Ancient History list 28

Ancient Times a History of the Early World

An Introduction to the Study of Ancient History and the Career of Early Man

by James Henry Breasted
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018

The Pergamum Collection publishes books history has long forgotten. We transcribe books by hand that are now hard to find and out of print.

The Origins of Ancient Greek Science

Blood—A Philosophical Study

by Michael Boylan
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015

This book examines the origins of ancient Greek science using the vehicles of blood, blood vessels, and the heart. Careful attention to biomedical writers in the ancient world, as well as to the philosophical and literary work of writers prior to the Hippocratic authors, produce an interesting story...

The Invention of Coinage and the Monetization of Ancient Greece

by David Schaps
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010

The invention of coinage was a conceptual revolution, not a technological one. Only with the invention of Greek coinage does the concept "money" clearly materialize in history. Coinage appeared at a moment when it fulfilled an essential need in Greek society, bringing with it rationalization...

Roman Archaeology for Historians

by Ray Laurence
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012

Roman Archaeology for Historians provides students of Roman history with a guide to the contribution of archaeology to the study of their subject. It discusses the issues with the use of material and textual evidence to explain the Roman past, and the importance of viewing this evidence in context....

Point of Origin

Gobekli Tepe and the Spiritual Matrix for the World’s Cosmologies

by Laird Scranton
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2015

Reveals Gobekli Tepe as a center of civilizing knowledge for the ancient world • Details how symbolic elements at Gobekli Tepe link a pre-Vedic cult in India to cosmological myths and traditions in Africa, Egypt, Tibet, and China • Discusses how carved animal images at Gobekli Tepe...

Archaeology and Ancient History

Breaking Down the Boundaries

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Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2004

Challenging both traditional and fashionable theories, this collection of pieces from an international range of contributors explores the separation of the human past into history, archaeology and their related sub-disciplines. Each case study challenges the validity of this separation and...

The Ancient Emotion of Disgust

by Donald Lateiner, Dimos Spatharas
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016

The study of emotions and emotional displays has achieved a deserved prominence in recent classical scholarship. The emotions of the classical world can be plumbed to provide a valuable heuristic tool. Emotions can help us understand key issues of ancient ethics, ideological assumptions, and normative...

Historical Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Nubia

by Richard A. Lobban Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2003

The Historical Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Nubia covers the period from the Paleolithic, all the periods of ancient Nubia (Predynastic, Kerma, Dynasty XXV, Napatan, Meroitic, Post-Meroitic) and to the end of medieval Christianity in Nubia (Sudan). This resource focuses on Nubian history through...

Ancient Greek Civilization

by David Sansone
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016

The third edition of Ancient Greek Civilization is a concise, engaging introduction to the history and culture of ancient Greece from the Minoan civilization to the age of the Roman Empire. Explores the evolution and development of Greek art, literature, politics, and thought across history,...

The Aristocratic Temper of Greek Civilization

by Chester G. Starr
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 1992

A timely reassessment of the vital social, cultural, and political role of the aristocrat in Greek society, this book by distinguished historian Chester G. Starr provides a concise portrait of the upper classes and their way of life. Arguing that the influence of the aristocrat on ancient Hellenic...

Divination and Human Nature

A Cognitive History of Intuition in Classical Antiquity

by Peter T. Struck
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016

Divination and Human Nature casts a new perspective on the rich tradition of ancient divination—the reading of divine signs in oracles, omens, and dreams. Popular attitudes during classical antiquity saw these readings as signs from the gods while modern scholars have treated such beliefs as primitive...

Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists

The Greek Tradition and its Many Heirs

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Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008

The Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists is the first comprehensive English language work to provide a survey of all ancient natural science, from its beginnings through the end of Late Antiquity. A team of over 100 of the world’s experts in the field have compiled this Encyclopedia, including...

Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History

by Patrick Hunt
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2007

The world’s greatest archaeological finds and what they tell us about lost civilizations Renowned archaeologist Patrick Hunt brings his top ten list of ancient archaeological discoveries to life in this concise and captivating book. The Rosetta Stone, Troy, Nineveh's Assyrian Library, King...

The Future Has an Ancient Heart

Legacy of Caring, Sharing, Healing, and Vision from the Primordial African Mediterranean to Occupy Everywhere

by Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012

Feminist cultural historian Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum caps her previous work with The Future has an Ancient Heart, a scholarly study of the transformative legacy of African origins and values of caring, sharing, healing, and vision carried by African migrants throughout the world. Birnbaum focuses...