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Water in Ancient Mediterranean Households

Water in Ancient Mediterranean Households

This book provides the first detailed study of the water supply of households in antiquity. Chapters explore settings from Classical Greece to the Late Roman Empire across a wide variety of environments from dry deserts and moderate Mediterranean zones to wet and temperate climates further north. The different case studies presented in each chapter are united by three intimately interconnected aspects. The first rainwater harvesting in cisterns provides detailed techno-hydraulic investigations of the household water supply systems. The second aspect households and water at the margins stresses how domestic water supply systems were successfully adapted to unusually harsh environmental conditions. The third other waters for houses focuses on other types of water supply systems (rivers water-bearers stepped pools wells) and their life biographies. As shown by the different chapters a careful study of a household’s water supply is a rich source of evidence for understanding everyday decisions anxieties and changes in life. They also build towards a greater understanding of the social inequalities that are at play in the ancient Mediterranean and beyond providing a wealth of new research to greatly augment our understanding of water as a resource in the ancient Mediterranean. Providing a new and important perspective on a central part of everyday life in the ancient world this book is aimed at archaeologists and historians of the ancient Mediterranean notably the Greek and Roman worlds especially those with an interest in ancient households and water culture. | Water in Ancient Mediterranean Households

GBP 130.00
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Landscape And Power In Ancient Mesoamerica

Landscape And Power In Ancient Mesoamerica

From the early cities in the second millennium BC to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan on the eve of the Spanish conquest Ancient Mesoamericans created landscapes full of meaning and power in the center of their urban spaces. The sixteenth century description of Tenochtitlan by Bernal Diaz del Castillo and the archaeological remnants of Teotihuacan attest to the power and centrality of these urban configurations in Ancient Mesoamerican history. In Landscape and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica Rex Koontz Kathryn Reese-Taylor and Annabeth Headrick explore the cultural logic that structured and generated these centers. Through case studies of specific urban spaces and their meanings the authors examine the general principles by which the Ancient Mesoamericans created meaningful urban space. In a profoundly interdisciplinary exchange involving both archaeologists and art historians this volume connects the symbolism of those landscapes the performances that activated this symbolism and the cultural poetics of these ensembles.

GBP 130.00
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Ancient Egypt Foundations of a Civilization

Ancient Egypt Foundations of a Civilization

Ancient Egypt is a beautifully illustrated easy-to-read book covering the formative era of the Egyptian civilization: the age before the pyramids. Douglas Brewer shows why an awareness of the earliest phase of Egyptian history is crucial to understanding of later Egyptian culture. Beginning with a quick review of the fields of Egyptology and archaeology Ancient Egypt takes the reader on a compelling survey of Egypt's prehistoric past. The books tours the Nile Valley to explore its impact on all aspects of life from day-to-day living to regional politics and introduces the reader to the Nile Valley's earliest inhabitants and the very first Egyptians. | Ancient Egypt Foundations of a Civilization

GBP 150.00
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Cause and Explanation in Ancient Philosophy

Cause and Explanation in Ancient Philosophy

This volume offers an updated analysis of the use meaning and scope of the classical notion of aitia. It clarifies philosophical and philological questions about aitia and offers bold and innovative interpretations of this key concept of ancient philosophy. The numerous meanings and nuances of aitia remain difficult to grasp. Ancient philosophers use aitia to explain the existence and activity of substances bodies souls or gods. Paradoxically its own definition remains difficult to establish. This book reconstructs some of the most important uses variants and scopes of the term aitia within different philosophical perspectives in antiquity including early Greek philosophy Plato Aristotle Stoicism and Islamic philosophy. The chapters analyze metaphysical aspects epistemological issues and logical implications of aitia. They engage with the most relevant critical literature generated in several modern languages. In doing so they offer an inclusive and overarching re-evaluation of our assumptions about causation and explanation in ancient philosophy. Cause and Explanation in Ancient Philosophy will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working on Pre-Socratic philosophy Plato Aristotle Hellenistic philosophy late antiquity and medieval philosophy.

