History - Civilization

Reveals the parallels between the rise and fall of Atlantis, cultures in ancient Mesoamerica, and our modern civilization - Links the demise of Atlantis with the birth of the Olmec civilization in Mexico, the beginning of the first Egyptian dynasty, and the start of...

\This series explores the history of European peoples, with the first book focusing on ancient history. To understand the evolution of Europeans, we must go back to the end of the Paleolithic Age. In all probability, from 40,000 BC onward, there was a slow...

A Short World History of Black People in Ancient Times, provides a history of the numerous Black and African civilizations that existed between 60,000BC and 1492AD in the Americas and Eurasia. In this book you will learn about the phylogeography of African people and...

*Includes pictures of Chichen Itza's ruins and art. *Explains the history of the site and the theories about its purpose and abandonment. *Describes the layout of Chichen Itza, its important structures, and the theories about the buildings' uses. *Includes a bibliography for further reading....

This book investigates differences between East and West in connection with the preservation of traditional principles, with a special view to envisioning how such differences affect the possibilities for the restitution of such principles in each domain. Special attention is given to various aberrant...

Albert Schweitzer's social and ethical philosophy is best expressed in The Philosophy of Civilization. Not widely available in recent years, this edition will give contemporary readers the opportunity to discover his prophetic thought.In Book I, The Decay and Restoration of Civilization, Schweitzer argues that...

Offering new insights based on recent archaeological discoveries in their heartland of modern-day Lebanon, Mark Woolmer presents a fresh appraisal of this fascinating, yet elusive, Semitic people. Discussing material culture, language and alphabet, religion (including sacred prostitution of women and boys to the goddess...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingIn the wake of the Civil War, African Americans attained freedom from chattel slavery, but continued to suffer discrimination both legal in the form of Jim Crow laws and de facto in the continued perception among the vast...

The history of Ethiopia could also be called the history of humanity. The question is not if this history is well documented, but why it is not thought widely in schools. The time necessary to study the tomes that refer to the Nubians as...

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"If you do not know where you're going, you should know where you come from." - Old Gullah ProverbCharming drawls, bluegrass bops, NASCAR, mouthwatering barbecues, and the Great Smoky Mountains are all customs that make America's Deep South...

Discover The Ancient Civilizations History & How They Lived This Bundle Contains 3 Books - Incas, Maya Civilization and The Byzantine Empire **Incas** Have you always wanted to learn about the great Inca Empire, but your schoolteachers refuse to listen? Are you confused between...

Bound for Exile by Mordechai Cogan, the newly translated companion volume of The Raging Torrent, presents a collection of Assyrian and Babylonian cuneiform texts that relate to the Israelites and Judeans living under the yoke of these great Mesopotamian empires during the 8th-6th centuries...

In this book you will discover: 1. Africans brought civilization to Europe 2. Africa is the cradle of the world civilization 3. Africans built the ancient Egypt 4. Ethiopia the first civilization in the world 5. How African brought civilization to Asia 6. Africa's...

PREFACE It is the purpose of these lectures delivered under the auspices of the American Committee for Lectures on the History of Religions, to sum up the results of researches carried on by me for many years in the field of ancient astrology and...

As the divine history of black people was pre-written so to the divine history of the white race (Caucasian people) was pre-written. It was particularly written in the constellation Hydra-called the seven-headed serpent. Hydra, also means a serpent will rise up and terrorize the...

This fantastic volume explores the mysterious origins of the Egyptian civilization, looking at its relationship to ancient Samaria and subsequent history. "Egyptian Civilization - Its Sumerian Origin and Real Chronology" is highly recommended for those with an interest in ancient Egypt, especially the historical...

Although best known for his scientific romances that paved the way for the modern science fiction genre, H. G. Wells (1866-1946) produced significant works on politics, society, science and history. Fascinated as much with the real world as his imaginary one, and displeased with...

Provides a new narrative history of the ancient world, from the beginnings of civilization in the ancient Near East and Egypt to the fall of Constantinople Written by an expert in the field, this book presents a narrative history of Babylon from the time...

Authenticity is taken-for-granted as an absolute value in contemporary life. In Culture and Authenticity, Charles Lindholm calls upon anthropological case studies from different cultures, historical material, and comparative philosophy, to explore how notions of authenticity develop, what forms it takes, and how it changes...

The Categories is a text from Aristotle's Organon that enumerates all the possible kinds of things that can be the subject or the predicate of a proposition. They are "perhaps the single most heavily discussed of all Aristotelian notions". The work is brief enough...

This is a history of the main ideas that shaped human civilization, from prehistory to the 21st century across the continents: science, religion, art, philosophy, etc.Author: Piero ScaruffiISBN-10: 1500526657ISBN-13: 9781500526658Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/14/2014Pages: 98Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.20d

How is it that billions of human beings continue to believe that there are mysterious deities hovering over us concerned with what we say, what we eat, and how we behave, and apparently with the ability to create the entire universe from its beginning,...

*Includes over 20 pictures of Aztec art, ruins, and more. *Describes daily life for the Aztecs, including their infamous human sacrifice rituals. From the moment Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes first found and confronted them, the Aztecs have fascinated the world, and they continue to...

Scientist Stephen R. Duren from the University of South Florida presents recent novel findings of monumental importance pertaining to Sanskrit artifacts located in various museums around the world. The reason as to why a Scientist has written a book about Sanskrit archaeology and history...

