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Harvey Whitehouse
Inheritance

An "exhilarating" (Irish Times ) and "ambitious" (The Guardian) account of the ancient inheritance that made us who we are--and is now driving us to ruin.Why do humans everywhere belie…

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James C. Scott,
Die Mühlen der Zivilisation

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Wie selbstverständlich gehen wir davon aus, dass die neolithische Revolution, in deren Verlauf Nomaden zu Ackerbauern und Viehzüchtern wurden, ein bedeutender zivilisatorischer Fortschritt war. James C. S…

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Dirk Heirbaut
Redefining Codification

This book explores the evolution of law codes in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium from the late eighteenth century to today. It delves into civil, commercial, and procedural codes, even uncov…

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Elizabeth Drayson
Crucible of Light

The epic history of Europe's rich Islamic heritage, exploring the endless complexities of this centuries-long relationship.Few readers are aware how much Europe owes to its Islamic heritage; this book aim…

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Eric H Cline
After 1177 B.C.

In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed---why some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why so…

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Owen Rees
The Far Edges of the Known World

When Ovid was exiled from Rome to a border town on the Black Sea, he despaired at his bleak and barbarous new surroundings. Like many Greeks and Romans, Ovid thought the outer reaches of his world was whe…

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Eleanor Barraclough
Embers of the Hands

In imagining a Viking, a certain image springs to mind: a barbaric warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorize the hapless local population of a northern European town. Yet while such …

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Sviatoslav Dmitriev
Emperors and Imperial Dynasties of Byzantium

Emperors and Imperial Dynasties of Byzantium offers the first ever comprehensive, easily accessible, and uniquely assorted anthology of primary texts in translation on the entire history of the Byzantine …

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Warwick Ball
Ancient Civilizations of Afghanistan

Featuring numerous original color photographs, an extraordinary visual history of early Afghanistan.Afghanistan, at the meeting place of the Indian subcontinent, Middle East, and Central Asia, holds a key…

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Tim Queeney
Rope

A unique and compelling adventure through the history of rope and its impact on civilization, in the vein of single-subject bestsellers like Salt and CodTim Queeney is a sailor who knows more about rope a…

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Stefanos Geroulanos
The Invention of Prehistory

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Books about the origins of humanity dominate bestseller lists, while national newspapers present breathless accounts of new archaeological findings and speculate about what those findings tell us about ou…

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Eleanor Barraclough
Embers of the Hands

In imagining a Viking, a certain image springs to mind: a barbaric warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorize the hapless local population of a northern European town. Yet while such …

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Thomas Asbridge
The Black Death

A sweeping history of humanity's greatest natural disaster--the Black Death--that reveals the true global impact and terrible human cost of this calamity, from the renowned author ofThe Crusades and The G…

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Sam Kean
Dinner with King Tut

LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER | INDIE BESTSELLER | The New Yorker 's Best Books of 2025 | Smithsonian's Top 10 Science Books of the Year | Washington Independent Review of Books 's 51 Favorite Books of 202…

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Philip Matyszak
Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World

An overview of the lost peoples and cultures who flourished and fought for survival alongside the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans.Who were the Philistines? What was a Pyrrhic victory? Were the Vandals really…

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A Cultural History of Ideas in Classical Antiquity

PRAISE FOR A CULTURAL HISTORY OF IDEAS: VOLUMES 1-6 A 2024 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE 2023 AAP PROSE AWARDS WINNER: BEST HUMANITIES REFERENCE WORKThe essays in this volume of the award-winning A Cu…

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Philipp Blom
Subjugate the Earth

Originally published in German as Die Unterwerfung: Anfang und ende der menschlichen Herrschaft uber die Natur (München: Carl Hanser Verlag, 2022).

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Selena Wisnom
The Library of Ancient Wisdom

A tour of an ancient library transports us to Mesopotamia, introducing us to its people, their ideas, and their humanity.The library of Ashurbanipal, Assyria's last great king, held an astonishing collect…

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Toby Wilkinson
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "Magisterial . . . [A] rich portrait of ancient Egypt's complex evolution over the course of three millenniums."-Los Angeles TimesNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE Y…

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Oswyn Murray
The Muse of History

A Times Literary Supplement Best Book of the YearFrom "one of the most thoughtful ancient historians in Britain over more than half a century" (Mary Beard) comes a powerful look at how the moder…

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