The History of Turkey

A comprehensive overview of the history of Turkey ranging from the earliest Neolithic civilizations, to the establishment of the Republic in 1923, to the present-day tenure of President Erdogan. For travelers or students looking for the story behind the evolution of modern-day Turkey, this informative ...

The Maghreb Since 1800

A Short History

The Maghreb - the region that today encompasses Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya - is a region apart within the larger Muslim and Arab world. Today the focus of popular uprisings for democracy and participation, it underwent long periods of colonisation and anti-colonial nationalist resistance, both peaceful ...

Daily Life of Native Americans

from Post-Columbian Through Nineteenth-Century America

When Columbus arrived in America in 1492, there were over 500 indigenous groups living in what is now the United States. Despite the breathtaking diversity and inventiveness of these peoples, the culture, customs, and history of Native Americans are relatively unknown to many students and ...

The History of Turkey

A comprehensive overview of the history of Turkey ranging from the earliest Neolithic civilizations, to the establishment of the Republic in 1923, to the present-day tenure of President Erdogan. For travelers or students looking for the story behind the evolution of modern-day Turkey, this informative ...

Carthage

This book traces the formation of the archaeological site of Carthage and how it re-emerged in the minds of European antiquarians and travellers in the early modern world. For almost 1,600 years the ancient city sat on the north coast of Africa, dominating the ...

Historia del Antiguo Egipto

3200 a. C.-395 d. C.

Una introducción rigurosa y accesible a más de tres milenios de civilización egipcia. Todo aquel que quiera conocer el Antiguo Egipto encontrará en esta Historia una introducción amplia, rigurosa y documentada a esta civilización milenaria. Marc van de Mieroop no solo presta atención a los ...

Hattusili, the Hittite Prince Who Stole an Empire

Partner and Rival of Ramesses the Great

This gripping biography documents the life and reign of Hattusili, one of the most famous and well-documented Hittite rulers. Hattusili ruled over the ancient kingdom of Anatolia (modern Turkey) during the 2nd millennium BC and was a political rival and, at the same time, treaty-partner ...

Panhellenism and the barbarian in Archaic and Classical Greece

This is the first book in English to provide a systematic treatment of Panhellenism. The author argues that in archaic and classical Greece Panhellenism was a body of narratives that expressed, defined and limited the community of the Hellenes and gave it political substance. Yet ...

Demagogues, Power, and Friendship in Classical Athens

Leaders as Friends in Aristophanes, Euripides, and Xenophon

What makes a demagogue? A much more friendly touch, or more importantly, a perception of a friendly touch, than has previously been explored. Demagogues, Power and Friendship in Classical Athens examines the ways in which a demagogic leadership style based on personal connection became ingrained ...

The Vikings

facts and fictions

This book explores 11 popular misconceptions about the Vikings. Each chapter looks at a particular misconception, examines how it became popular, discusses what we now believe to be the truth, and provides excerpts from primary source documents. When people think of the Vikings, they often ...

Daily life in Arthurian Britai

This book surveys current archaeological and historical thinking about the dimly understood characteristics of daily life in Great Britain during the fifth and sixth centuries. Arthurian legends are immensely popular and well known despite the lack of reliable documentation about this time period in Britain ...

El asno y la nave

La economía mediterránea de 950 al 1180

Escrito por el prestigioso medievalista Chris Wickham, este trabajo presenta una tesis original que revisa y rebate todo lo escrito sobre la economía de los siglos X-XII en el entorno mediterráneo.Chris Wickham ofrece una reinterpretación extraordinariamente rica de la economía mediterránea entre los años ...

Islamesque

The Forgotten Craftsmen Who Built Europe's Medieval Monuments

Who really built Europe's finest Romanesque monuments? Clergymen presiding over holy sites are credited throughout history, while highly skilled creators remain anonymous. But the buildings speak for themselves.This groundbreaking book explores the evidence embedded in medieval monasteries, churches and castles, from Mont Saint-Michel ...

The Empire's Reformations

Politics and Religion in Germany, 1495-1648

The Empire's Reformations provides a concise overview of reform movements in 16th-century Germany that gave birth to the modern division of western Christianity into multiple denominations - Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, and more. It exposes the origins of modern religious pluralism, both in battle for ...

The Basque witch-hunt

a secret history

In June 1609, two judges left Bordeaux for a territory at the very edge of their jurisdiction, a Basque-speaking province on the Atlantic coast called the Pays de Labourd. In four months, they executed up to 80 women and men for the crime of witchcraft ...

Un jesuita en la ciudad prohibida

Matteo Ricci 1552-1610

El jesuita italiano Matteo Ricci fue el fundador de la Misión Católica en China. Esta biografía narra la historia de su extraordinaria vida, que tendió un puente entre la Europa católica de la Contrarreforma y la China de la dinastía Ming. Utilizando fuentes chinas y ...

Un jesuita en la ciudad prohibida

Matteo Ricci 1552-1610

El jesuita italiano Matteo Ricci fue el fundador de la Misión Católica en China. Esta biografía narra la historia de su extraordinaria vida, que tendió un puente entre la Europa católica de la Contrarreforma y la China de la dinastía Ming. Utilizando fuentes chinas y ...

El boxeador con sotana

Crónicas de deporte, ocio y vida cultural

El boxeador con sotana reúne treinta y nueve crónicas que nos invitan a redescubrir una faceta menos conocida de Joseph Roth: la de un periodista ameno, irónico y perspicaz, profundamente atento a los temas que definieron la vida cotidiana de su época. Desde el boxeo ...

En busca de Nuncajamás

Crónicas políticas e intelectuales de un largo viaje

Una butaca de primera fila ante algunos de los acontecimientos más tumultuosos de la historia reciente. Las crónicas recopiladas en este libro proporcionan una butaca de primera fila, o al menos una silla plegable, ante algunos de los acontecimientos de la política mundial más tumultuosos ...

Llévate mi dolor

Premio Internacional Anna Politkóvskaya Premio Geschwister Scholl La guerra es una fábrica de monstruos. Quien había sido nuestro vecino, nuestro amigo o incluso el familiar más próximo, puede convertirse de un día para otro en una bestia jamás imaginada. Lo más habitual es que la ...