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A Cultural History of Peace in Antiquity

Author : Sheila L. Ager

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 329 pages

File Size : 48,55 MB

Release : 2022-02-24

Category : History

ISBN : 1350102768

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A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of peace throughout history. This volume, A Cultural History of Peace in Antiquity, explores peace in the period from 500 BC to 800 AD. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Peace set, this volume presents essays on the meaning of peace, peace movements, maintaining peace, peace in relation to gender, religion and war and representations of peace. A Cultural History of Peace in Antiquity is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on peace in the classical era.



A Cultural History of Peace in Antiquity

Author : Sheila L. Ager

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 224 pages

File Size : 38,73 MB

Release : 2022-02-24

Category : History

ISBN : 135010275X

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Book Description

A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of peace throughout history. This volume, A Cultural History of Peace in Antiquity, explores peace in the period from 500 BC to 800 AD. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Peace set, this volume presents essays on the meaning of peace, peace movements, maintaining peace, peace in relation to gender, religion and war and representations of peace. A Cultural History of Peace in Antiquity is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on peace in the classical era.



A Cultural History of Peace:

Author : Ronald Edsforth

Publisher : Cultural Histories

Page : 1728 pages

File Size : 12,18 MB

Release : 2019

Category : History

ISBN : 9781474241359

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This set covers a span of 2500 years, tracing how different cultures and societies have thought about, struggled for, developed and sustained peace in different ways and at different times. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters: definitions of peace; human nature, peace and war; peace, war and gender; peace, pacifism and religion; representations of peace; peace as integration; peace movements; and peace, security and deterrence.



A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Enlightenment

Author : Stella Ghervas

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 354 pages

File Size : 13,33 MB

Release : 2022-02-24

Category : History

ISBN : 1350179809

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A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of peace throughout history. This volume, A Cultural History of Peace in the Enlightenment, explores peace in the period from 1648 to 1815. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Peace set, this volume presents essays on the meaning of peace, peace movements, maintaining peace, peace in relation to gender, religion and war and representations of peace. A Cultural History of Peace in the Enlightenment is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on peace in the long eighteenth century.



A Cultural History of Peace in the Modern Age

Author : Ronald Edsforth

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 257 pages

File Size : 10,64 MB

Release : 2022-02-24

Category : History

ISBN : 1350179841

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A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of peace throughout history. This volume, A Cultural History of Peace in the Modern Age, explores peace in the period from 1920 to the present. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Peace set, this volume presents essays on the meaning of peace, peace movements, maintaining peace, peace in relation to gender, religion and war and representations of peace. A Cultural History of Peace in the Modern Age is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on peace in the twentieth and twentieth century.



A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Empire

Author : Ingrid Sharp

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 216 pages

File Size : 17,57 MB

Release : 2022-02-24

Category : History

ISBN : 1350105988

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A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of peace throughout history. This volume, A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Empire, explores peace in the period from 1800 to 1920. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Peace set, this volume presents essays on the meaning of peace, peace movements, maintaining peace, peace in relation to gender, religion and war and representations of peace. A Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Empire is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on peace in the long 19th century.



A Cultural History of Peace in the Renaissance

Author : Isabella Lazzarini

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 208 pages

File Size : 37,58 MB

Release : 2022-02-24

Category : History

ISBN : 1350102733

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A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of peace throughout history. This volume, A Cultural History of Peace in the Renaissance, explores peace in the period from 1450 to 1648. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Peace set, this volume presents essays on the meaning of peace, peace movements, maintaining peace, peace in relation to gender, religion and war and representations of peace. A Cultural History of Peace in the Renaissance is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on peace in the early modern era.



A Cultural History of Peace in the Medieval Age

Author : Walter Simons

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 208 pages

File Size : 26,98 MB

Release : 2022-02-24

Category : History

ISBN : 1350179833

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A Cultural History of Peace presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the evolving nature and role of peace throughout history. This volume, A Cultural History of Peace in the Medieval Age explores peace from 800 to 1450. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Peace set, this volume presents essays on the meaning of peace, peace movements, maintaining peace, peace in relation to gender, religion and war and representations of peace. A Cultural History of Peace in the Medieval Age is the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on peace in the medieval era.





War and Peace in the Ancient World

Author : Kurt A. Raaflaub

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 400 pages

File Size : 29,92 MB

Release : 2008-04-15

Category : History

ISBN : 0470775475

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This book is the first to focus on war and peace in the ancient world from a global perspective. The first book to focus on war and peace in the ancient world Takes a global perspective, covering a large number of early civilizations, from China, India and West Asia, through the Mediterranean to the Americas Features contributions from nineteen distinguished scholars, all of whom are experts in their fields Offers remarkable insights into the different ways in which ancient societies dealt with a common human challenge Requires no prior historical knowledge, making it suitable for non-specialists