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Minoan Wings volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Description
"Mute since the traumatic raider attack that took her foster family, Aissa struggles for survival in a mythical Bronze-Age Crete. Although she is forced into the lowliest position among the servants of her island's priestess, Aissa's mysterious bond with animals and the scars on her wrists are clues to her true identity as the priestess' firstborn daughter"--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Most books on the Roman Empire deal with famous figures or events, but Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants focuses on things that seldom appear in history books: myths and magic, barbers and birth control, fine wine and the daily grind. This book, based on questions Roman historian Garrett Ryan, PhD, gets asked most often on Quora and the popular Reddit forum AskHistorians, reveals the nitty gritty details on how Romans and Greeks lived...
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Series
Hinges of history volume 1
Pub. Date
[1995]
Description
The story of how Irish scholars preserved Greek and Roman classics, Jewish and Christian writings, and other writings that might have otherwise been lost when the Roman Empire collapsed.
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Description
A study of the ancient Mediterranean and its three major civilizations, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, beginning around 3200 B.C. and continuing through 600 A.D., discussing the art, architecture, philosophy, literature, and religious practices of each culture, and looking at key individuals like Homer, Julius Caesar, Jesus, and Aristotle.
12) The Greeks
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Series
Pub. Date
[1989]
Description
Discusses the civilization of ancient Greece, including the hunting, medicine, clothing, religion, laws, legends, and recreation.
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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
If the Middle Ages form the present-day backdrop to the continents of Westeros and Essos, then antiquity is their resonant past. The Known World is haunted by the remnants of distant and powerful civilizations, without whose presence the novels of George R R Martin and the ever popular HBO show would lose much of their meaning and appeal. Explores the echoes, from the Summer Islands to Storm's End, of a rich antique history. Discusses, the convergence...
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Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
In this superbly illustrated volume, Athens and Rome, the two greatest cities of antiquity, spring to life under the masterful pen of Peter Connolly. All the historical and archaelogical evidence has been seamlessly pieced together to reconstruct the architectural wonders of these mighty civilizations. Re-creating public buildings, religious temples, shops, and houses, Connolly reveals every aspect of life in glorious detail, from religion and food...