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Empires & historical states

Hardback. .
Publisher
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409557128
ISBN
9781409557128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.68

Hardcover. Editor(s): Schowalter, Daniel N.; Friesen, Steven J. Series: Harvard Theological Studies. Num Pages: 486 pages, 108 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016590
ISBN
9780674016590
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.26

Paperback. Editor(s): Schowalter, Daniel N.; Friesen, Steven J. Series: Harvard Theological Studies. Num Pages: 486 pages, 108 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 32. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016606
ISBN
9780674016606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.72

Hardcover. Explores the interplay of formal politics with informal factors such as social prejudice, parochialism and personal rivalries in the cities of northwestern Asia Minor from the first to the fifth centuries AD. This book presents an analysis of the municipal speeches and career of the philosopher-politician Dion Chrysostomos. Num Pages: 211 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
211
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779343504
ISBN
9788779343504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.11

Hardcover. A study that presents a comparative treatment of four East Roman provinces in the period 50 BC-AD 250 - Aphrodisias and Ephesos in Turkey, Athens in Greece and Gerasa in Jordan - and examines the instrumental factors behind regional and local urban developments. Num Pages: 291 pages, 45 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1QDA; AMC; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 26. Weight in Grams: 892.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
291
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763526067
ISBN
9788763526067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.89
€ 59.48

Paperback. Editor(s): Henrickson, Elizabeth F.; Thuesen, Ingolf. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 478 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF1; HBLA; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 169 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1104.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
478
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772890708
ISBN
9788772890708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.18
€ 65.54

Paperback. Presents us with an imaginative and appealing picture of the early society of pre-literary Rome - as a free and uninhibited world in which the arts and popular entertainments flourished. This book consists of eighteen attempts to find such material and make sense of it. Num Pages: 376 pages, 54 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780859898232
ISBN
9780859898232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.59

Paperback. Presents a study of Greek mythology. This book takes you from the Trojan War to the voyage of Odysseus, from the story of Dionysus to the destiny of Oedipus and to Perseus' confrontation with the Gorgons. Translator(s): Asher, Linda. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
244
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861973993
ISBN
9781861973993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.85

Hardback. The aim of this book is to reconstruct ancient Greek assumptions about literary unity. It discusses some literary examples, but its main concern is with ancient secondary texts - literary theory and criticism, undertaking a systematic survey from Plato and Aristotle down to the later Neoplatonists. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198140597
ISBN
9780198140597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.50

Paperback. Offers a both controversial and comprehensive historical analysis of how the British Empire worked. This book shows how diverse, contradictory and in many ways chaotic the British Empire really was, controlled by interests that were often at loggerheads, and as much driven on by others' weaknesses as by its own strength. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16 bw interleaved. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBJD1; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846140891
ISBN
9781846140891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Examines the relationships between the writing systems of the ancient Aegean and Cyprus in the second and first millennia BC, principally Cretan 'Hieroglyphic', Linear A, Linear B, Cypro-Minoan and the Cypriot Syllabary, demonstrating the great advances made by inter-disciplinary studies. Editor(s): Steele, Philippa. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; CFLA; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Publisher
Oxbow Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785706448
ISBN
9781785706448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.91

Paperback. What is a pyxis? Who was the Amasis Painter? How did Greek vases get their distinctive black and orange colours? This volume offers definitions and descriptions of these and many other Greek vase shapes, painters and techniques encountered in museum exhibitions and publications. Series: Looking at. Num Pages: 176 pages, 73 colour & 89 b&w illustrations, 2 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; ACG; AFPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 9. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
J. Paul Getty Museum
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892365999
ISBN
9780892365999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.88

Paperback. Myths are symbolic stories that have evolved through oral tradition, and they have guided and inspired people for years. Follow these lively retellings of popular and significant Greek myths and discover how to unlock their hidden meanings so that they can be better understood. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HRKP3; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444163469
ISBN
9781444163469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. What does Roman Britain mean to us now? How were its physical remains rediscovered and made sense of? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? This book traces these tales by setting out to discover the remains of Roman Britain for herself, sometimes on foot, sometimes in a splendid, though not particularly reliable, VW camper van. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099552093
ISBN
9780099552093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
y 1st us
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483875
ISBN
9780801483875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

Hardback. Twelve of the greatest voices from ancient Greece and Rome - and why they still inspire and affect us in the 21st century. A book for all readers who want to know more about the literature that underpins Western civilization. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199597369
ISBN
9780199597369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. Former Metropolitan Museum of Art director Hoving recounts Howard Carter's search for Tut's tomb, the international confrontations that followed, as Carter kept other archeologists away from his find, and the death of Carter's partner shortly after the discovery. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540. Former Metropolitan Museum of Art director Hoving recounts Howard Carter's search for Tut's tomb, the international confrontations that followed, as Carter kept other archeologists away from his find, and the death of Carter's partner shortly after the discovery. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDAE; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540. Fine in fine dustjacket. DJ is in mylar
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of pages
408
SKU
KLJ0014616
ISBN
9780815411864
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.96

Hardcover. Rich details of the kings life in all of its golden glory Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; YNH. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 263 x 264 x 11. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Benchmark Books United States
Number of pages
64
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761455585
ISBN
9780761455585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.00

Paperback. This revised edition builds upon the twin themes of Turkey's continuing incorporation into the capitalist world and the modernization of state and society. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784531874
ISBN
9781784531874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 maps, b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300107630
ISBN
9780300107630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.67

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