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Daily Life in Traditional China: The Tang Dynasty
Daily Life in Traditional China: The Tang Dynasty by Charles Benn is an excellent resource as well as very entertaining reading. Charles Benn's writing style is very easy and accessible and makes for a really enjoyable experience. I think...
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Religion and Ideology in Assyria (Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records)
Beate Pongratz-Leisten is a Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at New York University (Institute for the Study of the Ancient World). With an already extensive CV of articles and books relating to the history of the ancient Near East...
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China: A History, Volume I From Neolithic Cultures through the Great Qing Empire
China: A History Volume I - From Neolthic Cultures through the Great Qing Empire by Harold M. Tanner is very clear history of China from prehistoric times to 1799 CE. I have not found that there is a Volume II available but, when or if it...
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Masterpieces of the Cinquantenaire Museum
Founded in 1835, the Cinquantenaire Museum (French: Musée du Cinquantenaire; Dutch: Jubelparkmuseum) is the largest and most prestigious museum in Belgium. Aptly called "Belgium's Louvre," the Cinquantenaire Museum, located in Brussels, houses...
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of China
The Cambridge Illustrated History of China gives a very comprehensive account of the country's development from prehistory to the modern day. The author, Patricia Buckley Ebrey, is one of the foremost scholars of Chinese history but she does...
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Archaeology Essentials: Theories, Methods, and Practice
Archaeology Essentials: Theories, Methods, and Practice, already the most authoritative and accessible introduction in the academic market, has been updated with new discoveries and technological innovations, revised pedagogical features...
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The Love God
The Love God, the novel by Martin Campbell, tells the story of Antinous, the Greek man who conquered Hadrian, the great Roman emperor. The novel begins in Claudiopolis with the birth of Antinous and a serious accident that would leave a deep...
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Documents of Ancient Greek Music: The Extant Melodies and Fragments
In some ways, the title 'Documents of Ancient Greek Music' (DAGM) is slightly misleading, since some two-thirds of these documents are 'Roman'. Pedantry aside, while many of these 61 documents are by date Roman, they are all composed in Greek...
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Wu Zhao: China's Only Woman Emperor
The Empress Wu Zetian (690-704 CE) is the only female ruler in the history of China. Even though there were many important and influential women throughout China's history, only one ever became the most powerful political figure in the country...
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The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth
The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth by Arthur Waldron covers the history of the Great Wall and the myths which have developed around it. Many people still believe, for example that the Great Wall is the only man-made structure on...
