Author: Charles Higham
Publisher: Facts on File
ISBN: 9780816046409
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Introduces the history of Asia and presents alphabetical entries that cover topics such as archaeological sites, economic development, political institutions, religion, trade, and warfare.
Encyclopedia of Ancient Asian Civilizations
Author: Charles Higham
Publisher: Facts on File
ISBN: 9780816046409
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Introduces the history of Asia and presents alphabetical entries that cover topics such as archaeological sites, economic development, political institutions, religion, trade, and warfare.
Publisher: Facts on File
ISBN: 9780816046409
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Introduces the history of Asia and presents alphabetical entries that cover topics such as archaeological sites, economic development, political institutions, religion, trade, and warfare.
Great Civilizations of the East
Author: Philip Steele
Publisher: Southwater Publishing
ISBN: 9781842153642
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This insight into ancient Asian and Oriental culture is packed with information and projects.
Publisher: Southwater Publishing
ISBN: 9781842153642
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This insight into ancient Asian and Oriental culture is packed with information and projects.
The Illustrated History Encyclopedia
Author: Charlotte Hurdman
Publisher: Southwater Publishing
ISBN: 9781842155257
Category : Civilisation, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This educational and inspiring book for family reference is packed full of information on art, food, clothing, war and transport.
Publisher: Southwater Publishing
ISBN: 9781842155257
Category : Civilisation, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This educational and inspiring book for family reference is packed full of information on art, food, clothing, war and transport.
A History of Chinese Civilization
Author: Jacques Gernet
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521497817
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
When published in 1982, this translation of Professor Jacques Gernet's masterly survey of the history and culture of China was immediately welcomed by critics and readers. This revised and updated edition makes it more useful for students and for the general reader concerned with the broad sweep of China's past.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521497817
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
When published in 1982, this translation of Professor Jacques Gernet's masterly survey of the history and culture of China was immediately welcomed by critics and readers. This revised and updated edition makes it more useful for students and for the general reader concerned with the broad sweep of China's past.
Your Travel Guide to Ancient China
Author: Josepha Sherman
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 9780822530732
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life in China during the Han Dynasty, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, a few notable personalities, and more.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 9780822530732
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life in China during the Han Dynasty, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, a few notable personalities, and more.
Exploration in the World of the Ancients
Author: Facts On File, Incorporated
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438128827
Category : Culture
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Discusses the voyages, navigation routes, and watercraft of explorers in the ancient world, from prehistoric times to the beginning of the Middle Ages.
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438128827
Category : Culture
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Discusses the voyages, navigation routes, and watercraft of explorers in the ancient world, from prehistoric times to the beginning of the Middle Ages.
Antiquities
Author: Maxwell Lincoln Anderson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190614935
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
The destruction of ancient monuments by the Taliban and the Islamic State have shocked observers worldwide. Art historian Maxwell Anderson's Antiquities: What Everyone Needs to Know(R) analyzes continuing threats to our heritage as well as a balanced account of treaties and laws, collections past and present, forgeries, and other controversial issues. Antiquities explores the legal, practical, and moral choices we face when confronting antiquities in a museum gallery, shop window, or for sale on the Internet.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190614935
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
The destruction of ancient monuments by the Taliban and the Islamic State have shocked observers worldwide. Art historian Maxwell Anderson's Antiquities: What Everyone Needs to Know(R) analyzes continuing threats to our heritage as well as a balanced account of treaties and laws, collections past and present, forgeries, and other controversial issues. Antiquities explores the legal, practical, and moral choices we face when confronting antiquities in a museum gallery, shop window, or for sale on the Internet.