GBP 130.00
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Ancient Chinese Academy Confucianism and Society II Politics and Culture

Ancient Chinese Academy Confucianism and Society II Politics and Culture

As the second volume of a two-volume set that studies the ancient Chinese academy from a socio-cultural perspective this title investigates the multifaceted roles and political and cultural significance of the academy. Inaugurated in the Tang dynasty and eventually abolished in the late Qing dynasty the academy as a unique cultural and educational organization in the Chinese history exerted extensive and profound influence on the ancient Chinese culture politics and social life. This title first discusses the state control of the academy and how it functions in social governance then examines the sacrificial ritual of the academy and its influence on education enculturation Confucian orthodoxy and intellectual ethos and finally elaborates on the academy's role in enriching the regional cultures in terms of local cultural undertakings and talent cultivation. The title will be a useful reference for scholars students and general readers interested in cultural history intellectual history and educational history of ancient China and especially the Chinese academy culture. | Ancient Chinese Academy Confucianism and Society II Politics and Culture

GBP 130.00
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The Longman Standard History of Ancient Philosophy

The Longman Standard History of Ancient Philosophy

With selections of philosophers from Thales to Sextus Empiricus this new anthology provides significant learning support and historical context for the readings along with a wide variety of pedagogical assists. Biographical headnotes reading introductions study questions and specialPrologues andPhilosophical Overviews help students understand and appreciate the philosophical concepts under discussion. Philosophical Bridges discuss how the work of earlier thinkers would influence philosophers to come and place major movements in a contemporary context showing students how the schools of philosophy interrelate and how various philosophies apply to the world today. In addition to this volume of Ancient Philosophy a comprehensive survey of the whole of Western philosophical history and other individual volumes for each of the major historical eras are also available for specialized courses. | The Longman Standard History of Ancient Philosophy

GBP 175.00
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Ancient Britain

Ancient Britain

This book is for anyone starting out to understand the prehistoric life of Britain from the first human occupation 450 000 years ago until the Roman conquest in AD 43. James Dyer here succeeds in bringing to life a thriving picture of the people and customs of the Stone Bronze and Iron Ages based on the sometimes sparse clues presented by prehistoric archaeological sites across Britain. For many readers Ancient Britain will provide the first chance to get to grips with the present state of our knowledge of prehistoric agriculture settlement trade and ritual. The rise of power with the development of a class system at the hands of the first metal users is charted through to the growth of wealth and the emergence of a warlike and advanced Iron Age society - a society that was nonetheless unable to withstand the might of Rome. With over 130 illustrations and photographs including a number of specially drawn reconstructions this highly visual book is an ideal primer for all students of prehistory and all those who are simply interested in the subject.

GBP 130.00
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A Compendium of World Sovereigns: Volume I Ancient

A Compendium of World Sovereigns: Volume I Ancient

The Compendium of World Sovereigns series contains three volumes: Ancient Medieval and Early Modern. These volumes provide students with easy-to-access ‘who’s who’ with details on the identities and dates ages and wives where known of heads of government in any given state at any time within the framework of reference. The relevant original and secondary sources are also listed in a comprehensive bibliography. Providing a clear reference guide for students to who was who and when they ruled in the dynasties and other ruler-lists for the Ancient Medieval and Early Modern worlds – primarily European and Middle Eastern but including available information on Africa and Asia and the pre-Columbian Americas. The trilogy accesses and interprets the original data plus any modern controversies and disputes over names and dating reflecting on the shifts and widening of focus in student and academic studies. Each volume contains league tables of rulers’ ‘records’ and an extensive bibliographical guide to the relevant personnel and dynasties plus any controversies so readers can consult these for extra details and know exactly where to go for which information. All relevant information is collected and provided as a one-stop-shop for students wishing to check the known information about a world Sovereign. The Ancient volume begins with the Pharaohs in Egypt and moves through Greece Classical and Early Medieval Armenia Crimea Syria Jordan Israel and Judah Persia India and ends with the Roman World in the east and west. A Compendium of World Sovereigns: Volume I Ancient provides students and scholars with the perfect reference guide to support their studies and to fact check dates people and places.

GBP 120.00
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Ireland on the World Stage

Ireland on the World Stage

For 2nd and 3rd year courses in Irish Politics European Politics or Comparative Politics International Relations or Economic Development. This book provides an up-to-date analysis of Ireland's place on the world stage exploring its international relations evolving economic power changing relationship with the EU its political role in the world and its changing relationship with England and Northern Ireland. The book traces Ireland's development from a rural and isolated country to one that has emerged as an influential player on the international stage. It looks at the continuing difficulties with the North Ireland's role of prominence in Europe and the way in which it has benefited from economic globalisation. | Ireland on the World Stage

GBP 175.00
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Magic and Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World Studies in Honor of Christopher A. Faraone

Magic and Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World Studies in Honor of Christopher A. Faraone

