First published in 1962, the original blurb reads: This provocative book explores the whole range of human thought conduct and beliefs. Commencing with primitive man and his superstitions it goes on to study our present-day cultural institutions, customs, ritual and other behavi…
A look at the art, artifacts, and architecture of the great civilizations of the ancient world, including the Egyptians, Romans, Maya, Chinese, and more.
A look at the art, artifacts, and architecture of the great civilizations of the ancient world, including the Egyptians, Romans, Maya, Chinese, and more.
The essays in this volume reflect on the fall of the British Empire, and its resonance in British popular culture. The demise of the Empire during the three decades following WWII transformed Britain's relationships with the wider world, and within Britain itself. The contributo…
This volume offers an extensive introduction to 6th-century Byzantine historian Procopius of Caesarea, widely regarded as one of the last great historians of Antiquity. Procopius' monumental oeuvre is our main contemporary source for an array of highly significant historical dev…
World history made simple
