The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece
Title | The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Cartledge |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2002-11-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521521000 |
Sumptuously illustrated in color and packed with information, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Ancient Greece is now available for the first time in paperback. Offering fresh interpretations of classical Greek culture, the book devotes as much attention to social, economic and intellectual aspects as to politics and war. Paul Cartledge and his team of contributors ask what it was like for an ordinary person to partake in "the glory that was Greece." They examine the influences of the environment and economy; the experience of workers, soldiers, slaves, peasants and women; and the roles of myth and religion, art and culture, and science and education. This is a cultural history from the bottom up, which lays bare the far-reaching linguistic, literary, artistic and political legacy of ancient Greece, and seeks justification for Shelley's claim that "we are all Greeks." Paul Cartledge is Professor in Greek History in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge and is Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at Clare College, Cambridge. He is the author of several books about ancient Greece, including Spartan Reflections (California, 2001), Hellenistic and Roman Sparta (Routledge, 2001) and Sparta and Lakonia (Routledge, 2002).
Ancient Greece
Title | Ancient Greece PDF eBook |
Author | Marshall Cavendish Reference Staff |
Publisher | Marshall Cavendish |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Greece |
ISBN | 9780761479321 |
Ancient Greece follows the progress of the Greeks from the early establishment of farming communities around 6500 BCE, to the rise of the great city-states of Sparta and Athens, and on to the dissolution of the empire of Alexander the Great following his death in 323 BCE.
The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World
Title | The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Robinson |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521669931 |
Islamic peoples account for one fifth of the world's population and yet there is widespread misunderstanding in the West of what Islam really is. Francis Robinson and his team set out to address this, revealing the complex and sometimes contrary nature of Muslim culture. As well as taking on the issues uppermost in everyone's minds, such as the role of religious and political fundamentalism, they demonstrate the importance of commerce; literacy and learning; Islamic art; the effects of immigration, exodus, and conquest; and the roots of current crises in the Middle East, Bosnia, and the Gulf. Throughout, emphasis is placed on the interaction between Islam and the West, from the first Latin translations of the Quran to the fatwa on Salman Rushdie. This elegant book deliberately sets out to dismantle the Western impression of Islam as a monolithic world and replace it with a balanced view, from current issues of fundamentalism to its dynamic culture and art. Francis Robinson is the editor of two outstanding reference works: Atlas of the Islamic World Since 1500 (Cambridge, 1982) and The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India (1989).
The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Roman World
Title | The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Roman World PDF eBook |
Author | Greg Woolf |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 2003-11-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521827751 |
New history richly illustrated in colour and aimed at the general reader.
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art
Title | The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art PDF eBook |
Author | Paul G. Bahn |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780521454735 |
Beautifully illustrated in color with many rare and unique photographs, prints, and drawings, "The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art" presents the first balanced and truly worldwide survey of prehistoric art. A fascinating study of an often neglected area, the book is a powerful combination of illustration and analysis. 164 color plates. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Germany
Title | The Cambridge Illustrated History of Germany PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Kitchen |
Publisher | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521794329 |
This authoritative and richly illustrated book covers the whole sweep of German history.
Ancient Greece
Title | Ancient Greece PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah B. Pomeroy |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Greece |
ISBN | 9780199846047 |
A Political, Social, and Cultural History is a comprehensive and balanced history, covering the political, military, social, cultural, and economic history of ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic Era.