Mycenaean Greece and the Aegean World

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 131679072X
Total Pages : 231 pages
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Book Synopsis Mycenaean Greece and the Aegean World by : Margaretha Kramer-Hajos

Download or read book Mycenaean Greece and the Aegean World written by Margaretha Kramer-Hajos and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Kramer-Hajos examines the Euboean Gulf region in Central Greece to explain its flourishing during the post-palatial period. Providing a social and political history of the region in the Late Bronze Age, she focuses on the interactions between this 'provincial' coastal area and the core areas where the Mycenaean palaces were located. Drawing on network and agency theory, two current and highly effective methodologies in prehistoric Mediterranean archaeology, Kramer-Hajos argues that the Euboean Gulf region thrived when it was part of a decentralized coastal and maritime network, and declined when it was incorporated in a highly centralized mainland-looking network. Her research and analysis contributes new insights to our understanding of the mechanics and complexity of the Bronze Age Aegean collapse.

The Book of the Sword

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1628738472
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (287 download)

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Book Synopsis The Book of the Sword by : Richard Francis Burton

Download or read book The Book of the Sword written by Richard Francis Burton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The history of the sword,” the author writes in his introduction, “is the history of humanity.” For centuries, the sword has been a symbol of power, strength, liberty, and courage. In the Middle Ages, the image of a sword was used to signify the word of God. Nearly every culture in history has forged blades from stone or steel to fight in times of battle and protect in times of peace. In this groundbreaking work, Richard Francis Burton, explorer, translator, scholar, and swordsman, draws on a wealth of linguistic, archaeological, and literary sources to trace the millennia-old history of the sword. From its earliest days as a charred, sharpened stick to the height of craftsmanship in the modern era, the sword has been the weapon of choice for warriors of all stripes. In eloquent, captivating prose, Burton describes: • Dirks • Daggers • Knives • Sabers • Cutlasses • The origin of the weapon • The weapons of the age of wood • The Copper Age of weapons • The Iron Age of weapons • The sword in ancient Egypt • The sword in ancient Greece • And more Nearly three hundred line drawings enhance Burton’s richly detailed text. Any reader of history or student of weaponry will find this book a fascinating, highly enjoyable read.

Murder at Mykenai

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ISBN 13 : 9781922077943
Total Pages : 389 pages
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Book Synopsis Murder at Mykenai by : Catherine Mayo

Download or read book Murder at Mykenai written by Catherine Mayo and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Menelaos, the youngest son of the High King of Greece, is surrounded by power, intrigue, luxury and incalculable wealth, and should be one of the luckiest people in the world. But he's not. In less than a year, his whole world has disintegrated and he's on the run, trying to escape his father's assassins and skidding ever deeper into danger. Odysseus, his best friend, is the only person who can save him, but Odysseus's great ideas have a tendency to backfire.

Past Bodies

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Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1782975454
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (829 download)

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Book Synopsis Past Bodies by : Dusan Boric

Download or read book Past Bodies written by Dusan Boric and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeology often struggles in envisioning real people behind the world of material objects it studies. Even when dealing with skeletal remains archaeologists routinely reduce them to long lists of figures and attributes. Such a fragmentation of past subjects and their bodies, if analytically necessary, is hardly satisfactory. While material culture is the main archaeological proxy to real people in the past, the absence of past bodies has been chronic in archaeological writings. At the same time, these past bodies in archaeology are omnipresent. Bodily matters are tangible in the archaeological record in a way most other theoretical centralities never appear to be. Ancient bodies surround us, in representations, in burials, in the remains of food preparation, cooking and consumption, in hands holding tools, in joint efforts of many individual bodies who built architecture and monuments. This collection of papers is a reaction to decades of the body's invisibility. It raises the body as the central topic in the study of past societies, researching its appearance in a wide variety of regional contexts and across vast spans of archaeological time. Contributions in this volume range from the deep Epi-Palaeolithic past of the Near East, through the European Neolithic and Bronze Age, Classical Greece and Late Medieval England, to pre-Columbian Central America, post-contact North America, and the most recent conflicts in the Balkans. In all these case studies, the materiality of the body is centre stage. Possibilities are highlighted for future study: by putting the body at the forefront of these archaeological studies an attempt is made to provoke the imagination and map out new territories.