This volume explores aspects of ancient magic and religion in the ancient Mediterranean specifically ways in which religious and mythical ideas including the knowledge and practice of magic were transmitted and adapted through time and across Greco-Roman Near Eastern and Egyptian cultures. Offering an original and innovative combination of case studies on the material aspects and cross-cultural transfers of magic and religion this book brings together a range of contributions that cross and connect sub-fields with a pan-Mediterranean comparative scope. Section I investigates the material aspects of magical practices including first editions and original studies on papyri gems lamellae containing binding curses and protective texts and other textual media in ancient book culture. Several chapters feature the Greco-Egyptian Magical Papyri the compilation of magical recipes in the formularies and the role of physical book-forms in the transmission of magical knowledge. Section II explores magic and religion as nodes of cultural exchange in the ancient Mediterranean. Case studies range from Egypt to Anatolia and from Syria-Phoenicia to Sicily with Greco-Roman religion and myth integrated in a diverse and interconnected Mediterranean landscape. Readers encounter studies featuring charismatic figures of Magi and itinerant begging priests the multiple understandings of deities such as Hekate Herakles or Aphrodite or the perceived exotic origin of cult statues mummies amulets and cursing formulae which bring to light the rich intercultural networks of the ancient Mediterranean and the crucial role of magic and religion in the process of cross-cultural adaptation and innovation. Magic and Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World appeals to both specialized and non-specialized audiences with expert contributions written in an accessible way. This is a fascinating resource for students and scholars working on magic religion and mythology in the ancient Mediterranean. | Magic and Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World Studies in Honor of Christopher A. Faraone

GBP 130.00
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Ancient Lives An Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory

Ancient Lives An Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory

Focusing on sites of key significance and the world’s first civilizations Ancient Lives is an accessible and engaging textbook which introduces complete beginners to the fascinating worlds of archaeology and prehistory. Drawing on their impressive combined experience of the field and the classroom the authors use a jargon-free narrative style to enliven the major developments of more than 3 million years of human culture. First introducing the basic principles methods and theoretical approaches of archaeology the book then provides a summary of world prehistory from a global perspective. This latest edition provides an up-to-date account of human evolution and the origins of modern humans. It explores the reality of life in the prehistoric world. Later chapters describe the development of agriculture and animal domestication and the emergence of cities states and preindustrial civilizations in widely separated parts of the world. Our knowledge of these is changing thanks to revolutionary developments in LIDAR (light detection and ranging) technology and other remote-sensing devices. With this new edition updated to reflect the latest discoveries and research in the discipline Ancient Lives continues to be a comprehensive and essential introduction to archaeology. It will be ideal for students looking for an accessible guide to the subject. | Ancient Lives An Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory

GBP 94.99
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Three Ancient Geographical Treatises in Translation Hanno the King Nikomedes Periodos and Avienus

Three Ancient Geographical Treatises in Translation Hanno the King Nikomedes Periodos and Avienus

This volume is a translation and commentary on the works of three geographers from Greco-Roman antiquity: Hanno of Carthage from around 500 BC; the author of the Periodos Dedicated to King Nikomedes from the last half of the second century BC; and Avienus from the fourth century AD. The modern translations of texts in this book represent 1 000 years of Greco-Roman geographical scholarship and thus provide an overview of the discipline from its beginnings to late antiquity. Readers will learn about the development of Greek geography and the earliest adventures outside the Mediterranean into the Atlantic as far south as the tropics and north toward the Arctic. These explorations make for fascinating stories about early human endeavors into an unknown world. Three Ancient Geographical Treatises in Translation offers specialists new information about Greek exploration and a modern translation of significant ancient texts while non-specialist scholars and undergraduate students with an interest in Greco-Roman literature and ancient geography will also find the volume useful and accessible. | Three Ancient Geographical Treatises in Translation Hanno the King Nikomedes Periodos and Avienus

GBP 130.00
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Ancient Civilizations

Ancient Civilizations

Ancient Civilizations offers a comprehensive and straightforward account of the world’s first civilizations and how they were discovered drawing on many avenues of inquiry including archaeological excavations surveys laboratory work highly specialized scientific investigations and both historical and ethnohistorical records. This book covers the earliest civilizations in Eurasia and the Americas from Egypt and the Sumerians to the Indus Valley Shang China and the Maya. It also addresses subsequent developments in Southwest Asia moving on to the first Aegean civilizations Greece and Rome the first states of sub-Saharan Africa divine kings and empires in East and Southeast Asia and the Aztec and Inka empires of Mesoamerica and the Andes. It includes a number of features to support student learning: a wealth of images including several new illustrations; feature boxes which expand on key sites finds and written sources; and an extensive guide to further reading. With new perceptions of the origin and collapse of states including a review of the issue of sustainability this fifth edition has been extensively updated in the light of spectacular new discoveries and the latest theoretical advances. Examining the world’s pre-industrial civilizations from a multidisciplinary perspective and offering a comparative analysis of the field which explores the connections between all civilizations around the world this volume provides a unique introduction to pre-industrial civilizations in all their brilliant diversity. It will prove invaluable to students of Archaeology.