*Includes pictures of Machu Picchu and other important people and places. *Explains the history of the site and the theories about its purpose and abandonment. *Describes the layout of Machu Picchu, its important structures, and the theories about the buildings' uses. In 1911, American...

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The book traces the Israelites presence in China to the earliest times. It weaves the story of the Kaifeng Israelites from original archives, memorials to the emperors, and local gazetteers with Western sources. For the first time readers are exposed to the activities of...

Presents and contextualises extracts from the Historical Library of Diodorus There are only a few detailed histories of Persia from Ancient Greek historiography that have survived time. Diodorus of Sicily, a first century BC author, is the only one to have written a comprehensive...

A New Ancient Civilization Unit Study by Adventures With A Purpose The Olmecs are considered by many to be one of the most fascinating and mysterious ancient civilizations in history. This book provides a very informative look into the culture and life of the...

Do you want to know how Christianity became the largest religion in the world? Read about the 50 most important events in Christian History, from the Old Testament to Modern Times. This book will give you a comprehensive overview of the History of Christianity....

Illustrated VersionThe Epic of GilgameshAn Old Babylonian VersionBy Morris Jastrow and Albert T. ClayThe Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. Dating from the Third Dynasty of Ur (circa 2100 BC), it is often regarded as the first great work of...

"Everything that could blossom upon Earth has blossomed, each in its due season and its proper sphere; it has withered away and will blossom again when its time arrives." So says Herder of civilizations, using one of his favorite metaphors. His pre-Darwin Hegelian teleology...

The greater part of what is contained in these pages was published in the New York Age June 25, 1892, in explanation of the editorial which the Memphis whites considered sufficiently infamous to justify the destruction of my paper, the Free Speech.Author: Ida B....

To understand modern Ireland one must understand the history of Ireland. Its legends, religious and political life, culture, and wider contributions to the world remain linked to its rich past. In The Story of the Irish Race, popular writer and storyteller Seumas MacManus provides...

A sweeping history of the full range of human labor Few authors are able to write cogently in both the scientific and the economic spheres. Even fewer possess the intellectual scope needed to address science and economics at a macro as well as a...

2010 Reprint of 1929 Edition. Mr. Waddell believes that the beginning of all civilizations date from the Sumerians who were blond because they wore dark jewelry and blued-eyed because lapis lazuli is found to represent the eye. From Mesopotamia, carried by these Nordic Sumerians,...

Author: Simo Parpola, Kazuko WatanabeISBN-10: 1575063328ISBN-13: 9781575063324Publisher: Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus ProjectLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/30/1988Pages: 268Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.57d

Click here for orders in the UK & Europe. Volume One of Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas is a comprehensive and far-ranging collection of anarchist writings from the classical era to 1939. Edited and introduced by noted anarchist scholar Robert Graham, this...

MARDUK: ANUNNAKI KING OF EARTHBy Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology) & Janet Kira Lessin CEO, Aquarian RadioMarduk, Our secret Anunnaki ruler, says he'll make amends for suffering he caused. Anu, legal successor to planet Nibiru King Lahma, signed a treaty with King Alalu who...

Perhaps the most intriguing of ancient Egypt's rulers, Akhenaten is in many ways also the most mysterious. Loved by those that followed him, and his wife Nefertiti, he was hated by the Amun priesthood, who before and during his childhood held the reigns of...

Using clear and eminently readable prose, Sir Charles Oman describes the rise and fall of a great empire. He begins with the founding of Byzantium by Greek colonists, traces its rise to power and eventual elevation to peer of Rome (and re-christening as Constantinope...

Runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets that were used to write various Germanic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet. From late antiquity through the early middle ages, peoples across northwestern Europe inscribed runes on gravestones, buildings, jewelry, and...

The city of Herat in western Afghanistan long sat at the edge of empires and served as a hub for trade and a conduit for armies. Yet it has been much more than simply a staging post or plaything of political ambition. It has...

Uruk is the first fully historical analysis of the origins of the city and of the state in southern Mesopotamia, the region providing the earliest evidence in world history related to these seminal developments. Contrasting his approach--influenced by V. Gordan Childe and by Marxist...

Persian New Year Nowruz Traditions Cyrus the Great Scared Silk Road traditions Ancient times childhood multiculturalism multi lingual Nowruz is the celebration of light, hope, and renewal. Nowruz begins on the first day of spring. It is celebrated on March 20, or March 21on...

I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation It proposes a convincing contemporary answer answer to an ages-old mystery and conundrum: why, in the seventh century CE, did the seemingly powerful and secure Sasanian empire of Persia succumb so quickly and disastrously to the...

Existing textbooks on international relations treat history in a cursory fashion and perpetuate a Euro-centric perspective. This textbook pioneers a new approach by historicizing the material traditionally taught in International Relations courses, and by explicitly focusing on non-European cases, debates and issues.The volume is...

This book is an exceptional labour that made the author's life worth living. Comparatively speaking, "A Book of the Beginnings" was written in the dark, "The Natural Genesis" was written in the twilight, whereas "Ancient Egypt" has been written in the light of day....

*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Most scientists believe the evolution of humans has a history as long as life itself. Anatomically modern humans and all other life that has existed on the planet first came about from the...

Explora la fascinante historia de los sumerios La gran importancia de la cultura sumeria en toda la cultura mundial es evidente y crucial. Esta civilización es la única responsable de algunas de las innovaciones más importantes en prácticamente todos los aspectos básicos para mantener...