Ancient history: to c 500 CE
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50 Roman Finds From the Portable Antiquities Scheme
£14.9950 Roman Finds From the Portable Antiquities Scheme
Delving into the Portable Antiquities Scheme archives to explore 50 finds from Britain’s Roman history.
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Alexandria
£10.99Alexandria
This is a wild journey through 19th-century India and Afghanistan, with impeccably researched storytelling that shows us a world of espionage and dreamers, ne’er-do-wells and opportunists, extreme violence both personal and military, and boundless hope. At the edge of empire, amid the deserts and the mountains, it is the story of an obsession passed down the centuries.
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Ancient Egypt
£9.99Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt is arguably the most successful and longest lasting human civilisation yet. In this pacy guide, renowned Egyptologist Barry Kemp seeks to explain why it was able to thrive with such stability for so long. The answers may be surprising: Kemp shows that human rights and career progression played an important role, as well as the traditional forces of slave labour and religion. Taking a thematic approach, he examines ancient Egypt’s geography, rulers, society, morality, family life, art and architecture, military, science, philosophy and religion. He then goes on to ask what happened to ancient Egypt and point to its lasting influence today.
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Athens
£10.99Athens
A new narrative history of Athens, telling the three-thousand-year story of the birthplace of Western civilization.
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Cities That Shaped the Ancient World
£10.99Cities That Shaped the Ancient World
An illuminating and evocatively illustrated tour of 40 of the greatest cities that shaped the ancient world and its civilisations, from China and Mesoamerica to Europe and Ethiopia.
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Conquering the Ocean
£22.99Conquering the Ocean
This book provides an authoritative new narrative of the Roman conquest of Britain, from the two campaigns of Julius Caesar up until the construction of Hadrian’s Wall. It highlights the motivations of Roman commanders and British resistance fighters during a key period of Britain’s history.
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Estate Management and Symposium
£8.99Estate Management and Symposium
Xenophon recounted several Socratic dialogues which included his Symposium and Oeconomicus and both are concerned with Athenian private life. They are literary creations that reveal Xenophon as a skilled literary artist, an innovative thinker, and far from merely reflecting the conventional thinking of the world around him.
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London in the Roman World
£40.00London in the Roman World
This original study draws on the results of latest archaeological discoveries to describe London’s Roman origins. It offers a wealth of new information from one of the world’s richest and most intensively studied archaeological sites.
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Mosaics in Roman Britain
£15.99Mosaics in Roman Britain
A lavishly illustrated look at the history of Roman mosaics in Britain, from a renowned expert in the field.
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Ten Cities That Led the World
£25.00Ten Cities That Led the World
Great cities are complex, chaotic, and colossal. These are cities that dominate the world stage and define eras; where ideas flourish, revolutions are born and history is made. Through ten unique cities, from the founding of ancient capitals to buzzing modern megacities, Paul Strathern explores how urban centres lead civilisation forward, enjoying a moment of glory before passing on the baton.We journey back to discover Babylonian mathematics, Athenian theatre and intellectual debate, and Roman construction that has lasted millennia.
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The Aztecs
£15.00The Aztecs
Frances F. Berdan shines fresh light on the enigmatic ancient Aztecs. She casts her net wide, covering topics as diverse as ethnicity, empire-building, palace life, etiquette, origin myths, and human sacrifice. While the Aztecs are often described as ‘stone age,’ their achievements were remarkable. They constructed lofty temples and produced fine arts in precious stones, gold, and shimmering feathers. They crafted beautiful poetry and studied the sciences. They had schools and libraries, entrepreneurs and money, and a bewildering array of deities and dramatic ceremonies. Based on the latest research and lavishly illustrated, this book reveals the Aztecs to have created a civilization of sophistication and finesse.
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The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome
£21.99The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome
The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome tells the story of 2200 years of the use and misuse of the idea of Roman decline by ambitious politicians, authors, and autocrats as well as the people scapegoated and victimized in the name of Roman renewal. It focuses on the long history of a way of describing change that might seem innocuous, but which has cost countless people their lives, liberty, or property across two millennia.
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The Etruscans
£15.00The Etruscans
The Etruscans were a powerful people, marked by an influential civilization in ancient Italy. But despite their prominence, the Etruscans are often portrayed as mysterious – a strange and unknowable people whose language and culture have largely vanished. Lucy Shipley’s book presents a different picture. Shipley writes of a people who traded with Greece and shaped the development of Rome, who inspired Renaissance artists and Romantic firebrands, and whose influence is still felt strongly in the modern world.
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The Greatest Invention
£20.00The Greatest Invention
A code-cracking mission to decipher the hidden truths and histories of our greatest invention – the art of writing.
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The Histories
£10.99The Histories
The story of the Greek city-states uniting to repel a superior Persian army is the main theme in this classical narrative, but Herodotus fleshes out his text with digressions, describing the wonders of Egypt and recounting stories and folk tales.
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The Inca
£15.00The Inca
In their heyday, the Inca ruled over the largest land empire in the Americas, reaching the pinnacle of South American civilization. Known as the ‘Romans of the Americas,’ these fabulous engineers converted the vertiginous, challenging landscapes of the Andes into a fertile region able to feed millions, alongside building royal estates such as Machu Picchu and a 40,000-kilometre-long road network crisscrossed by elegant braided-rope suspension bridges. Beautifully illustrated, this book examines the mythical origins and history of the Inca, including their economy, society, technology, and beliefs.
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