Greece, by the world's leading expert in the field. Sparta has often been described as the original Utopia--a remarkably evolved society whose warrior...
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Egyptomania

A History of  Fascination, Obsession and Fantasy

by Ronald H. Fritze
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016

The land of pyramids and sphinxes, pharaohs and goddesses, Egypt has been a source of awe and fascination from the time of the ancient Greeks to the twenty-first century. In Egyptomania, Ronald H. Fritze takes us on a historical journey to unearth the Egypt of the past, a place inhabited by strange...
Cover of The Legendary Kings of Babylon: Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar II
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013

*Includes pictures of Babylonian artifacts depicting the kings, the Hanging Gardens, and the Code of Hammurabi. *Explains the legends and mysteries surrounding the kings, including Biblical accounts of Nebuchadnezzar and ancient accounts of the Hanging Gardens.*Includes the Code of Hammurabi. *Includes...
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The Historians of Ancient Rome

An Anthology of the Major Writings

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Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012

The Historians of Ancient Rome is the most comprehensive collection of ancient sources for Roman history available in a single English volume. After a general introduction on Roman historical writing, extensive passages from more than a dozen Greek and Roman historians and biographers trace the history...
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Karnak

Evolution of a Temple

by Elizabeth Blyth
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2006

The first publication in English, this book fills a gap in the market and presents an in-depth examination of the significant temple site at Karnak. It is visited by thousands of tourists each year and is one of the most famous ancient temples in the world. Up until now there has been no single publication...
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by Ahmed Osman
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2005

Contends that the roots of Christian belief come not from Judaea but from Egypt • Shows that the Romans fabricated their own version of Christianity and burned the Alexandrian library as a way of maintaining political power • Builds on the arguments of the author's previous books...
Cover of Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Cleopatra
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012

*Discusses some of the popular myths and legends surrounding Cleopatra's life, including her heritage, how she died, and more.*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events in Cleopatra's life.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents. Her beauty, as we are...
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Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead

Prayers, Incantations, and Other Texts from the Book of the Dead

by E. A. Wallis Budge, Epiphanius Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016

Presented in easy-to-understand sections, with this book you will discover the magic of ancient Egypt in this comprehensive translation of the real Egyptian Book of the Dead. Ancient Egyptian**Book of the Dead is a compendium of classic texts by one of the greatest translators and historians...
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The Genius of Ancient Man

Evolution's Nightmare

by Don Landis
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012

Evidences and commonalities explored from ancient man around the globe! Why structures echoing the Tower of Babel have been recreated on almost every continent and major culture What artifacts and archaeology, technology and innovation, really reveal about the origin of mankind Why many biblical...
Cover of Primary Accounts of the Ancient Civilizations of North Africa
by Herodotus, Procopius & Strabo
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012

Primary Accounts of the Ancient Civilizations of North Africa is a collection of accounts about African civilizations written by some of the oldest and most prominent historians of antiquity, including Herodotus, also known as the Father of History, who lived in the 5th century B.C. (c.484 BC c.425...
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by Daniel C. Snell
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2010

This 2011 book is a history of religious life in the Ancient Near East from the beginnings of agriculture to Alexander the Great's invasion in the 300s BCE. Daniel C. Snell traces key developments in the history, daily life and religious beliefs of the people of Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Israel...
Cover of The Ancient World: Ideas in Profile
by Dr. Jerry Toner
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015

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...
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by Charles Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018

From the first cities of Sumeria and Babylon around 3500 BCE to the fall of the Rome and the bloody demise of the Aztecs, here--in 200 mini essays--are the critical leaders and wars; ideas and inventions; myths and religions, and art and architecture of the first 5000 years of recorded history. Discover...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2013

The internationally renowned Assyriologist and linguist I. M. Diakonoff has gathered the work of Soviet historians in this survey of the earliest history of the ancient Near East, Central Asia, India, and China. Diakonoff and his colleagues, nearly all working within the general Marxist historiographic...
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