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  • Cultural Olympians

    Rugby School's Cultural Leaders

    This book is designed to explore key questions surrounding faith, philosophy, science, culture and social progress by celebrating the life and thought of cultural leaders from Rugby School (estd. 1567).Some of the most distinguished historians, philosophers, social commentators and religious commentators are alumni of Rugby School. In this collection of essays, contributors explore the most ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In the Shadow of Death

    A Life of Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury

    In this, the first biography of Archibald Campbell Tait since his son-in-law, Randall Davidson's in 1891, John Witheridge tells the story of how a Scottish outsider became Queen Victoria's favourite Archbishop of Canterbury, and the most powerful since Laud in the seventeenth century. Following his childhood in Edinburgh and education at Glasgow University and Balliol College, Oxford, Witheridge ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

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  • Mesopotamia

    The Invention of the City

    Situated in an area roughly corresponding to present-day Iraq, Mesopotamia is one of the great, ancient civilizations, though it is still relatively unknown. Yet, over 7,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, the very first cities were created. This is the first book to reveal how life was lived in ten Mesopotamian cities: from Eridu, the Mesopotamian Eden, to that potent symbol of decadence, Babylon - the ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • Ancient Mesopotamia

    Portrait of a Dead Civilization

    "This splendid work of scholarship . . . sums up with economy and power all that the written record so far deciphered has to tell about the ancient and complementary civilizations of Babylon and Assyria."—Edward B. Garside, New York Times Book ReviewAncient Mesopotamia—the area now called Iraq—has received less attention than ancient Egypt and other long-extinct and more spectacular civilizations. ... Read more

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  • Weavers, Scribes, and Kings

    A New History of the Ancient Near East

    A unique history of the ancient Near East that compellingly presents the life stories of kings, priestesses, merchants, bricklayers, and others In this sweeping history of the ancient Near East, Amanda Podany takes readers on a gripping journey from the creation of the world's first cities to the conquests of Alexander the Great. The book is built around the life stories of many ancient men and ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • The Ancient Near East

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The ancient Near East is known as the "cradle of civilization"--and for good reason. Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia were home to an extraordinarily rich and successful culture. Indeed, it was a time and place of earth-shaking changes for humankind: the beginnings of writing and law, kingship and bureaucracy, diplomacy and state-sponsored warfare, mathematics and literature. This Very Short ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Assyria

    The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire

    by Eckart Frahm ...
    A new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires.**"Truly extraordinary." —**Times (London)At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen. Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story of Assyria and its formative role in global history.Assyria’s ... Read more

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  • Ancient Assyria

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Karen Radner ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Assyria was one of the most influential kingdoms of the Ancient Near East. In this Very Short Introduction, Karen Radner sketches the history of Assyria from city state to empire, from the early 2nd millennium BC to the end of the 7th century BC. Since the archaeological rediscovery of Assyria in the mid-19th century, its cities have been excavated extensively in Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Israel, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon: An Elusive World Wonder Traced

    An Elusive World Wonder Traced

    The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon is an exciting story of detection involving legends, expert decipherment of ancient texts, and a vivid description of a little-known civilization. Recognised in ancient times as one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the legendary Hanging Garden of Babylon and its location still remains a mystery steeped in shadow and puzzling myths. In this remarkable ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Babylonia

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Trevor Bryce ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The history of Ancient Babylonia in ancient Mesopatamia is epic. After playing host to three great empires, the Hammurabic and Kassite empires, and the Neo-Babylonian Empire ruled by Nebuchadnezzar, it was conquered by the Persians. Entered triumphantly by Alexander the Great, it later provided the setting for the Conquerer's deathbed. Squabbled over by his heirs, Babylonia was subsequently ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • A History of Ancient Egypt, Volume 3

    From the Shepherd Kings to the End of the Theban Monarchy

    by John Romer ...
    The final chapter in the definitive, three-volume history of the world's first known stateArchaeologist John Romer has spent a lifetime chronicling the history of Ancient Egypt, and here he tells the epic story of an era dominated by titans of the popular imagination: the radical iconoclast Akhenaten, the boy-king Tutankhamun and the all-conquering Ramesses II. But 'heroes' do not forge history by ... Read more

    $21.29 USD

  • The Babylonian World

    Edited by Gwendolyn Leick ...
    Series series Routledge Worlds
    The Babylonian World presents an extensive, up-to-date and lavishly illustrated history of the ancient state Babylonia and its 'holy city', Babylon.Historicized by the New Testament as a centre of decadence and corruption, Babylon and its surrounding region was in fact a rich and complex civilization, responsible for the invention of the dictionary and laying the foundations of modern science. ... Read more

    $67.99 USD