The Private Life of an Eastern King
Author: William Knighton
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Published: 1921
Total Pages: 402
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Author: William Knighton
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Published: 1921
Total Pages: 402
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Published: 1921
Total Pages: 345
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Published: 1865
Total Pages: 268
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Published: 1855
Total Pages: 516
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rosie Llewellyn-Jones
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 1849044082
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStory of Wajid 'Ali Shah, King of the Indian state of Oudh, who was characterized by the British as a debauched ruler who focused on his pleasures rather than ruling, but is seen by Indians as a gifted poet who was robbed of his throne by the East India Company in 1856.
Author: Walter Duvall Penrose Jr.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016-10-27
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 019108803X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScholars have long been divided on the question of whether the Amazons of Greek legend actually existed. Notably, Soviet archaeologists' discoveries of the bodies of women warriors in the 1980s appeared to directly contradict western classicists' denial of the veracity of the Amazon myth, and there have been few concessions between the two schools of thought since. Postcolonial Amazons offers a ground-breaking re-evaluation of the place of martial women in the ancient world, bridging the gap between myth and historical reality and expanding our conception of the Amazon archetype. By shifting the center of debate to the periphery of the region known to the Greeks, the startling conclusion emerges that the ancient Athenian conception of women as weak and fearful was not at all typical of the region of that time, even within Greece. Surrounding the Athenians were numerous peoples who held that women could be courageous, able, clever, and daring, suggesting that although Greek stories of Amazons may be exaggerations, they were based upon a real historical understanding of women who fought. While re-examining the sources of the Amazon myth, this compelling volume also resituates the Amazons in the broader context from which they have been extracted, illustrating that although they were the quintessential example of female masculinity in ancient Greek thought, they were not the only instance of this phenomenon: masculine women were masqueraded on the Greek stage, described in the Hippocratic corpus, took part in the struggle to control Alexander the Great's empire after his death, and served as bodyguards in ancient India. Against the backdrop of the ongoing debates surrounding gender norms and fluidity, Postcolonial Amazons breaks new ground as an ancient history of female masculinity and demonstrates that these ideas have a much longer and more durable heritage than we may have supposed.
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Published: 1855
Total Pages: 600
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Published: 1855
Total Pages: 514
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Published: 1865
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kees Rookmaaker
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2024-06-12
Total Pages: 891
ISBN-13: 9004691545
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe rhinoceros is an iconic animal. Three species once inhabited South Asia, two of which disappeared over a century ago. This survey aims to reconstruct the historical distribution of these large mammals resulting in new maps showing the extent of their occurrences. Thousands of sources varied in time and nature are used to study the interactions between man and rhinoceros. The text is supported by over 700 illustrations and 38 maps showing the importance of the rhinoceros in the scientific and cultural fabric of Asia and beyond.