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Four Cultures of the West
John W. OMalley
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John O'Malley provides a broad framework for delving into the workings of Western intelligenceQwhether in politics or the arts, in the humanities or the church. The result is an essay that illuminates the larger history of the West.
Babylon
Joan Oates
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In a highly acclaimed account, now brought up to date for the revised edition, Dr. Oates describes the rise of Babylon from Sargon of Agade to Hammurapi, the great law-giver under whom in the 18th century BC the city first attained pre-eminence. She ...
History of the Persian Empire
Arthur T. Olmstead
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Out of a lifetime of study of the ancient Near East, Professor Olmstead has gathered previously unknown material into the story of the life, times, and thought of the Persians, told for the first time from the Persian rather than the traditional Gree ...
Priests and Kings
Harold Peake
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This volume sketches the phase of evolution wherein cultivation leaders to permanent settlement, which leads to intercourse and trade, villages may grow into cities and written records are then kept; kings and high priests become prominent figures of ...
Origin & Diffusion of Maya Civilization : The Olmec-Chontal-Itz-Centric Theory
Douglas T. Peck
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Sources of the Western Tradition Volume II : From the Renaissance to the Present
Marvin Perry
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Sources of the Western Tradition, Volume 1 : From Ancient Times to the Enlightenment
Marvin Perry
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With a collection of 300 sources--each accompanied by an introductory essay and review questions--this two-volume primary source reader emphasizes the history of ideas. The Sixth Edition features additional sources by and about women, as well as new ...
Early Mesopotamia : Society and Economy at the Dawn of History
Nicholas Postgate
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The roots of our modern world lie in the civilization of Mesopotamia, which saw the development of the first urban society and the invention of writing. The cuneiform texts reveal the technological and social innovations of Sumer and Babylonia as sur ...