Author: Baby Professor
Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1541969537
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Mesopotamia has fascinated historians and archaeologists because of the many achievements recorded during its height. In this ebook, you will learn about some of the highlights of Mesopotamia including its cities, kings and literature. What do you think is the most important contribution of this ancient civilization to modern times? Start reading today.
From the Ancient Near East to Christian Byzantium
Author: Mario Baghos
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527567370
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
This book combines concepts from the history of religions with Byzantine studies in its assessments of kings, symbols, and cities in a diachronic and cross-cultural analysis. The work attests, firstly, that the symbolic art and architecture of ancient cities—commissioned by their monarchs expressing their relationship with their gods—show us that religiosity was inherent to such enterprises. It also demonstrates that what transpired from the first cities in history to Byzantine Christendom is the gradual replacement of the pagan ruler cult—which was inherent to city-building in antiquity—with the ruler becoming subordinate to Christ; exemplified by representations of the latter as the ‘Master of All’ (Pantokrator). Beginning in Mesopotamia, the book continues with an analysis of city-building by rulers in Egypt, Greece, and Rome, before addressing Judaism (specifically, the city of Jerusalem) and Christianity as shifting the emphasis away from pagan-gods and rulers to monotheistic perceptions of God as elevated above worldly kings. It concludes with an assessment of Christian Rome and Constantinople as typifying the evolution from the ancient and classical world to Christendom.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527567370
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
This book combines concepts from the history of religions with Byzantine studies in its assessments of kings, symbols, and cities in a diachronic and cross-cultural analysis. The work attests, firstly, that the symbolic art and architecture of ancient cities—commissioned by their monarchs expressing their relationship with their gods—show us that religiosity was inherent to such enterprises. It also demonstrates that what transpired from the first cities in history to Byzantine Christendom is the gradual replacement of the pagan ruler cult—which was inherent to city-building in antiquity—with the ruler becoming subordinate to Christ; exemplified by representations of the latter as the ‘Master of All’ (Pantokrator). Beginning in Mesopotamia, the book continues with an analysis of city-building by rulers in Egypt, Greece, and Rome, before addressing Judaism (specifically, the city of Jerusalem) and Christianity as shifting the emphasis away from pagan-gods and rulers to monotheistic perceptions of God as elevated above worldly kings. It concludes with an assessment of Christian Rome and Constantinople as typifying the evolution from the ancient and classical world to Christendom.
King's Twin Cities Metro Street Atlas
Author: King Distribution
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781583013052
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781583013052
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Why Was Mesopotamia The “Cradle of Civilization”? : Lessons on Its Cities, Kings and Literature | Kids Culture Books Grade 4-5 | Children's Ancient History
Author: Baby Professor
Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1541969537
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Mesopotamia has fascinated historians and archaeologists because of the many achievements recorded during its height. In this ebook, you will learn about some of the highlights of Mesopotamia including its cities, kings and literature. What do you think is the most important contribution of this ancient civilization to modern times? Start reading today.
Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1541969537
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Mesopotamia has fascinated historians and archaeologists because of the many achievements recorded during its height. In this ebook, you will learn about some of the highlights of Mesopotamia including its cities, kings and literature. What do you think is the most important contribution of this ancient civilization to modern times? Start reading today.
Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams
Author: Charles King
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393080528
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Winner of a National Jewish Book Award "Fascinating.…A humane and tragic survey of a great and tragic subject." —Jan Morris, Literary Review From Alexander Pushkin and Isaac Babel to Zionist renegade Vladimir Jabotinsky and filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein, an astonishing cast of geniuses helped shape Odessa, a legendary haven of cosmopolitan freedom on the Black Sea. Drawing on a wealth of original sources and offering the first detailed account of the destruction of the city's Jewish community during the Second World War, Charles King's Odessa is both history and elegy—a vivid chronicle of a multicultural city and its remarkable resilience over the past two centuries.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393080528
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Winner of a National Jewish Book Award "Fascinating.…A humane and tragic survey of a great and tragic subject." —Jan Morris, Literary Review From Alexander Pushkin and Isaac Babel to Zionist renegade Vladimir Jabotinsky and filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein, an astonishing cast of geniuses helped shape Odessa, a legendary haven of cosmopolitan freedom on the Black Sea. Drawing on a wealth of original sources and offering the first detailed account of the destruction of the city's Jewish community during the Second World War, Charles King's Odessa is both history and elegy—a vivid chronicle of a multicultural city and its remarkable resilience over the past two centuries.
