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- Amazing ancient world atlas / by Dickmann, Nancy.; Limon, Daniel Sanchez.;
"Explore over 40 historical cultures, societies and civilizations from across the planet. . . . maps bring history to life and show the rise and fall of mighty empires over time. Plus discover where the remains of our planet's ancient history can be found today!"--- Subjects: Children's atlases.; Civilization, Ancient; Civilization, Ancient; Geography, Ancient;
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- The geography of genius : a search for the world's most creative places from ancient Athens to Silicon Valley / by Weiner, Eric,1963-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.INTRODUCTION: ADVENTURES WITH THE GALTON BOX -- GENIUS IS SIMPLE : ATHENS -- GENIUS IS NOTHING NEW : HANGZHOU -- GENIUS IS EXPENSIVE : FLORENCE -- GENIUS IS PRACTICAL : EDINBURGH -- GENIUS IS CHAOTIC : CALCUTTA -- GENIUS IS REACTIONARY : VIENNA PITCH PERFECT -- GENIUS IS CAFFEINATED : VIENNA ON THE COUCH -- GENIUS IS WEAK : SILICON VALLEY -- EPILOGUE: BAKING BREAD AND HANGING TEN.- Subjects: Weiner, Eric, 1963-; Cities and towns.; Genius; Geography; Voyages and travels.;
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- Ancient Chinese / by Binns, Tristan Boyer,1968-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 31), Internet address and index.Presents an overview of ancient Chinese civilization, including its geography, government, religion, social classes, recreation, art, and architecture.- © 2007, c2005., Compass Point Books,
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- The Penguin historical atlas of ancient Rome / by Scarre, Christopher.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 138), index, and timeline from 800 BC to 363 AD.- Subjects: Classical geography;
- © 1995., Penguin Books,
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- Olympics / by Platt, Richard.; Cappon, Manuela.;
LSC- Subjects: Olympics;
- © 2012., Kingfisher,
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- The Foundations of Western Civilization. by F., Thomas,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Thomas F. X. NobleOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2002.This lecture is about the foundations on which Roman history rests, including the geography of Italy and the two centuries or so of monarchical rule - ending, tradition says, in 509 B.C. - that the republic overthrew.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Education films.; Social sciences.; History, Ancient.; Education.; Instructional films.;
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- The map of knowledge : a thousand-year history of how classical ideas were lost and found / by Moller, Violet,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-290) and index."The foundations of modern knowledge--philosophy, math, astronomy, geography--were laid by the Greeks, whose ideas were written on scrolls and stored in libraries across the Mediterranean and beyond. But as the vast Roman Empire disintegrated, so did appreciation of these precious texts. Christianity cast a shadow over so-called pagan thought, books were burned, and the library of Alexandria, the greatest repository of classical knowledge, was destroyed. Yet some texts did survive and The Map of Knowledge explores the role played by seven cities around the Mediterranean--rare centers of knowledge in a dark world, where scholars supported by enlightened heads of state collected, translated and shared manuscripts. In 8th century Baghdad, Arab discoveries augmented Greek learning. Exchange within the thriving Muslim world brought that knowledge to Cordoba, Spain. Toledo became a famous center of translation from Arabic into Latin, a portal through which Greek and Arab ideas reached Western Europe. Salerno, on the Italian coast, was the great center of medical studies, and Sicily, ancient colony of the Greeks, was one of the few places in the West to retain contact with Greek culture and language. Scholars in these cities helped classical ideas make their way to Venice in the 15th century, where printers thrived and the Renaissance took root. The Map of Knowledge follows three key texts--Euclid's Elements, Ptolemy's The Almagest, and Galen's writings on medicine--on a perilous journey driven by insatiable curiosity about the world"--- Subjects: Learning and scholarship; East and West.;
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