The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521814448
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age by : Cynthia W. Shelmerdine

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age written by Cynthia W. Shelmerdine and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-08-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion covers the history and the material culture of Crete, Greece and the Aegean Islands from c. 3000-1100 BCE.

Mycenaean Greece and the Aegean World

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107107547
Total Pages : 231 pages
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Book Synopsis Mycenaean Greece and the Aegean World by : Margaretha Kramer-Hajos

Download or read book Mycenaean Greece and the Aegean World written by Margaretha Kramer-Hajos and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kramer-Hajos examines the Euboean Gulf region in Central Greece to explain its flourishing during the post-palatial period, focusing on the interactions between this 'provincial' coastal area and the core areas where the Mycenaean palaces were located.

The Contemporary Review

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 986 pages
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A Companion to the Archaeology of Early Greece and the Mediterranean, 2 Volume Set

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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118770196
Total Pages : 1484 pages
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Book Synopsis A Companion to the Archaeology of Early Greece and the Mediterranean, 2 Volume Set by : Irene S. Lemos

Download or read book A Companion to the Archaeology of Early Greece and the Mediterranean, 2 Volume Set written by Irene S. Lemos and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 1484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion that examines together two pivotal periods of Greek archaeology and offers a rich analysis of early Greek culture A Companion to the Archaeology of Early Greece and the Mediterranean offers an original and inclusive review of two key periods of Greek archaeology, which are typically treated separately—the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. It presents an in-depth exploration of the society and material culture of Greece and the Mediterranean, from the 14th to the early 7th centuries BC. The two-volume companion sets Aegean developments within their broader geographic and cultural context, and presents the wide-ranging interactions with the Mediterranean. The companion bridges the gap that typically exists between Prehistoric and Classical Archaeology and examines material culture and social practice across Greece and the Mediterranean. A number of specialists examine the environment and demography, and analyze a range of textual and archaeological evidence to shed light on socio-political and cultural developments. The companion also emphasizes regionalism in the archaeology of early Greece and examines the responses of different regions to major phenomena such as state formation, literacy, migration and colonization. Comprehensive in scope, this important companion: Outlines major developments in the two key phases of early Greece, the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age Includes studies of the geography, chronology and demography of early Greece Explores the development of early Greek state and society and examines economy, religion, art and material culture Sets Aegean developments within their Mediterranean context Written for students, and scholars interested in the material culture of the era, ACompanion to the Archaeology of Early Greece and the Mediterranean offers a comprehensive and authoritative guide that bridges the gap between the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. 2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Winner!

Henchmen of Ares

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ISBN 13 : 9789490258078
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)

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Book Synopsis Henchmen of Ares by : Josho Brouwers

Download or read book Henchmen of Ares written by Josho Brouwers and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henchmen of Ares is a new overview of warfare in ancient Greece from the Mycenaean Bronze Age down to the Persian Wars.

The Last Mycenaeans and Their Successors

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1556352018
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (563 download)

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Book Synopsis The Last Mycenaeans and Their Successors by : V. R. d'A. Desborough

Download or read book The Last Mycenaeans and Their Successors written by V. R. d'A. Desborough and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2007-02-05 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So careful and complete a study of late Mycenaean remains as is included in this volume has never before been made. On the basis of a very thorough examination of all types of artifacts from all regions of the Mycenaean world the author is able to make observations concerning events in the Aegean between 1200 and 1000 BC that probably come as close to the actual course of events as presently available material permits. --Saul S. Weinberg, University of Missouri, for American Journal of Archaeology

The Mycenaeans

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Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780892368679
Total Pages : 210 pages
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Book Synopsis The Mycenaeans by : Louise Schofield

