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Author: United States. Congress Senate

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Understanding Relations Between Scripts II

Understanding Relations Between Scripts II

Author: Philippa M. Steele

Publisher: Oxbow Books

Published: 2019-10-10

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 1789250935

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Contexts of and Relations between Early Writing Systems (CREWS) is a project funded by the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 677758), and based in the Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge. Understanding Relations Between Scripts II: Early Alphabets is the first volume in this series, bringing together ten experts on ancient writing, languages and archaeology to present a set of diverse studies on the early development of alphabetic writing systems and their spread across the Levant and Mediterranean during the second and first millennia BC. By taking an interdisciplinary perspective, it sheds new light on alphabetic writing not just as a tool for recording language but also as an element of culture.


Ostia in Late Antiquity

Ostia in Late Antiquity

Author: Douglas Boin

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-07-22

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1107024013

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'Ostia in Late Antiquity' narrates the life of Ostia Antica, Rome's ancient harbor, during the later empire.


Linguistics and the Third Reich

Linguistics and the Third Reich

Author: Christopher Hutton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-10-12

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 1134657269

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This book presents an insightful account of the academic politics of the Nazi era and analyses the work of selected linguists, including Jos Trier and Leo Weisgerber. Hutton situates Nazi linguistics within the politics of Hitler's state and within the history of modern linguistics.


The Gest of Robyn Hode: A Critical and Textual Commentary

The Gest of Robyn Hode: A Critical and Textual Commentary

Author: Robert B. Waltz

Publisher: Robert B. Waltz

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Total Pages: 617

ISBN-13:

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The “Gest” is the earliest major writing about Robin Hood — although it tells a tale very different from that found in most modern retellings. This version attempts to produce a more accurate text of the long-lost original; it also provides a modernized parallel. To this is added an extensive historical introduction, line-by-line commentary, vocabulary study, and a selection of other texts which clarify the context of the "Gest." Dedicated to Patricia Rosenberg.


American Military Vehicles of World War I

American Military Vehicles of World War I

Author: Albert Mroz

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2009-10-21

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 0786454768

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In World War I the American motor vehicle industry was tested by the sudden appearance of vast transport challenges. The nation's immense manufacturing capabilities and abundant natural resources combined with increased standardization and mass production to enable the industry to meet the military's needs. Motor vehicles and aircraft were quickly cemented as the most influential military tools of the early twentieth century. This book both describes the development and use of a wide range of specialized motor vehicles during World War I and analyzes how their advent indelibly altered modern warfare and transportation.


Pagan City and Christian Capital

Pagan City and Christian Capital

Author: John R. Curran

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 9780199254200

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'a welcome addition to this distinguished series... the author has new insights to offer in every chapter... an impressive achievement, a work of great learning and meticulous documentation yet never dull and always readable.' -Fred S. Kleiner, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewAn original and lively study of the transformation of the landscape, civic life, and moral values of the pagan city of Rome following the conversion of the emperor Constantine in the early fourth century. It examines the effects of the rise of Christianity and the decline of paganism in the later Roman empire, which laid the foundation for the capital of medieval Christendom.