Author: Thomas PainePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Rights of Man
Author: Thomas PaineA Source Book for Mediæval History
Author: Oliver J. ThatcherPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
A Source Book for Mediæval History is a scholarly piece by Oliver J. Thatcher. It covers all major historical events and leaders from the Germania of Tacitus in the 1st century to the decrees of the Hanseatic League in the 13th century.
The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East
Author: Marco PoloPrimary Sources for Ancient History
Author: Gary ForsythePublisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 148095425X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
Primary Sources for Ancient History: Volume I: The Ancient Near East and Greece By: Gary Forsythe Despite being condensed into neat identities of the Near East and Greece, these two titles cover a wide-ranging period of time, peoples, lands, and philosophies. Indeed, at first glance these peoples might have nothing in common except for their profound impact on our own world. In these comprehensive readings, however, we understand how all people struggled to define their relationship with their rulers, their gods, and their neighbors. Primary Sources for Ancient History, Volume I: The Ancient Near East and Greece is a comprehensive selection of ancient writings to supplement a narrative history. Beginning with the Old Babylonian Kingdom of nearly four millennia ago and moving chronologically and geographically to the Egyptian Pharaohs, the dispossessed Jewish nations, the fractured city-kingdoms of Ancient Greece, to end with Alexander’s domination of the known world, this book is comprehensive in scope. Every major period and people has at least one reading. From the Law Code of Hammurabi engraved on a stone pillar to scraps of Greek poetry, from Babylonia epics to tallies of food at religious festivals, these readings allow the personalities and actions of tyrants, philosophers, poets, and gods to take center stage. The same events and leaders can be seen through different peoples and viewpoints, giving a rich perspective. The Ancient Near East and Greece is a valuable resource for understanding the forces - religious, political, and cultural - that have developed the modern world.
Space and Time in the Religious Life of the Near East
Author: Nicolas WyattPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0567049426
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Space and time are basic features of the world-view, even the theology, of many religions, ancient and modern. How did the world begin, and how will it end? What is the importance of religious architecture in symbolizing sacred space? Where and how do we locate the self? The divine world? Wyatt's textbook treats ancient Near Eastern religions from a perspective that allows us to access how religion shapes and orders the world of human thought and experience. The book is designed especially for classroom use, each chapter provided with suggested reading, copious quotations from ancient texts and summaries. The subject matter is treated by topic, not according to individal religions, so that the reader understands the essential points of similarity and difference between religious systems and how they model their universe.
Their God/S
Author: Michael Jean Nystrom-SchutPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1504961226
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
In the mind of each person on the planet, a set of notions and ideas of God or gods reside. Some of these systems are basic and simple. Others are highly complex and complicated. Some borrow their God/god notions from authority, or from others they know. Others are much more original - eclectically piecing together many separate parts from multiple sources. No two people in the world experience and translate God/gods in the same way. And this is what makes things so interesting! As I have encountered this wonderful life, I have also bumped up against countless people who were in the position to explain exactly who God was and was not. They were quite sure of themselves, and anxious to impart this wisdom to me. But because I had a mind and heart of my own, this put me on the outside looking in, for much of my life. We all come to a place where we realize we must make our minds up as to what we will and will not do, how we will think and who we will be. As I have encountered them and their God/gods, I have found my own way through this foggy maze, and discovered a modicum of peace and reconciliation in the process. This is the massive task of all of us, as well as why I needed to lay it out to you, in this lengthy, 2-part book.
Encyclopedia of Beat Literature
Author: Kurt HemmerPublisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438109083
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Discusses the literary works and great authors of the Beat Generation.
Catalogue of the New York Free Circulating Library, George Bruce Branch
Author: New York Free Circulating Library. George Bruce BranchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
An Age of Voyages, 1350-1600
Author: Merry E. Wiesner-HanksPublisher: Steck-Vaughn
ISBN: 0195222644
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
"This book provides coverage of the political, cultural, and social history of the world from 1350 to 1600.
History of Azuki Beans Worldwide (300 BCE to 2021)
Author: William Shurtleff; Akiko AoyagiPublisher: Soyinfo Center
ISBN: 194843654X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
One of the world's most comprehensive, well documented, and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive subject and geographic index. 104 photographs and illustrations - mostly color. Free of charge in digital PDF format.