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  • av Kurt A. (Brown University Raaflaub
    1 748,-

    Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World presents a cross-cultural comparison of the ways in which ancient civilizations thought about the past and recorded their own histories, featuring contributions by an international group of scholars working in many disciplines. .

  • av Kurt A. Raaflaub
    563 - 1 320,-

    * The first book to focus on war and peace in the ancient world. * Takes a global perspective, covering a large number of early civilizations, from China, India and West Asia, through the Mediterranean to the Americas.

  • - Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern Societies
     
    1 637,-

    This fascinating volume brings together leading specialists who have analyzed the thoughts and records documenting the worldviews of a wide range of pre-modern societies. The book presents evidence from across the ages; from antiquity through to the Age of Discovery.

  • - Historical and Comparative Perspectives
    av J ARNASON
    2 070,-

    While historians, sociologists, and political scientists have long recognized the importance of the Roman Empire, surprisingly little serious comparative analysis is available on this period in world history. The Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives addresses this neglected area of study.

  • av D Konstan
    593 - 1 789,-

    With contributions from leading scholars, this is a unique cross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide range of cultures and time periods, which presents crucial insights into how history is treated in narrative poetry.

  • av J Bodel
    521 - 1 389,-

    This book aims to advance our understanding of household and family religion in Mediterranean and West Asian antiquity, as opposed to state-sponsored or civic temple cults. The volume explores the new recognition that religious expression associated with household, family, and domicile is significant and must be investigated in a serious way.

  • - Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern Societies
     
    508,-

    This fascinating volume brings together leading specialists who have analyzed the thoughts and records documenting the worldviews of a wide range of pre-modern societies. The book presents evidence from across the ages; from antiquity through to the Age of Discovery.

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    1 349,-

    The Gift in Antiquity presents a collection of 14 original essays that apply French sociologist Marcel Mauss s notion of gift-giving to the study of antiquity.

  • - A Politico-cultural Transformation and Its Interpretations
     
    1 858,-

    This book presents a comprehensive series of readings that trace the Greeks path to democracy and examine the connection between the Greek polis as a citizen state and democracy from a comparative historical perspective.

  • - Concepts and Theories
    av KA Raaflaub
    1 085,-

    Peace in the Ancient World: Concepts and Theories conducts a comparative investigation of why certain ancient societies produced explicit concepts and theories of peace and others did not.

  • - Self, Society, and the Divine in Ancient World Cultures
    av KA Raaflaub
    1 803,-

    The Adventure of the Human Intellect presents the latest scholarship on the beginnings of intellectual history on a broad scope, encompassing ten eminent ancient or early civilizations from both the Old and New Worlds.

  • - After Slavery and Social Death
    av J Bodel
    1 196,-

    On Human Bondage a critical reexamination of Orlando Patterson s groundbreaking Slavery and Social Death assesses how his theories have stood the test of time and applies them to new case studies.

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