GBP 99.99
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Ancient Wisdom for Modern Minds A Thinking Heart and a Feeling Mind

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Minds A Thinking Heart and a Feeling Mind

Thoughts reflections and experiences voiced by ancient sages appear in this book as 'coaching conversations'. Their wisdom creates a vibrant landscape populated with insights which help us to reflect upon and discuss emotions encountered in personal transformation and constant workplace change. They allow us to process past experiences and emotions in order to move on. James Carlopio shows us that coaching for personal improvement has occurred since time-immemorial. These ancient quotes illuminate modern-day socio-cognitive constructs and techniques used in coaching psychology. The 'coaching conversation' itself is grounded in the constructivist-narrative approaches used within Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. These ancient quotes will assist readers to undergo personal transitions Executive Coaches to facilitate workplace change and Life Coaches in personal development. Positive Psychology and important areas in coaching psychology are referenced in the Introduction and section openings. Supported by a subject index this luminous work is grouped into sections addressing: awareness of self and others life death health and happiness wisdom communication and learning achievement goals and effort The text is designed to help people access emotion express emotion acknowledge emotion release emotion and move on gracefully to happier more successful and less stressed lives. | Ancient Wisdom for Modern Minds A Thinking Heart and a Feeling Mind

GBP 175.00
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Latin for the Illiterati A Modern Guide to an Ancient Language

Latin for the Illiterati A Modern Guide to an Ancient Language

This revised and updated edition includes a brand new foreword by Richard LaFleur and more than fifteen hundred new entries and abbreviations. Organized alphabetically within the categories of verba (common words and expressions) dicta (common phrases and familiar sayings) and abbreviations this practical and helpful reference guide is a comprehensive compendium of more than 7 000 Latin words expressions phrases and sayings taken from the world of art music law philosophy theology medicine and the theatre as well as witty remarks and sage advice from ancient writers such as Virgil Ovid Cicero and more. | Latin for the Illiterati A Modern Guide to an Ancient Language

GBP 175.00
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Spon's First Stage Estimating Handbook

Spon's First Stage Estimating Handbook

Have you ever had to provide accurate costs for a new supermarket or a pub just an idea. a ballpark figure. ? The earlier a pricing decision has to be made the more difficult it is to estimate the cost and the more likely the design and the specs are to change. And yet a rough-and-ready estimate is more likely to get set in stone. Spon's First Stage Estimating Handbook is the only comprehensive and reliable source of first stage estimating costs. Covering the whole spectrum of building costs and a wide range of related MandE work and landscaping work vital cost data is presented as: costs per square metre elemental cost analyses principal rates composite rates. Compact and clear Spon's First Stage Estimating Handbook is ideal for those key early meetings with clients. And with additional sections on whole life costing and general information this is an essential reference for all construction professionals and clients making early judgements on the viability of new projects.

GBP 175.00
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The Origins of Human Rights Ancient Indian and Greco-Roman Perspectives

The Origins of Human Rights Ancient Indian and Greco-Roman Perspectives

This book studies the history of intercultural human rights. It examines the foundational elements of human rights in the East and the West and provides a comparative analysis of the independent streams of thought originating from the two different geographic spaces. It traces the genesis of the idea of human rights back to ancient Indian and Greco-Roman texts especially concepts such as the Rigvedic universal moral law the Upanishadic narratives the Romans’ model of governance the rule of law and administration of justice. It also looks at Cicero’s concept of rights and duties which focuses on quality of compassion and fair play and Seneca’s expositions on mercy empathy justice and checks on the arbitrary exercise of power. An important contribution this book fills a significant gap in the study of human rights. It will be useful for students and researchers of political science ancient history religion and civilizations philosophy history human rights governance law sociology and South Asian studies. The book also caters to general readers interested in the history of human rights. | The Origins of Human Rights Ancient Indian and Greco-Roman Perspectives

