History - Civilization

Peter Kingsley's Book of Life is the culmination and completion of an extraordinary body of work. As a historian he has revolutionized our understanding of ancient philosophy and religion; as a mystic, he introduced us to what philosophy and religion are meant to be.Hauntingly...

Unveiling the Mysteries of Forgotten WorldsDive into the enigmatic realms of history with "Echoes of Ancient Civilizations - Rediscovering Lost Histories and Technologies." This compelling book takes you on a journey through the sands of time, exploring the rise and fall of ancient societies...

Discover the mysteries of Inca history with 500 fascinating facts!Come along with us as we explore Inca history, from the rise of the Inca civilization in the 1200s to its decline in the 1500s.Discover the inner workings of their political and social structures, their...

Discover the wild and fascinating true stories of the Roman Empire that they never taught you in your boring history class with this ultimate collection of notorious emperors, scandalous love affairs, rebellion, and more! Whether you think about the Roman Empire every day or...

The Stone of Folly explores the concept of 'madness' - what we would refer to as mental illness in modern terms - viewed from a wide range of historic and societal perspectives. In centuries past, the insane, in confinement or in the care of...

Understand the origins of hairstyles and grooming techniques. Learn about the tools and methods used by ancient barbers. Appreciate the evolution of the Barbering profession overtime. Discover the roles of barbers in society throughout history. Author: Harrison SterlingISBN-10: 8875858861ISBN-13: 9798875858864Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/14/2024Pages:...

After a humiliating defeat in the Crimean War, the Russian Empire struggled to reassert its position as a global power. A small noble family returned from the siege of Sevastopol and joined the rulers' efforts to advance Russian standing in the decades until 1917....

This volume is part of the continuation of Felix Jacoby's monumental collection of fragmentary Greek historiography. It contains new editions of the works On cities, On islands, Foundations, Names of peoples, Changes of names and Aitia. These works deal mainly with the early, often...

Books about the origins of humanity dominate bestseller lists, while national newspapers present breathless accounts of new archaeological findings and speculate about what those findings tell us about our earliest ancestors. We are obsessed with prehistory--and, in this respect, our current era is no...

"A vibrant account of how roaming warlords shaped technology, religion and culture." --The Guardian The barbarian nomads of the Eurasian steppes have played a decisive role in world history, but their achievements have gone largely unnoticed. These nomadic tribes have produced some of the...

Colonialism: A Global History interprets colonialism as an unequal relationship characterised by displacement and domination, and reveals the ways in which this relationship has been constitutive of global modernity.The volume focuses on colonialism's dynamism, adaptability, and resilience. It appraises a number of successive global...

The Philosophy of Civilization, Part 1-2 is a comprehensive work by Albert Schweitzer, exploring the themes of civilization, decay, restoration, and ethics. In this book, Schweitzer delves into the complex nature of human society and the factors that contribute to the rise and fall...

In this sequel to his 2021 book, The Devouring Mother: The Collective Unconscious in the Time of Corona, author Simon Sheridan follows the archetypal breadcrumbs in search of the historical basis for the psychological drivers that increasingly dominate our modern world. Drawing on the...

Books about the origins of humanity dominate bestseller lists, while national newspapers present breathless accounts of new archaeological findings and speculate about what those findings tell us about our earliest ancestors. We are obsessed with prehistory--and, in this respect, our current era is no...

In the Wyoming Territory in the 1800's there was little law. People took what they wanted. Lynchings, called Texas Cakewalk, happened. This is a true account of the motives and aftermath of the lynchings. What were the motives of six men to lynch people?...

��������️ Uncover Hidden Heroes and Epic Battles: Africa's Untold Stories Await! ����️����Two manuscripts in one book: The Scramble for Africa: A Captivating Guide to European Expansion, Colonial Conflicts, the Berlin Conference, and Its Impact on Modern Times The Zulu War: A Captivating Guide to...

Prophets were not entities unto themselves. Their words and actions ultimately belong to the people they represent and are defined by the history, customs, religions, and culture of their time.Some were farmers, priests, or ranchers; some prophesied in Samaria, Jerusalem, Babylon, or Nineveh. Some...

People have always been fascinated with the hidden, the mysterious, and the unexplained. Every society has its tall tales and ghost stories, its odd legends, and heroes. Also, every society has its stories of strange beasts, dangerous or benign, that live in the twilight...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as...

In this major study - regarded as his most important work - the pioneering anthropologist, Berthold Laufer documents the cultural transfers that took place between China and Iran in ancient times. He does so by tracing the history of cultivated plants, drugs, products, minerals,...

The authors devoted five decades to the study of world history and philosophy, culminating in the masterful eleven-volume Story of Civilization. In this compact summation of their work, Will and Ariel Durant share the vital and profound lessons of our collective past. Their perspective,...

The Makers of Civilization in Race and History by L. Austine Waddell is a comprehensive study of the history of human civilization, tracing the development of different races and cultures throughout history. The book explores the origins of civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, India,...

