Author: Charles Adiel Lewis TottenPublisher:
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Strategos
Author: Charles Adiel Lewis TottenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Playing at the World, 2E, Volume 1
Author: Jon PetersonPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262548771
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
The first volume of two in a new, updated edition of the 2012 book Playing at the World, which charts the vast and complex history of role-playing games. This new edition of Playing at the World is the first of two volumes that update the 720-page original tome of the same name from 2012. This first volume is The Invention of Dungeons & Dragons, which explores the publication of that iconic game. (The second volume is The Three Pillars of Role-Playing Games, a deeper dive into the history of the setting, system, and character of D & D.) In this first volume, Jon Peterson distills the story of how the wargaming clubs and fanzines circulating around the upper Midwest in the 1970s culminated in Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson’s seminal role-playing game, D & D. It augments the research of the original editions with new insights into the crucial period in 1972–3 when D & D began to take shape. Drawing from primary sources ranging from eighteenth-century strategists to modern hobbyists, Playing at the World explores the origins of wargames and roleplaying through the history of conflict simulations and the eccentric characters who drove the creation of a signature cultural innovation in the late twentieth century. Filled with unparalleled archival research (from obscure fanzines to letters, drafts, and other ephemera), this new edition of Playing at the World is the ultimate geek’s guide to the original RPG. As such, it is an indispensable resource for academics and game fans exploring the origins of the hobby.
Egyptology at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century
Author: Zahi A. HawassPublisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN: 9789774247149
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
This comprehensive three-volume set marks the publication of the proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Egyptologists, held in Cairo in 2000, the largest Congress since the inaugural meeting in 1979. Organized thematically to reflect the breadth and depth of the material presented at this event, these papers provide a survey of current Egyptological research at the dawn of the twenty-first century. The proceedings include the eight Millennium Debates led by esteemed Egyptologists, addressing key issues in the field, as well as nearly every paper presented at the Congress. The 275 papers cover the whole spectrum of Egyptological research. Grouped under the themes of archaeology, history, religion, language, conservation, and museology, and written in English, French, and German, these contributions together form the most comprehensive picture of Egyptology today.
A History of Egypt
Author: William Matthew Flinders PetriePublisher:
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
A History of Egypt Under Roman Rule
Author: Joseph Grafton MilnePublisher:
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Religion and Social Transformations in Cyprus
Author: Giorgos PapantoniouPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004224351
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 633
Book Description
By focusing on religion, this monograph represents the first extended attempt to explore how the socio-cultural infrastructure of Cyprus was affected by the transition from segmented administration by many Cypriot kings to the island-wide government by a foreign Ptolemaic correspondent.
The Journal of Hellenic Studies
Author: A History of Egypt: Under Roman rule
Author: William Matthew Flinders PetriePublisher:
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Under Roman rule, by J. G. Milne
Author: William Matthew Flinders PetriePublisher:
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Reckless Rites
Author: Elliott HorowitzPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691190399
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Historical accounts of Jewish violence--particularly against Christians--have long been explosive material. Some historians have distorted these records for anti-Semitic purposes. Others have discounted, dismissed, or simply ignored the evidence, often for apologetic purposes. In Reckless Rites, Elliott Horowitz takes a new and forthright look at both the history of Jewish violence since late antiquity and the ways in which generations of historians have grappled with that history. In the process, he has written the most wide-ranging book on Jewish violence in any language, and the first to fully acknowledge and address the actual anti-Christian practices that became part of the playful, theatrical violence of the Jewish festival of Purim. He has also examined the different ways in which the book of Esther, upon which the festival is based, was used by Jews and Christians over the centuries--whether as an ancient mirror of modern tribulations or as the scriptural basis for anti-Semitic claims regarding the bloodthirstiness of the Jews. Reckless Rites reassesses the historical interpretation of Jewish violence--from the alleged massacre of thousands of Christians in seventh-century Jerusalem to later medieval attacks on Christian symbols such as the crucifix, transgressions that were often committed in full knowledge that their likely consequence would be death. A book that calls for major changes in the way that Jewish history is written and conceptualized, Reckless Rites will be essential reading for scholars and students of history, religion, and Jewish-Christian relations.