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In Babylon, Paul Kriwaczek tells the story of ancient Mesopotamia from the earliest settlements around 5400 BC, to the eclipse of Babylon by the Persians ...
With a new foreword by Tim Cornell 'Can anyone be so indifferent or idle as not to care to know by what means and under ...
This is the story of one of the great forgotten wars of history - which led to the division of one of the biggest empires the ...
Anton Gill charts the history of Babylon, home of the famous Hanging Gardens and a wonder of the ancient world in itself. Beginning with a ...
The idea of empire was created in ancient Rome and even today the Roman empire offers a powerful image for thinking about imperialism. Traces of ...
It's time for us to re-examine the past. Our lives are infinitely richer if we take the time to look at what the Greeks ...
The Hidden Science of Lost Civilisations is a guided tour through the most incredible scientific mysteries in the modern world, and a rediscovery of an ...
'offers not only that breakfast for the mind we keep hearing about, but lunch, tea, dinner, supper and non-stop snacks...offers a cornucopia of accurate ...
This is the first publication in English of Pierre Briant's classic short history of Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian empire, from ...
This Very Short Introduction employs the disciplines of history, religious studies, and anthropology as it illuminates the complexities of Aztec life. Readers meet a people ...
The Campaigns of Alexander
Arrian's Campaigns of Alexander, widely considered the most authoritative history of the brilliant leader's great conquests, is the latest ...
In this engaging and ambitious work, John Romer aims to refocus the gaze of the non-specialist away from the Pharaonic period (about which there are ...