Author: Captivating HistoryISBN-13: 9798893580327Publisher: Captivating HistoryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/18/2024Pages: 106Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d

Author: Captivating HistoryISBN-10: 8893580187ISBN-13: 9798893580181Publisher: Captivating HistoryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/04/2024Pages: 186Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

A landmark new history of the peasant experience, exploring a now neglected way of life that once encompassed most of humanity but is vanishing in our time."What the skeleton is to anatomy, the peasant is to history, its essential hidden support." For over the...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

""Civilization And The Transformation Of Power" is an absorbing, provocative, scintillating account of the interiors of western history. Jim Garrison is one of the great visionaries of our time, and his account not only traces the rise of western culture, it points beyond it...

""The Progress of Man and His Conquest of the Physical Plane"" is a philosophical work by Rudolf Steiner that delves into the evolution of humanity and its relationship with the physical world. Steiner explores the ways in which humans have developed their understanding of...

In The Camp of God's Tears The saga covers six generations of Native Americans in Ohio, known as the Mound Builders, whose civilization ended about 300 ce. It solves the archeological mystery of how and the why this civilization ended. It also includes a...

Drawing on material from Europe, America and the Middle East, leading scholars of twentieth century history address the issue of how wars, and the loss of life in wars, have been remembered collectively in the aftermath of conflicts such as the First and Second...

A delightful addition to the Collector's editions, introducing tales from the ancient and medieval Arabian world. 'The Merchant and the Genie', 'The Fisherman and the Genie', 'The Porter and the Three Ladies', 'The Three Apples'... The folk and fairy tales of Western Asia find...

Evil Is Coming - Worse than You Imagine We live in an anxious age. Long-held certainties, cherished beliefs, and social trust are crumbling. Don't expect things to get better. For too long we have taken our Christian heritage--the heritage upon which America was built--for...

Based on her own sweeping research, an award-winning Oxford history professor overturns the way the West thinks about itself, tracing its innovations and traditions to societies from all over the world and making the case that we are, and always have been, a truly...

The Impact of Justice on the Roman Empire discusses ways in which notions, practice and the ideology of justice impacted on the functioning of the Roman Empire. The papers assembled in this volume follow from the thirteenth workshop of the international network Impact of...

In the process of recording the history of the Roman Empire, from the death of Marcus Aurelius to the accession of Gordian III, Herodian makes his characters respond to the same situations in similar or different ways. This book shows that each reign in...

The first volume of Will Durant's Pulitzer Prize-winning series, Our Oriental Heritage: The Story of Civilization, Volume I chronicles the early history of Egypt, the Middle East, and Asia. In this masterful work, readers will encounter: Sumeria, birthplace of the first cities and written...

As war loomed in March 1861, President Jefferson Davis sent Ambrose Dudley Mann on an important diplomatic mission abroad to seek recognition of the Confederate States of America from the chief European powers. When the war ended four years later, Mann took up residence...

Finally the Truth about the Rise of the West Modernity developed only in the West--in Europe and North America. Nowhere else did science and democracy arise; nowhere else was slavery outlawed. Only Westerners invented chimneys, musical scores, telescopes, eyeglasses, pianos, electric lights, aspirin, and...

Legends of King Arthur swirl about Glastonbury like a tantalizing fog from the nearby Somerset marshes. The nearby hill fort at South Cadbury has long been suggested as the location for Camelot. Indeed, excavations of South Cadbury suggest that it was in use during...

The solution was relatively simple to find and to detect.As often, a lengthy speech would have been less helpful than a reasoned explanation to define a para-scientific "mystery".These little riddles, by examining their uncertainty as much as their actual equivalents, produce an effect of...

"Cleopatra: Queen of Egypt" is a comprehensive and captivating exploration of one of history's most iconic and enigmatic figures. From her early years as a young ruler facing political upheaval to her fateful alliance with Julius Caesar and her legendary romance with Mark Antony,...

Proof of a long-forgotten ancient worldwide civilization - Explains the three distinct architectural styles found at the majority of sacred sites, representing three ancient world ages - Examines evidence of the two oldest architectural ages at sites in the Sacred Valley of Peru in...

Gwendolyn Leick's approachable survey introduces the Babylonians, the people, the culture and the reality behind the popular myth of Babylon. Spanning some 1800 years in the history of the Babylonians, from the time of Hammurabi, famous for his Law-Code, to the time when Alexander's...

The first history of the notebook, a simple invention that changed the way the world thinks.We see notebooks everywhere we go. But where did this simple invention come from? How did they revolutionize our lives, and why are they such powerful tools for creativity?...

In our modern world, our lives are driven by the latest media: public and private. Their continuous influence on every aspect of our lives leaves us with little to no chance of deciding what really matters. That is, the personal individual and or group...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading "These people of Greek descent were called Etruscans, and it has been discovered that they had advanced so far in civilization, that they afterwards gave many of their customs to the city of Rome when it came...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Around 4000 years ago, on the shores of the Aegean Sea, a civilization was burgeoning. In just about a millennia, it flourished as far as Spain in the west and India in the east. This is the story of a people known for their...