The Role of Religion in Ancient Civilizations
Author: Kim Woodring
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781516500611
Category : Civilization, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The Role of Religion in Ancient Civilizations: Select Readings addresses the importance of religion in ancient civilizations and encourages readers to evaluate these civilizations both historically and critically. The selected readings help readers understand civilizations as whole systems with not only social and political characteristics, but also religious ones. Topics include the establishment of patriarchal civilizations, Mesopotamian and Egyptian religion, and the early civilizations of Northwest India. Students also learn about the religions of ancient China and Japan, traditional African religions and belief systems, religion and burial in Roman Britain, and the great temples of Meso-American religions. The final selections are devoted to early Christianity, the Byzantine Empire, and Islam. Original introductions place the readings in context. Taken as a whole, these carefully curated articles demonstrate both the uniqueness of each religion and the traditions and practices that, over time, became interconnected and sometimes even fused to form new religions. The Role of Religion in Ancient Civilizations is well-suited to survey courses in world and ancient religions, as well as classes on religious history and the history of the ancient world. Kim Woodring earned her M.A. in history at East Tennessee State University and her M.L.I.S. in library and information science at the University of Tennessee. She is now a faculty member at East Tennessee State University where she teaches courses in American and world history and digital history. In addition to teaching, Professor Woodring also serves as the history department's webpage administrator and social media editor. Her professional writing has appeared in The Social Science of War Encyclopedia and Historical Archaeology.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781516500611
Category : Civilization, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The Role of Religion in Ancient Civilizations: Select Readings addresses the importance of religion in ancient civilizations and encourages readers to evaluate these civilizations both historically and critically. The selected readings help readers understand civilizations as whole systems with not only social and political characteristics, but also religious ones. Topics include the establishment of patriarchal civilizations, Mesopotamian and Egyptian religion, and the early civilizations of Northwest India. Students also learn about the religions of ancient China and Japan, traditional African religions and belief systems, religion and burial in Roman Britain, and the great temples of Meso-American religions. The final selections are devoted to early Christianity, the Byzantine Empire, and Islam. Original introductions place the readings in context. Taken as a whole, these carefully curated articles demonstrate both the uniqueness of each religion and the traditions and practices that, over time, became interconnected and sometimes even fused to form new religions. The Role of Religion in Ancient Civilizations is well-suited to survey courses in world and ancient religions, as well as classes on religious history and the history of the ancient world. Kim Woodring earned her M.A. in history at East Tennessee State University and her M.L.I.S. in library and information science at the University of Tennessee. She is now a faculty member at East Tennessee State University where she teaches courses in American and world history and digital history. In addition to teaching, Professor Woodring also serves as the history department's webpage administrator and social media editor. Her professional writing has appeared in The Social Science of War Encyclopedia and Historical Archaeology.
Seven Wonders of Ancient Asia
Author: Michael Woods
Publisher: Lerner Books [UK]
ISBN: 0761343210
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Take a new look at ancient history through the seven wonders of a geographical or cultural region. Each book in this series explains the qualities that makes something a 'wonder', with information about how the wonders were constructed, how they were discovered or preserved, how they are studied, and if and how they are used in modern times.
Publisher: Lerner Books [UK]
ISBN: 0761343210
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Take a new look at ancient history through the seven wonders of a geographical or cultural region. Each book in this series explains the qualities that makes something a 'wonder', with information about how the wonders were constructed, how they were discovered or preserved, how they are studied, and if and how they are used in modern times.
A Companion to Ezra Pound's Guide to Kulchur
Author: Anderson Araujo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 1942954387
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Published in 1938, Guide to Kulchur encapsulates Ezra Pound's chief concerns: his cultural, historiographic, philosophical, and epistemological theories; his aesthetics and poetics; and his economic and political thought. In its fifty-eight chapters and postscript, it constitutes an interdisciplinary and transhistorical cultural anthropology that exemplifies his slogan for the renovation of ancient wisdom for current use - " Make It New." Though wildly encyclopedic, allusive and recursive, Guide to Kulchur is inescapable in any serious study of Pound. A Companion to Ezra Pound's Guide to Kulchur addresses the formidable interpretive challenges his most far-reaching prose tract presents to the reader. Providing page-by-page glosses on key terms and passages, the Companion also situates Pound's allusions and references in relation to other texts in his vast body of work, especially The Cantos. Striking a balance between rigorous scholarly standards and readerly accessibility, the bookis designed to meet the needs of the specialist while keeping the critical apparatus unobtrusive so as also to appeal to students and the general public. A long-needed resource, A Companion to Ezra Pound's Guide to Kulchur makes a lasting contribution to thestudy of one of the most influential and controversial literary figures of the twentieth century.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 1942954387
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Published in 1938, Guide to Kulchur encapsulates Ezra Pound's chief concerns: his cultural, historiographic, philosophical, and epistemological theories; his aesthetics and poetics; and his economic and political thought. In its fifty-eight chapters and postscript, it constitutes an interdisciplinary and transhistorical cultural anthropology that exemplifies his slogan for the renovation of ancient wisdom for current use - " Make It New." Though wildly encyclopedic, allusive and recursive, Guide to Kulchur is inescapable in any serious study of Pound. A Companion to Ezra Pound's Guide to Kulchur addresses the formidable interpretive challenges his most far-reaching prose tract presents to the reader. Providing page-by-page glosses on key terms and passages, the Companion also situates Pound's allusions and references in relation to other texts in his vast body of work, especially The Cantos. Striking a balance between rigorous scholarly standards and readerly accessibility, the bookis designed to meet the needs of the specialist while keeping the critical apparatus unobtrusive so as also to appeal to students and the general public. A long-needed resource, A Companion to Ezra Pound's Guide to Kulchur makes a lasting contribution to thestudy of one of the most influential and controversial literary figures of the twentieth century.