Empires & historical states
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Empires & historical states
Paperback. The first comprehensive and up-to-date history of Byzantium to appear in almost sixty years, and the first ever to cover both the Byzantine state and Byzantine society. Includes 208 illustrations, 21 maps, 18 tables. 1048 pages. Num Pages: 1044 pages, 221 half-tones 18 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 156 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1048
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804726306
- ISBN
- 9780804726306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.58€ 66.04
€ 67.58
€ 66.04
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415717779
- ISBN
- 9780415717779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.27
€ 58.27
Hardback. Num Pages: 215 pages, 412 total pp., 15 tables, 49 maps, 64 figures, 59 plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3B; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 282 x 221 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Institute for Aegean Prehistory United States
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931534673
- ISBN
- 9781931534673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.26
€ 118.26
Paperback. Hindu and Greek mythologies teem with stories of women and men who are doubled, this text recounts and compares a vast range of these tales from ancient Greece and India. The comparisons show that differences in gender are more significant than differences in culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDAG; HRG; JFC; JFHF; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226156415
- ISBN
- 9780226156415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 31.03
€ 38.99
€ 31.03
Paperback. This volume focuses on the role of Judaism, particularly that of Philo, and of Gnosticism, as two important forces shaping the response of early Christianity to the Graeco-Roman culture of the time. It re-examines Greek philosophy from the perspectives of Hellenistic Judaism and Gnostic texts. Series: Institute for Christian Studies S. Num Pages: 475 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HPCA; HRCC1; HRJ; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 32. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 475
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819195449
- ISBN
- 9780819195449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.28
€ 99.28
Hardback. Dickens and the Children of Empire examines the themes of childhood and empire throughout Dickens' oeuvre. The prestigious group of contributors initiate and extend debates on the subjects of post-colonialism, literature of the child and present childhood as an apt metaphor for the colonized subject in Dickens' work. Editor(s): Jacobson, Wendy S. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333770443
- ISBN
- 9780333770443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.49
€ 122.49
Hardback. Analyzes how and why museums emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. This work argues that, rather than directly emulating post-Enlightenment museums of Western Europe, Ottoman elites produced categories of collection and modes of display appropriate to framing a new identity for the empire in the modern era. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDT; 3JH; GM; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602. Museums, Archaeology and the Visualization of History in the Late Ottoman Empire. Series: Ahmanson-Murphy Fine Arts Book S. 280 pages, 43 b&w photographs, 2 maps. Analyzes how and why museums emerged in the late-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. This work argues that, rather than directly emulating post-Enlightenment museums of Western Europe, Ottoman elites produced categories of collection and modes of display appropriate to framing a new identity for the empire in the modern era. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QDT; 3JH; GM; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520233355
- ISBN
- 9780520233355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.72€ 63.57
€ 82.72
€ 63.57
Hardcover. The conquering by the Persian Safavid dynasty in 1502 ushered in the golden age for today's Iranian city of Isfahan - the city whose name is not without reason translated as 'The Pearl of the Orient'. This title presents the masterworks of Persian architecture and horticulture from the 16th to 18th centuries. Num Pages: 144 pages, 80 col, 40 b&w. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; AMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 232 x 15. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publisher
- Niggli Verlag Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783721206753
- ISBN
- 9783721206753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.27
€ 38.99
€ 33.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 251 x 14. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750962698
- ISBN
- 9780750962698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.18
€ 10.18
Paperback. In this updated edition of his concise biography, Werner Eck tells the extraordinary story of Augustus, Rome's first monarch. Series: Blackwell Ancient Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405151498
- ISBN
- 9781405151498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.03
€ 35.99
€ 35.03
Paperback. The Worldwide Number One Bestseller Wilbur Smith returns to Ancient Egypt in a captivating new novel that will transport you to extraordinary times. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3B; FJH; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007535842
- ISBN
- 9780007535842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.35
€ 10.99
€ 9.35
Hardback. Across their empire, the British spoke ceaselessly of deviants - of undesirables, ne'er do wells, petit-tyrants and rogues. With obvious literary appeal, these soon became stock figures. This is the first study to take deviance seriously, bringing together histories that reveal the complexity of a phenomenon that remains only dimly understood. Editor(s): Jackson, Will; Manktelow, Emily. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, unspecified. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBTB; HBTQ; JF; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137465863
- ISBN
- 9781137465863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardback. Egyptian Archaeology explores ancient Egypt using a uniquely archaeological approach, drawing on original research to both synthesize and challenge existing scholarship. Editor(s): Wendrich, Willeke. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBLA; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405149877
- ISBN
- 9781405149877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.36
€ 113.36
Paperback. Egyptian Archaeology explores ancient Egypt using a uniquely archaeological approach, drawing on original research to both synthesize and challenge existing scholarship. Editor(s): Wendrich, Willeke. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBLA; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405149884
- ISBN
- 9781405149884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.42
€ 42.99
€ 42.42
hardcover. Comprehensive discussion of how languages and translations were perceived and practised in the multilingual Jewish societies of Late Antiquity. Num Pages: 591 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HRJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 228 x 37. Weight in Grams: 994.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107026216
- ISBN
- 9781107026216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.35
€ 149.35
Hardback. Geography and the Classical World explores the emergence of classical geography,particularly the ancient Greek and Roman world. At its inception, the subject flourished in Britain and America.But in the 1920s it declined and an important tradition was lost. In recovering it, Professor Koelsch has written an outstanding scholarly work. Series: Tauris Historical Geography Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 b/w integrated. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBLA1; HBTP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 240 x 42. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780760643
- ISBN
- 9781780760643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.57€ 133.93
€ 151.57
€ 133.93
Paperback. Explains Cynicism's rise in popularity in the ancient world by exploring the set of attitudes that collectively formed the Greek praise of poverty. The author argues that economic, military, and philosophical thought contains explicit criticisms of wealth and praise of poverty. This is a work of ancient Cynicism and its classical environment. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025823
- ISBN
- 9780268025823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.22
€ 33.99
€ 30.22
Paperback. A broadly-illustrated overview of the contemporary state of Greco-Roman numismatic scholarship. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Classics and Ancient History. Num Pages: 720 pages, 878 illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBLA1; HDDK; KCZ; WCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 171. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199372188
- ISBN
- 9780199372188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardback. This is a study of Roman architecture on the Iberian peninsula, covering six centuries from the arrival of the Romans in the third century BC until the decline of urban life in the third century AD. During this period the peninsula became an influential cultural and political region. Num Pages: 369 pages, 66 b/w photographs, 79 figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; AMC; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 369
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520203778
- ISBN
- 9780520203778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.90€ 59.37
€ 76.90
€ 59.37
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226299495
- ISBN
- 9780226299495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.92€ 47.39
€ 55.92
€ 47.39