Download or read book The Mycenaeans written by Louise Schofield and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For almost three thousand years, the Mycenaeans, ancestors of the classical Greeks, lay lost and forgotten beneath the soil of Greece. In 1876, however, a German businessman, Heinrich Schliemann, in his search for the great Mycenaean king Agamemnon and other heroes of the Trojan War, made an astounding discovery in Mycenae: inside the monumental Lion Gate he discovered shaft graves belonging to a warrior elite, many of whom were buried wearing striking gold funerary masks and armor. In this authoritative new survey, Schofield examines these initial discoveries and other material evidence from Mycenaean culture, including painted pottery, documents in Linear B script, and the remains of fortress-palaces, all of which have yielded important information about the social hierarchies, religion, and military and trading activities of this wealthy and sophisticated culture. The author also considers the factual basis for the Mycenaeans' legendary links with the Trojan War and the various explanations for the eventual decline of their civilization.

Bronze Age Military Equipment

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Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783032839
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis Bronze Age Military Equipment by : Dan Howard

Download or read book Bronze Age Military Equipment written by Dan Howard and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A very valuable piece of work, providing a splendid overview” of the weapons, armor, shields and chariots used in warfare from 3000 BC to 1200 BC (HistoryOfWar.org). This book is a fascinating discussion of the development of the military equipment of the earliest organized armies. Dan Howard describes the development of weapons, armor and chariots, how they were made and their tactical use in battle. Spanning from the introduction of massed infantry by the Sumerians (c. 26th century BC) through to the collapse of the chariot civilizations (c. 12th century BC), this is the period of the epic struggles described in the Old Testament and Homer’s Iliad, the clashes of mighty empires like those of the Babylonians, Egyptians and Hittites. In Bronze Age Military Equipment, Howard provides “an able and readable review that is supported in the text by drawings and sketches, but there is also an excellent full color photographic section that shows replica weapons and armor created in bronze” (Firetrench).

The Mycenaean Age

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 522 pages
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Book Synopsis The Mycenaean Age by : Chrēstos Tsountas

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The Mycenaean World

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521290371
Total Pages : 226 pages
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Book Synopsis The Mycenaean World by : John Chadwick

Download or read book The Mycenaean World written by John Chadwick and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1976-03-25 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Chadwick summarizes the results of research into Mycenaean Greece.

Mycenæ

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
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Book Synopsis Mycenæ by : Heinrich Schliemann

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Knossos, Mycenae, Troy

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Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1789259495
Total Pages : 273 pages
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Book Synopsis Knossos, Mycenae, Troy by : Natale Barca

Download or read book Knossos, Mycenae, Troy written by Natale Barca and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2023-03-31 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work puts a particular emphasis on the mixing and osmosis of the first Mediterranean civilizations, with particular reference to the Minoan, Cycladic, Mycenaean, and Trojan, and on the causes of their decline, which are to be identified in a jumble of natural and human causes, and in a long-lasting, slow, but irreversible crisis. It takes into account that the Mediterranean Dimension of the Bronze Age is a garden in which many legends flourished, clearly distinguishing between myth and history, and always bearing in mind that legends are not to be taken literally (nonetheless, they often have a grain of truth). It does not aim to provide an exhaustive report but to compose a broad and evolutionary picture, in which the facts and their connections, which are deducible from archaeological evidence or from the accounts of ancient historians, find their place, in their consequentiality. Its originality lies not in the choice of the subject, but in the way of treating it. The author introduces and explains, in order to be read, and perhaps to get excited. Another characterizing element of Knossos, Mycenae, Troy is the wide use of the ‘historical present’ that is made there to represent events and construct the text, to reduce the reader’s distance from the narrated events, and facilitates their approach to them. This book aims to provide the reader with an overall picture of the cultures that laid the foundations of Western civilization, which is not generic, but rather detailed and updated, and which has scientific solidity.

The Encyclopædia Britannica

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1130 pages
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Download or read book The Encyclopædia Britannica written by Hugh Chisholm and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: