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  • Taxation, Economy, and Revolt in Ancient Rome, Galilee, and Egypt

    Edited by Thomas R. Blanton IV, Agnes Choi, Jinyu Liu ...
    Series series Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
    This volume introduces new perspectives on taxation policies in the Roman Empire, the Galilee, and Egypt, with unique insights into the economic effects of imperial pacification on local and regional microlevel economies in the Galilee both before and after the First Jewish Revolt against Rome.Through examining tax documents and other ancient texts in detail, this book offers innovative ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

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  • Antiquity

    From the Birth of Sumerian Civilization to the Fall of the Roman Empire

    by Norman F. Cantor ...
    “With his characteristic eloquence and lucid insights. . . Cantor offers a splendid and accessible portrait of the cultures of the ancient world.”—Publishers WeeklyBestselling author Norman Cantor delivers this compact but magisterial survey of the ancient world—from the birth of Sumerian civilization around 3500 B.C. in the Tigris-Euphrates valley (present-day Iraq) to the fall of the Roman ... Read more

    $13.49 USD

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  • Ancient Assyria

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Karen Radner ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Assyria was one of the most influential kingdoms of the Ancient Near East. In this Very Short Introduction, Karen Radner sketches the history of Assyria from city state to empire, from the early 2nd millennium BC to the end of the 7th century BC. Since the archaeological rediscovery of Assyria in the mid-19th century, its cities have been excavated extensively in Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Israel, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Empire and Communications

    by Harold A. Innis ...
    Series Book 4 - Voyageur Classics
    It’s been said that without Harold A. Innis there could have been no Marshall McLuhan. Empire and Communications is one of Innis’s most important contributions to the debate about how media influence the development of consciousness and societies. In this seminal text, he traces humanity’s movement from the oral tradition of preliterate cultures to the electronic media of recent times. Along the ... Read more

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  • The Dynamics of Ancient Empires

    State Power from Assyria to Byzantium

    by Ian Morris, Walter Scheidel ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Early Empires
    The world's first known empires took shape in Mesopotamia between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf, beginning around 2350 BCE. The next 2,500 years witnessed sustained imperial growth, bringing a growing share of humanity under the control of ever-fewer states. Two thousand years ago, just four major powers--the Roman, Parthian, Kushan, and Han empires--ruled ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Bar Kokhba

    The Jew Who Defied Hadrian and Challenged the Might of Rome

    by Lindsay Powell ...
    This biography of the ancient Jewish military leader examines how he mounted a years-long revolt against Rome that changed the course of history.In AD 132, a bloody struggle began between two determined leaders over who would rule Judea. One was the powerful Roman Emperor Hadrian, who some regarded as divine. The other was Shim'on—known today as Bar Kokhba—a Jewish military commander in a district ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The History of the Jews in the Greco-Roman World

    The Jews of Palestine from Alexander the Great to the Arab Conquest

    by Peter Schäfer ...
    The History of the Jews in the Greco-Roman World examines Judaism in Palestine throughout the Hellenistic period, from Alexander the Great's conquest in 334BC to its capture by the Arabs in AD 636. Under the Greek, Roman and finally Christian supremacy which Hellenism brought, Judaism developed far beyond its biblical origins into a form which was to influence European history from the Middle Ages ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • The Orthodox Church of Ethiopia

    A History

    by Dr. John Binns ...
    Surrounded by steep escarpments to the north, south and east, Ethiopia has always been geographically and culturally set apart. It has the longest archaeological record of any country in the world: indeed, this precipitous mountain land was where the human race began. It is also home to an ancient church with a remarkable legacy. The Church of Ethiopia is the only pre-colonial church in sub ... Read more

    $26.49 USD

  • A Companion to Ancient History

    Edited by Andrew Erskine ...
    Series Book 199 - Wiley Companions to the Ancient World
    This Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the study of ancient history.Examines the forms of evidence, problems, approaches, and major themes in the study of ancient historyComprises more than 40 essays, written by leading international scholarsMoves beyond the primary focus on Greece and Rome with coverage of the various cultures within the ancient MediterraneanDraws ... Read more

    $48.00 USD

  • Rome, the Greek World, and the East

    Volume 3: The Greek World, the Jews, and the East

    by Fergus Millar ...
    Series series Studies in the History of Greece and Rome
    This volume completes the three-volume collection of Fergus Millar’s essays, which, together with his books, transformed the study of the Roman Empire by shifting the focus of inquiry onto the broader Mediterranean world and beyond. The eighteen essays presented here include Millar’s classic contributions to our understanding of the impact of Rome on the peoples, cultures, and religions of the ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian

    Edited by Michael Maas ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
    This book introduces the Age of Justinian, the last Roman century and the first flowering of Byzantine culture. Dominated by the policies and personality of emperor Justinian I (527–565), this period of grand achievements and far-reaching failures witnessed the transformation of the Mediterranean world. In this volume, twenty specialists explore the most important aspects of the age including the ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • The Agrarian Sociology of Ancient Civilizations

    by Max Weber ...
    Series series Verso World History Series
    Max Weber, widely recognized as the greatest of the founders of classical sociology, is often associated with the development of capitalism in Western Europe and the analysis of modernity. But he also had a profound scholarly interest in ancient societies and the Near East, and turned the youthful discipline of sociology to the study of these archaic cultures.The Agrarian Sociology of Ancient ... Read more

    $9.99 USD