Search results for “[Subject: ancient]”

• Author(s): Russell M. Lawson • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: HistoryThe first A-Z resource to catalog the achievements and legacy of more than four millennia of scientific thought in the ancient world of the Mediter...

• Author(s): Russell M. Lawson • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: HistoryScience in the Ancient World presents a worldwide history of science, from prehistoric times through the medieval period. It covers Europe, Africa,...

• Author(s): Jane R. McIntosh • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: CivilizationThe first general introduction to Mesopotamia that covers all four of the area's major ancient civilizations--Sumer, Akkad, Assyria, and Babylo...

• Author(s): Stephen E. Thompson • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Ancient - EgyptComprising a unique collection of primary sources, this book critically examines several topics relating to ancient Egypt that are of hig...

• Author(s): Lihui Yang • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Folklore & MythologyAn informative work of historical and contemporary Chinese myths, including a useful collection of historical documents, detailing myths ...

• Author(s): Stephanie Lynn Budin • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Ancient - GreeceThe ancient Greeks established the very blueprint of Western civilization--our societies, institutions, art, and culture--and thanks to...

• Author(s): Hasan M. El-Shamy • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Folklore & MythologyMakes available a difficult-to-find folkloric scholarship classic and illuminates it with contemporary commentary from a preeminen...

• Author(s): Clive L. N. Ruggles • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Space Science - AstronomyAn authoritative introduction to the fascinating topic of archaeoastronomy-ancient peoples' understanding and use of the skies.

• Author(s): Jane R. McIntosh • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Ancient - GeneralThis work is a revealing study of the enigmatic Indus civilization and how a rich repertoire of archaeological tools is being used to prob...

• Author(s): Joyce E. Salisbury • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: World - GeneralAn extensive and fascinating collection of stories featuring both famous and everyday women, giving a well-rounded view of the lives of wo...

• Author(s): Louis Perez • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Military - GeneralThis compelling reference focuses on the events, individuals, organizations, and ideas that shaped Japanese warfare from early times to the pr...

• Author(s): Christopher H. Sterling • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: GeneralAn alphabetically organized encyclopedia that provides both a history of military communications and an assessment of current methods and app...