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This book examines the emergence of imperial state in East Asia during the period ca. 400 BCE-200 CE as a network-based process, showing how the geography of early interregional …

In this book, Gabriel Herman offers a new interpretation of Greek xenia, a term traditionally rendered as ‘guest-friendship’. Drawing on contemporary literary sources and …

This collection includes hymns, prayers, blessings, and other liturgical texts illuminating the poetry and worship experience of ancient Israel and especially of the community at …

"e;An accessible scholarly biography of a politician whom [Thomspon] rightly suggests has been largely neglected."e; -The English Historical ReviewEarl Bathurst arguably …

Clear, concise yet wide-ranging, The Ancient World in Minutes is the quickest way to understand the great civilizations of the distant past. From the first-ever cities of Sumeria …

The British Empire, especially in its late-Victorian heyday, spanned the world and linked a quarter of world's population to Britain through a shared, official, allegiance to the …

A Medieval King Who Embraced the Arts and Sciences One of the most remarkable personalities of the Middle Ages, Frederick II of Hohenstaufen was born in 1194. His parents-the …

Drawn from a wide range of warlike peoples throughout the provinces, especially on the fringes of the empire, auxiliaries wer generally not citizens of the Roman empire. The …

Exiting war explores a particular 1918–20 ‘moment’ in the British Empire’s history, between the First World War’s armistices of 1918, and the peace treaties of 1919 and 1920. That …

Do you want to understand how the world evolved into its current state? This book is your guide. It explores history's biggest empires. Our coverage extends to the British empire, …

The Greek name Mesopotamia means "e;land between the rivers."e; The Romans used this term for an area that they controlled only briefly (between 115 and 117 A.D.): the land …