GBP 130.00
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Philosophic Classics: Ancient Philosophy Volume I

Philosophic Classics: Ancient Philosophy Volume I

This seventh edition of Philosophic Classics Volume I: Ancient Philosophy includes essential writings of the most important Greek philosophers along with selections from some of their Roman followers. In updating this edition editor Forrest E. Baird has continued to follow the same criteria established by the late Walter Kaufmann when the Philosophic Classics series was first established: (1) to use complete works or where more appropriate complete sections of works (2) in clear translations (3) of texts central to the thinker’s philosophy or widely accepted as part of the canon. To make the works more accessible to students most footnotes treating textual matters (variant readings etc. ) have been omitted and important Greek words have been transliterated and put in angle brackets. In addition each thinker is introduced by a brief essay composed of three sections: (1) biographical (a glimpse of the life) (2) philosophical (a résumé of the philosopher’s thought) and (3) bibliographical (suggestions for further reading). New to this seventh edition: Changes in translations: New translations of Plato’s Apology and Phaedo and Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics and Politics from the acclaimed Focus Philosophical Library Series. New translations of Plato’s Euthyphro and Crito. New translations of Epicurus’s Letter to Herodotus Letter to Menoeceus and Principal Doctrines. New translation of the Parmenides fragments. Additional material: Gorgias’s model oration Encomium on Helen which gives a defense of Helen of Troy. A selection from Plato’s Gorgias on nature versus convention or law . Additional material from the opening of Plato’s Symposium to contextualize the dialogue. Additional material from Plato’s Republic (Book IX) on the tri-partite soul. Additional material from Aristotle’s Metaphysics (Book IV 1-4 7) on the nature of being and the so-called three rules of thought. A brief selection from Porphyry’s Life of Plotinus giving a sense of the person. Updated and reorganized bibliographies. To allow for all these changes a section of Book V from Plato’s Republic has been dropped. Those who use this first volume in a one-term course in ancient philosophy will find more material here than can easily fit a normal semester. But this embarrassment of riches gives teachers some choice and for those who offer the same course year after year an opportunity to change the menu. | Philosophic Classics: Ancient Philosophy Volume I

GBP 115.00
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House Inspector

House Inspector

This book is a concise and comprehensive guide to building defects and building inspection. Whether as a practitioner you are employed in buying selling managing or maintaining houses or whether or as a layperson you are buying a property to invest or live in this book will help you make sound decisions and avoid costly mistakes. Written by two highly experienced authors House Inspector is a general and accessible book which describes how and why house construction has changed identifies some of the more common defects and provides a series of elemental check lists. Essential reading for trainees and general practice surveyors maintenance inspectors housing managers estate agents planners and even private purchasers and investors. This book will improve your knowledge and understanding of potential problems and provide a simple framework for a competent building inspection.

GBP 105.00
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Ancient and Traditional Foods Plants Herbs and Spices used in the Middle East

Ancient and Traditional Foods Plants Herbs and Spices used in the Middle East

The use of different foods herbs and spices to treat or prevent disease has been recorded for thousands of years. Egyptian papyrus hieroglyphics and ancient texts from the Middle East have described the cultivation and preparations of herbs and botanicals to “cure the sick. ” There are even older records from China and India. Some ancient scripts describe the use of medicinal plants which have never been seen within European cultures. Indeed all ancient civilizations have pictorial records of different foods herbs and spices being used for medical purposes. However there are fundamental questions and issues pertaining to the scientific evidence for the use of these agents or their extracts in modern medicine. These issues are explored in Ancient and Traditional Foods Plants Herbs and Spices used in the Middle East. Features · Describes uses and applications of plant-based materials from different countries of the Middle East. · Each chapter has unique cross references to foods herbs spices and botanicals · Bridges molecular biology physiology and medical sciences · Coverage includes herbal medicines supplements lifestyle patterns nutrition and plant-based diets · Each chapter describes usage and applications of traditional foods and botanicals; historical background; toxicity; cautionary notes; and summary points There have been considerable advances in scientific techniques over the last few decades. These have been used to examine the composition and applications of traditional cures. Modern science has also seen the investigation of herbs spices and botanicals beyond their traditional usage. Written by international experts this is an essential read for food researchers food scientists and nutritionists researchers and health professionals with an interest in the potential therapeutic value of Middle Eastern food components. The book will also be of relevance to physicians and pharmacologists.

GBP 150.00
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