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Broken Spears Aztec Account Exp Edition by Migue Leon Portilla Publisher Comments In this updated edition of the classic THE BROKEN SPEARS, Leon-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants across the centuries. Those texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Thucydides And Warner Publisher Comments Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling the author's ambitious claim that the work "was done to last forever." The... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Chariots of the Gods by Erich Von Daniken Publisher Comments Erich von Däniken's Chariots of the Gods is a work of monumental importance — the first book to introduce the shocking theory that ancient Earth had been visited by aliens. This world-famous bestseller has withstood the test of time, inspiring... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Rise of the Roman Empire (79 Edition) by Obye Polybius Synopsis In writing his account of the relentless growth of the Roman Empire, the Greek statesman Polybius set out to help his fellow-countrymen understand how their world came to be dominated by Rome. This text presents a translation of his work.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Hinges of History #3: Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus by Thomas Cahill Publisher Comments From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization and The Gifts of the Jews, his most compelling historical narrative yet. How did an obscure rabbi from a backwater of the Roman Empire come to be the central figure in Western Civilization... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia by Gwendolyn Leick Synopsis The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia defines concepts, customs, and notions peculiar to the civilization of ancient Mesopotamia, from adult adoption to ziggurats. This is accomplished through a chronology, an introductory essay,... (read more) Your price: $98.95 New - Hardcover
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The Cities of Pamphylia by John D. Grainger Publisher Comments Pamphylia, in modern Turkey, was a Greek country from the early Iron Age until the Middle Ages. In that land there were nine cities which can be described more or less as Greek, and this book is an investigation of their history. This was a land at the... (read more) Your price: $59.50 New - Trade Paper
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The Collapse of Complex Societies by Joseph Tainter Publisher Comments Dr Tainter describes nearly two dozen cases of collapse and reviews more than 2000 years of explanations. He then develops a new and far-reaching theory.... (read more) List Price $48.75 Your price: $19.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Brief History of Ancient Greece : Politics, Society, and Culture (04 - Old Edition) by Sarah B. Pomeroy Publisher Comments This book reestablishes the importance of religion in the historical assessment of the Glorious Revolution and its consequences. The distinguished scholars who contributed to this volume explore a variety of themes, including the nature of religious... (read more) List Price $44.95 Your price: $29.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Culture and History of the Ancient Near East #34/2: On Art in the Ancient Near East, Volume 2 from the Third Millennium Bce by Irene J. Winter Synopsis This second volume of collected essays, complement to volume one, focuses upon the art and culture of the third millennium B.C.E. in ancient Mesopotamia. Stress is upon the ability of free-standing sculpture and public monuments not only to reflect... (read more) List Price $243.25 Your price: $215.25 New - Hardcover
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Legendary Sites of the Ancient World: An Illustrated Guide to Over 80 Major Archaeological Discoveries, with Expert Commentary and More Than 350 Photo by Paul G. Bahn Synopsis A fascinating and expert tour] from Egypt's Valley of the Kings to the Terracotta Army of Mount Li, England's Stonehenge and the Great Mayan relics of Chich,n Itza... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Trade Paper
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Excavations at Tall Jawa, Jordan, Volume 4 the Early Islamic House by P. M. M. (edt) Daviau Publisher Comments Located in a strategic position on the southern flank of the Ammonite hill country, overlooking the Madaba Plain, the earliest settlement at Tall Jawa dates to the Iron I period (1100-900 BC). This settlement was redesigned during Iron Age II (900-600 BC)... (read more) List Price $243.25 Your price: $215.25 New - Hardcover
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The Rise of Rome: Books One to Five (Oxford World's Classics) by Livy Publisher Comments The first five books of Livy's history of early Rome recount the great stories and moments of Roman history. From Romulus and Remus, to the rape of Lucretia, to Horatius at the bridge, Livy's massive work immortalizes the events which both defined early... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ancient Near East Volume 1 by James B Pritchard Synopsis Writings from the cultures of biblical times supplement the Old Testament in documenting the history of the ancient Near East.... (read more) List Price $42.25 Your price: $16.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Genesis Revisited by Zecharia Sitchin Publisher Comments Chapter One The Host of HeavenIn the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth. The very concept of a beginning of all things is basic to modem astronomy and astrophysics. The statement that there was a void and chaos before there was order conforms... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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Romans and Their History : From Village To Empire (04 Edition) by Mary Taliaferro Boatwright Publisher Comments How did a single village community in the Italian peninsula eventually become one of the most powerful imperial powers the world has ever known? In The Romans: From Village to Empire, Mary T. Boatwright, Daniel Gargola, and Richard J.A. Talbert explore... (read more) List Price $61.75 Your price: $38.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Pompeii : the Day a City Died (92 Edition) by Robert Etienne Synopsis Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician by Anthony Everitt Publisher Comments Brilliant, voluble, cranky, a genius of political manipulation but also a true patriot and idealist, Cicero was Rome's most feared politician, one of the greatest lawyers and statesmen of all time. Cicero comes to life in these pages and takes center... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt by Ian Shaw Publisher Comments Blending vividly written essays and over a hundred attractive illustrations--including 32 color plates--The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt is a stunningly designed and authoritative account of the once glorious civilization on the Nile. Ranging from 700,... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan Publisher Comments For three decades in the fifth century B.C. the ancient world was torn apart by a conflict that was as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the world wars of the twentieth century: the Peloponnesian War. Donald Kagan, one of the world's most respected... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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