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Egypt, Greece, and Rome
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Egypt, Greece, and Rome is regarded as one of the best general histories of the ancient world, having sold more than 80,000 copies in its first two editions. It is written for the general reader and the student coming to the subject for the first time and provides a reliable and highly accessible point of entry to the period. Beginning with the early Middle Eastern civilizations of Sumer, and continuing right through to the Islamic invasions and the birth of modern Europe after the collapse of the Roman empire, the book ranges beyond political history to cover art and architecture, philosophy, literature, society, and economy. A wide range of maps, illustrations, and photographs complements the text. This third edition has been extensively revised to appeal to the general reader with several chapters completely rewritten and a great deal of new material added, including a new selection of images.
Epidemics and History
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This book is a major and wide-ranging study of the great epidemic scourges of humanity-plague, leprosy, smallpox, syphilis, cholera, and yellow fever/malaria-over the last six centuries. It will become the standard account of the way diseases arising through chance, through reckless environmental change engineered by man, or through a combination of each were interpreted in Western Europe and in the colonized world. "This trenchant book provides a salutary antidote to world health complacency, past and present."-Roy Porter, The Times (London) "Watts' . . . mastery of six centuries of Western-influenced infectious disease and sanitation history is impressive. He also writes with authority about the pre-modern and modern medical profession."-Claire Panosian, Los Angeles Times Book Review "Watts offers solid, stunning examples of Western idiocy that created superhighways for once-obscure microbes, leading to horrendous epidemics. . . . His is a perspective that Western, particularly Caucasian, policy-makers would do well to comprehend."-Laurie Garrett, Foreign Affairs "The convenience of so much history of diseases in one place is obvious. An] engrossing book."-Gert Brieger, M.D., New England Journal of Medicine "An important contribution to our understanding of the history of disease, public health, and imperialism."-Suzanne Austin Alchon, American Historical Review
From the Mongols to the Ming Dynasty
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Under the rule of the Mongolians -- Great uprisings against the Mongolian rule -- Zhu Yuan Zhang brings peace to the whole realm -- Zhu Yuan Zhang establishes the Ming dynasty and reign as emperor -- Zhu Di ascends the throne of the Ming dynasty.
The Greek City States
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Political activity and political thinking began in the cities and other states of ancient Greece, and terms such as tyranny, aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy and politics itself are Greek words for concepts first discussed in Greece. Rhodes presents in translation a selection of texts illustrating the formal mechanisms and informal workings of the Greek states in all their variety. From the states described by Homer out of which the classical Greeks believed their states had developed, through the archaic period which saw the rise and fall of tyrants and the gradual broadening of citizen bodies, to the classical period of the fifth and fourth centuries, Rhodes also looks beyond that to the Hellenistic and Roman periods in which the Greeks tried to preserve their way of life in a world of great powers. For this second edition the book has been thoroughly revised and three new chapters added.
A History of Japan, 1334-1615
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v. 1. The land -- The people -- The Yamato state -- The impact of Chinese culture -- The capital city, 710-774 -- The new capital, 794-894 -- Reaction against Chinese influence -- The Fujiwara regents -- The rule of taste -- Government by the cloistered emperors -- Heian society. Its beliefs -- The growth of a warrior class -- Kiyomori -- The Gempei War -- The Eastern warriors -- The feudal state -- The Hojo regents -- Administrative reforms and relations with the court -- The Hojo regents, 1242-84 -- Relations with the Asiatic mainland -- Japan after the Mongol invasions.
v. 2. The reign of Go-Daigo -- The Kemmu restoration -- The rise of Ashikaga Takauji -- The Southern Court -- Dissension in the Bakufu -- The failure of the Southern Court -- The end of the civil war -- The life of the court -- Ashikaga supremecy -- Foreign relations under Yoshimitsu and Yoshimochi -- Economic growth -- Yoshimochi's successors -- The Onin War -- The capital and the provinces after The Onin War -- Sengoku-Daimyo, the civil war barons -- Seaborne trade -- The road to unification -- Christianity and Buddhism under Nobunaga -- Nobunaga's last years -- Hideyoshi's rise to power -- Hideyoshi's political aims -- The invasion of Korea -- Hideyoshi's last years -- Azuchi-Momoyama -- Tokugawa ieyasu -- The first years of the Tokugawa Kakufu.
v. 3. The nature of the Tokugawa government -- Hidetada and Iemitsu -- The feudal society -- Foreign relations -- The government of the Fiefs -- Ietsuna, Shogun 1651-80 -- Learning and the arts -- Rural life -- Urban life -- The expanding economy -- The Shogunate, 1680-1716 -- Genroku -- A new regime -- The Bakufu in decline -- Economic development
The History of the Peloponnesian War
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Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling its author's ambitious claim. Thucydides himself (c.460-400 BC) was an Athenian and achieved the rank of general in the earlier stages of the war. He applied thereafter a passion for accuracy and a contempt for myth and romance in compiling this factual record of a disastrous conflict.
Palaces and Courtly Culture in Ancient Mesoamerica
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Mesoamerica is one of the cradles of early civilizations in the ancient world, featuring a wide diversity of cultures exhibiting a high degree of social inequality and stratification. At the pinnacle of the society was the ruler, the court and the high elite. This social segment was responsible for the creation and consumption of the hallmarks of civilizations, including monumental architecture, great monolithic monuments and a wide array of highly decorated, exotic and exceptional material culture. As such royal courts defined the very tastes and styles that characterise entire civilizations. This volume collects eight recent and innovative studies on the subject rulership, palatial compounds and courtly culture by staff and students of the American Indian Languages and Culture studies programme at Department of Cross-cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Together these studies span the breadth of Mesoamerica, from the Early Classic metropolis of Teotihuacan (ad 200-550), to Tenochtitlan, the Late Postclassic capital of the Aztec (ad 1300-1521), and from the arid central Mexican highlands in the west to the humid Maya lowlands in the east.
The Renaissance
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The Renaissance, now in its third edition, engages with earlier and current debates about the Renaissance, especially concerning its 'modernity', its elitism and gender bias and its globalism. This new edition has been revised to include a discussion of Venice, Rome, Naples and Florence and their relationship with surrounding courts and smaller provincial towns. Brown provides a fresh insight into some of the main themes of the Renaissance, with humanism now being explored in relation to gender, the position of women and the response of religious reformers to the new ideas. The broad geographical scope, concluding with an examination of diffusion through trade with Constantinople, Portugal and Spain, allows students to fully explore how the Renaissance transformed into a global movement. Key themes, such as humanism, art and architecture, Renaissance theatre and the invention of printing, are illustrated with quotations and exempla, making this book an invaluable source for students of the Renaissance, early modern history and social and cultural history.
World Religions
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Written by internationally renowned experts and lavishly illustrated with hundreds of images, this magnificent volume encompasses not just religion itself, but its entire context. Over twenty world faiths are examined here, from the eleven "living religions" to those of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, as well as traditional African, early Australasian, and Andean beliefs.
