The author also outlines a framework for an entirely new methodology in the study of women and gender in Near Eastern antiquity."--BOOK JACKET.

The book looks at the empires of Sumner and Babylon, at races such as the Jews and Egyptians and at groups including the Hittites and the Hurrians, and il

This book offers the first detailed comparative study of the seven best-documented early civilizations: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Shang China, the Aztecs and adjacent peoples in the Valley of Mexico, the Classic Maya, the Inka, and the ...

The series will publish all of philosopher Voegelin's (1901-1985) works, including the previously unpublished, multi-volume History of Political Ideas, of which this is the second volume.

The Greeks were extraordinary not least because they evolved "a totally new conception of what human life was for". Elaborating on that claim, the author explores the life, culture and history of classical Greece.

Explores the lifestyles of the ancient Egyptians including, economy and industry, foreign trade and transportation, architecture, and more.

The Birth of Classical Europe is therefore both an authoritative history, and also a fascinating attempt to show how our own changing values and interests have shaped our feelings about an era which is by some measures very remote but by ...

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This text offers a survey of human evolution from earliest times up to the advent of literate civilizations, providing a view of human prehistory.