Der Held auf dem Wagen : archäologische Belege zur technischen Entwicklung des Wagens /
: Bottom of paper carton has explanatory key to maps. : 2 volumes (xii, 414 pages) ; 71 pages of plates : 103 illustrations (partly color) ; 31 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, pages 377-412). : 9783447069021
Why did ancient states collapse? : the dysfunctional state /
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Rooted in agriculture, sedentism and population growth, ancient states were fragile and prone to collapse. There is an ongoing debate about the importance, nature and even existence of state-wide collapse. This book investigates why ancient states collapsed and examines to what extent inequality contributed to their downfall.
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"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (viii, 42 pages). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789693034 (PDF ebook) :
Sortilege and its Practitioners in Late Antiquity: My Lots are in Thy Hands.
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Sortilege-the making of decisions by casting lots-was widely practiced in the Mediterranean world during the period known as late antiquity, between the third and eighth centuries CE. In My Lots are in Thy Hands: Sortilege and its Practitioners in Late Antiquity , AnneMarie Luijendijk and William Klingshirn have collected fourteen essays that examine late antique lot divination, especially but not exclusively through texts preserved in Greek, Latin, Coptic, and Syriac. Employing the overlapping perspectives of religious studies, classics, anthropology, economics, and history, contributors study a variety of topics, including the hermeneutics and operations of divinatory texts, the importance of diviners and their instruments, and the place of faith and doubt in the search for hidden order in a seemingly random world.
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1 online resource. :
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