The King of Kings County
Author: Whitney Terrell
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143037692
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
The second novel by Whitney Terrell, author of The Good Lieutenant-- an engrossing portrait of a Kansas City family's suspect pursuit of fortune. In The Huntsman, a first novel hailed by Esquire as "ambitious, rousing and entirely spectacular," Whitney Terrell introduced us to the streets and neighborhoods of Kansas City. Now he offers us the story of their creation. A stunning, intensely private portrait of one man's life and his city, The King of Kings County presents a dazzling fifty-year arc through the heart of the American dream.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143037692
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
The second novel by Whitney Terrell, author of The Good Lieutenant-- an engrossing portrait of a Kansas City family's suspect pursuit of fortune. In The Huntsman, a first novel hailed by Esquire as "ambitious, rousing and entirely spectacular," Whitney Terrell introduced us to the streets and neighborhoods of Kansas City. Now he offers us the story of their creation. A stunning, intensely private portrait of one man's life and his city, The King of Kings County presents a dazzling fifty-year arc through the heart of the American dream.
The King's Fifth
Author: Scott O'Dell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547349688
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Newbery Honor Book: A “stunning” historical novel of a teenager’s journey from Spain to the New World in search of gold (Kirkus Reviews). Mapmaker Esteban de Sandoval is only seventeen years old, but he has experienced much adventure, traveling to the New World to hunt for gold with the Conquistadors. Whatever treasure they find, they were expected to give one-fifth of it to the king. But Esteban is accused of withholding the king’s fifth—and of murder. As he waits for his trial to begin, he recalls the experience of his journey: the men he sailed with, the young Native American girl who guided him—and the ways that it changed him—in this remarkable novel about Spanish colonialism by the author of such classics as Island of the Blue Dolphins.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547349688
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Newbery Honor Book: A “stunning” historical novel of a teenager’s journey from Spain to the New World in search of gold (Kirkus Reviews). Mapmaker Esteban de Sandoval is only seventeen years old, but he has experienced much adventure, traveling to the New World to hunt for gold with the Conquistadors. Whatever treasure they find, they were expected to give one-fifth of it to the king. But Esteban is accused of withholding the king’s fifth—and of murder. As he waits for his trial to begin, he recalls the experience of his journey: the men he sailed with, the young Native American girl who guided him—and the ways that it changed him—in this remarkable novel about Spanish colonialism by the author of such classics as Island of the Blue Dolphins.
The Last Kings of Shanghai
Author: Jonathan Kaufman
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735224439
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
"In vivid detail... examines the little-known history of two extraordinary dynasties."--The Boston Globe "Not just a brilliant, well-researched, and highly readable book about China's past, it also reveals the contingencies and ironic twists of fate in China's modern history."--LA Review of Books An epic, multigenerational story of two rival dynasties who flourished in Shanghai and Hong Kong as twentieth-century China surged into the modern era, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist The Sassoons and the Kadoories stood astride Chinese business and politics for more than one hundred seventy-five years, profiting from the Opium Wars; surviving Japanese occupation; courting Chiang Kai-shek; and nearly losing everything as the Communists swept into power. Jonathan Kaufman tells the remarkable history of how these families ignited an economic boom and opened China to the world, but remained blind to the country's deep inequality and to the political turmoil on their doorsteps. In a story stretching from Baghdad to Hong Kong to Shanghai to London, Kaufman enters the lives and minds of these ambitious men and women to forge a tale of opium smuggling, family rivalry, political intrigue, and survival.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735224439
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
"In vivid detail... examines the little-known history of two extraordinary dynasties."--The Boston Globe "Not just a brilliant, well-researched, and highly readable book about China's past, it also reveals the contingencies and ironic twists of fate in China's modern history."--LA Review of Books An epic, multigenerational story of two rival dynasties who flourished in Shanghai and Hong Kong as twentieth-century China surged into the modern era, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist The Sassoons and the Kadoories stood astride Chinese business and politics for more than one hundred seventy-five years, profiting from the Opium Wars; surviving Japanese occupation; courting Chiang Kai-shek; and nearly losing everything as the Communists swept into power. Jonathan Kaufman tells the remarkable history of how these families ignited an economic boom and opened China to the world, but remained blind to the country's deep inequality and to the political turmoil on their doorsteps. In a story stretching from Baghdad to Hong Kong to Shanghai to London, Kaufman enters the lives and minds of these ambitious men and women to forge a tale of opium smuggling, family rivalry, political intrigue, and survival.
Scribes, Warriors and Kings
Author: William L. Fash
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 9780500277089
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Copan in modern Honduras was one of the great cities of the Classic Maya. Explorers found ruined temples, plazas, and more hieroglyphic inscriptions and sculpted monuments than in any other site in the New World. But the stones were silent, the script undeciphered.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 9780500277089
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Copan in modern Honduras was one of the great cities of the Classic Maya. Explorers found ruined temples, plazas, and more hieroglyphic inscriptions and sculpted monuments than in any other site in the New World. But the stones were silent, the script undeciphered.
A New and Compleat History and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark, and Parts Adjacent
Author: Henry Chamberlain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: I. Kings to Esther
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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