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  • A Dictionary of World Mythology

    de Arthur Cotterell ...
    Series series Oxford Quick Reference
    The powerful gods of Greece, Rome, and Scandinavia, the more mystical deities of Buddhist and Hindu India, and the stern spirits of the African and American continents all reflect very different civilizations, yet they also demonstrate the unity of mankind in its fundamental need for explanations of the unknown. Arthur Cotterell sets out clearly the chief myths of the world and explains why ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • The Imperial Capitals of China

    A Dynastic History of the Celestial Empire

    de Arthur Cotterell ...
    This history of China's imperial capital cities reveals "a picaresque chronicle of dynastic succession and court intrigue" across millennia ( Publishers Weekly).Throughout the long history of Imperial China, emperors designed their capital cities in ways that reveal the heart of their dynasty. The ley lines of these cities reveal religious preoccupations, while the design of important buildings ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Bali

    A Cultural History

    de Arthur Cotterell ...
    Series Libro 11 - Landscapes of the Imagination
    Bali is unlike anywhere else. Despite the advent of international tourism, this Indonesian island remains an untarnished cultural gem set in an idyllic landscape. Spirit-haunted as is the rest of Southeast Asia, Bali boasts a unique amalgam of beliefs because Hinduism overlays a much older relationship with the physical world. Nothing is considered to be inanimate. Towering volcanoes, majestic ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Asia

    A Concise History

    de Arthur Cotterell ...
    From one of the world's leading historians?a comprehensive narrative of the 3,000 years that have formed Asia's people, culture, and global destinyTracing its origins in Mesopotamia to its modern role on the global geopolitical stage, historian Arthur Cotterell offers a compelling, lively, and readable account of one of the most culturally diverse, and often misunderstood, parts of the world. ... Leer más

    $18.00 USD

  • Where War Began

    A Military History of the Middle East from the Birth of Civilization to Alexander the Great and the Romans

    de Arthur Cotterell ...
    Bloody fighting between rival tribes and clans has existed since the dawn of Homo sapiens, but war as we knew it began to take the more organized forms we recognize today in the ancient Near East, starting in the vital region near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (modern Iraq) and ultimately extending west to the Mediterranean Sea through what became the Holy Land of the Bible, a region eventually ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • The Near East

    A Cultural History

    de Arthur Cotterell ...
    This ambitious and wide-ranging popular history is the first narrative account of the entire Near East (Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States), from the genesis of civilization in the fourth millennium BCE until modern times. It provides an historical outline of the civilizations and cultures that dominated the region, one that has had an immense impact on ... Leer más

    $20.89 USD

  • The First Great Powers

    Babylon and Assyria

    de Arthur Cotterell ...
    The rediscovery of Babylon and Assyria in the 1840s transformed Western views on the origins of civilisation. The excavation of Nineveh proved that even the Greeks, Romans and Egyptians together did not constitute the ancient world. These peoples had nothing to do with the beginnings of civilisation on Earth. It was in Mesopotamia that humanity took the first steps on its path towards the society ... Leer más

    $22.79 USD

  • The Pimlico Dictionary Of Classical Civilizations

    de Arthur Cotterell ...
    An original and unique work of reference which breaks new ground by treating for the first time the classical era of the Old World as a whole. Never before have the key peoples and events of Greece, Rome, Persia, India, and China been encompassed in a single volume, despite the fact their civilizations had much in common and laid the foundations of present-day Europe and Asia.Arthur Cotterell ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • China

    A History

    de Arthur Cotterell ...
    One of the most far-reaching events since the Second World War is the re-emergence of China as a world power, and its present government's willingness to open up the country to the rest of the world.This comprehensive cultural history ranges from prehistoric times to the present - from the disunity of Pre-Imperial China to the renaissance of the Sung and Tang dynasties, from the Mongol conquest to ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

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  • Brief History of Indonesia

    Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation

    de Tim Hannigan ...
    Series series Brief History of Asia Series
    Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of the World's Largest ArchipelagoIndonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and has the fourth largest population in the world after the United States. Indonesian history and culture are especially relevant today as the Island nation is an emerging power in the region with a dynamic new leader. It is a land of incredible diversity ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

    From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

    de Susan Wise Bauer ...
    A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own.This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting historical events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while still giving weight to the characteristics of each country. Susan Wise Bauer provides both sweeping scope and ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • The Lost Civilization of Lemuria

    The Rise and Fall of the World's Oldest Culture

    de Frank Joseph ...
    A compelling new portrait of the lost realm of Lemuria, the original motherland of humanity• Contains the most extensive and up-to-date archaeological research on Lemuria• Reveals a lost, ancient technology in some respects more advanced than modern science• Provides evidence that the perennial philosophies have their origin in Lemurian cultureBefore the Indonesian tsunami or Hurricane Katrina’s ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD