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Author: Fred Eugene Ray, Jr.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011-08-11
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 0786452609
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Relying heavily on primary sources such as Herodotus, Thucydides and Plutarch, this volume provides the first-ever tactical level survey of all Greek land engagements which occurred during the 5th century BC, a seminal period in the history of western warfare"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Paul Cartledge
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-06-29
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 1134644043
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMoney, Labour and Land explores a wide range of case studies in the economic history of the ancient Greek world to reveal an explosion of ideas which open new pathways into the study of the economies of ancient Greece.
Author: Jim Roy
Publisher: Leicester Nottingham Studies i
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781785705502
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe purpose, mode, and presentation of travel offers a window onto a wide range of features of ancient cultures - sense of place, perceptions of space, relations with foreign powers, engagements with other cultures, and a deeper understanding of one's own culture, among others. The chapters in this volume take on a range of these issues, and leading scholars of the history and culture of Egypt, Greece and the eastern regions of the Graeco-Roman world assess the importance of travel in a world much less sedentary than often assumed. Indeed, their work shows that travel was embedded in the cultures of the ancient eastern Mediterranean. Together they demonstrate the cultural importance and the influence on culture that travel had in these societies.
Author: Richard Nisbett
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2011-01-11
Total Pages: 295
ISBN-13: 1857884191
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Richard Nisbett showed an animated underwater scene to his American students, they zeroed in on a big fish swimming among smaller fish. Japanese subjects, on the other hand, made observations about the background environment...and the different "seeings" are a clue to profound underlying cognitive differences between Westerners and East Asians. As Professor Nisbett shows in The Geography of Thought people actually think - and even see - the world differently, because of differing ecologies, social structures, philosophies, and educational systems that date back to ancient Greece and China, and that have survived into the modern world. As a result, East Asian thought is "holistic" - drawn to the perceptual field as a whole, and to relations among objects and events within that field. By comparison to Western modes of reasoning, East Asian thought relies far less on categories, or on formal logic; it is fundamentally dialectic, seeking a "middle way" between opposing thoughts. By contrast, Westerners focus on salient objects or people, use attributes to assign them to categories, and apply rules of formal logic to understand their behaviour.
Author: Paul Halstead
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2000-12-01
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 0567077187
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollaboration between prehistorians and palaeoecologists is radically changing our understanding of the relationship between landscape, land use and human settlement in Greece. The chapters in this volume include case studies and broader syntheses, developments of both on-site and off-site field methodology, explorations of palaeoecological and archaeological evidence, and discussions of how the palaeoecological and archaeological records are formed. Contributions range geographically over the contrasting natural and cultural landscapes of northern and southern Greece and the lowlands and highlands, and chronologically over the whole postglacial period, including studies of plant and animal ecology and of palaeoecological formation processes in the present. The difficulty of disentangling climatic and anthropogenic causes of palaeoecological change is a recurrent theme.
Author: Brenda L. Marder
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 644
ISBN-13: 9780865548497
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Andrew Dalby
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 2017-11-15
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 1780238630
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat do we think about when we think about Greek food? For many, it is the meze and the traditional plates of a Greek island taverna at the height of summer. In Gifts of the Gods, Andrew and Rachel Dalby take us into and beyond the taverna in our minds to offer us a unique and comprehensive history of the foods of Greece. Greek food is brimming with thousands of years of history, lore, and culture. The country has one of the most varied landscapes of Europe, where steep mountains, low-lying plains, rocky islands, and crystal-blue seas jostle one another and produce food and wine of immense quality and distinctive taste. The book discusses how the land was settled, what was grown in different regions, and how certain fruits, herbs, and vegetables became a part of local cuisines. Moving through history—from classical to modern—the book explores the country’s regional food identities as well as the export of Greek food to communities all over the world. The book culminates with a look at one of the most distinctive features of Greece’s food tradition—the country’s world renown hospitality. Illustrated throughout and featuring traditional recipes that blend historical and modern flavors, Gifts of the Gods is a mouth-watering account of a rich and ancient cuisine.
Author: John S. Koliopoulos
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009-10-27
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781444314830
DOWNLOAD EBOOKModern Greece: A History since 1821 is a chronologicalaccount of the political, economic, social, and cultural history ofGreece, from the birth of the Greek state in 1821 to 2008 by twoleading authorities. Pioneering and wide-ranging study of modern Greece, whichincorporates the most recent Greek scholarship Sets the history of modern Greece within the context of a broadgeo-political framework Includes detailed portraits of leading Greek politicians Provides in-depth considerations on the profound economic andsocial changes that have occurred as a result of Greece’s EUmembership
Author: Joint Association of Classical Teachers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008-04-24
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0521698537
DOWNLOAD EBOOKClassical Athens boasted one of the most impressive flowerings of civilisation ever known, with original and influential achievements in literature, art, philosophy, medicine and politics. This second edition of the best-selling textbook provides a highly readable and fully illustrated introduction to Classical Athens.
Author: Robert Garland
Publisher: Sterling
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9781454909088
DOWNLOAD EBOOKYou'll explore all aspects of Greek life: literacy, household chores, education, illness, festivals, economy and trade, coinage, law and order, military service, the Olympic Games, theatrical performances, mythology, and more.
