Author: Richard F. Townsend
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Richard Townsend gives the complete history of the Aztec civilization's rise from humble nomads to empire builders.
The Aztecs
Author: Richard F. Townsend
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Richard Townsend gives the complete history of the Aztec civilization's rise from humble nomads to empire builders.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Richard Townsend gives the complete history of the Aztec civilization's rise from humble nomads to empire builders.
The Hittites and Their Contemporaries in Asia Minor
Author: James G. Macqueen
Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press
ISBN: 9780891585206
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The Hittites were an Indo-European-speaking people who established a kingdom in Anatolia (modern Turkey) almost 4,000 years ago. They rose to become one of the great powers of the ancient Middle Eastern world by conquering Babylon - and were destroyed in the wake of the movements of the enigmatic Sea Peoples around 1180 BC. Macqueen's study investigates such intriguing topics as the origins of the Hittites, the sources of the metals which were so vital to their success, and their relations with their contemporaries in the Aegean world, the Trojans and the Mycenaean Greeks.
Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press
ISBN: 9780891585206
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The Hittites were an Indo-European-speaking people who established a kingdom in Anatolia (modern Turkey) almost 4,000 years ago. They rose to become one of the great powers of the ancient Middle Eastern world by conquering Babylon - and were destroyed in the wake of the movements of the enigmatic Sea Peoples around 1180 BC. Macqueen's study investigates such intriguing topics as the origins of the Hittites, the sources of the metals which were so vital to their success, and their relations with their contemporaries in the Aegean world, the Trojans and the Mycenaean Greeks.
Ancient Peoples and Places
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Civilization, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Mexico
Author: Michael D. Coe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Masterly....The complexities of Mexico's ancient cultures are perceptively presented and interpreted.--Library Journal
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Masterly....The complexities of Mexico's ancient cultures are perceptively presented and interpreted.--Library Journal
Ancient Peoples and Places
Author: Carl William Blegen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Thracians
Author: Ralph F. Hoddinott
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 9780500020999
Category : Art, Thracian
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A history of the ancient people of Thrace examines their influence on the traditions and culture of modern Europe
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 9780500020999
Category : Art, Thracian
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A history of the ancient people of Thrace examines their influence on the traditions and culture of modern Europe
The Slavs
Author: Marija Gimbutas
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN:
Category : Slavic antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
A discussion of the origins and early migrations of the Slavic peoples, in terms of social structure, religions, and culture.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN:
Category : Slavic antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
A discussion of the origins and early migrations of the Slavic peoples, in terms of social structure, religions, and culture.
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
Author: Annalee Newitz
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039365267X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and Science Friday A quest to explore some of the most spectacular ancient cities in human history—and figure out why people abandoned them. In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries and around the world, Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient cities, each the center of a sophisticated civilization: the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Central Turkey, the Roman vacation town of Pompeii on Italy’s southern coast, the medieval megacity of Angkor in Cambodia, and the indigenous metropolis Cahokia, which stood beside the Mississippi River where East St. Louis is today. Newitz travels to all four sites and investigates the cutting-edge research in archaeology, revealing the mix of environmental changes and political turmoil that doomed these ancient settlements. Tracing the early development of urban planning, Newitz also introduces us to the often anonymous workers—slaves, women, immigrants, and manual laborers—who built these cities and created monuments that lasted millennia. Four Lost Cities is a journey into the forgotten past, but, foreseeing a future in which the majority of people on Earth will be living in cities, it may also reveal something of our own fate.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039365267X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and Science Friday A quest to explore some of the most spectacular ancient cities in human history—and figure out why people abandoned them. In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries and around the world, Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient cities, each the center of a sophisticated civilization: the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Central Turkey, the Roman vacation town of Pompeii on Italy’s southern coast, the medieval megacity of Angkor in Cambodia, and the indigenous metropolis Cahokia, which stood beside the Mississippi River where East St. Louis is today. Newitz travels to all four sites and investigates the cutting-edge research in archaeology, revealing the mix of environmental changes and political turmoil that doomed these ancient settlements. Tracing the early development of urban planning, Newitz also introduces us to the often anonymous workers—slaves, women, immigrants, and manual laborers—who built these cities and created monuments that lasted millennia. Four Lost Cities is a journey into the forgotten past, but, foreseeing a future in which the majority of people on Earth will be living in cities, it may also reveal something of our own fate.
Ancient Peoples and Places
Author: Margaret Guido
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Ancient Peoples and Places
Author: David Marshall Lang
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description