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A groundbreaking new perspective on catastrophes throughout human history, with vital lessons for our future
'This book upended my understanding of the ancient world' Zoe ...
Thousands of years ago, in a part of the world we now call ancient Mesopotamia, people began writing things down for the very first time ...
A SUNDAY TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Fascinating and important'
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'Monumental and vividly imagined'
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The story of the ancient world's most spectacular library, and the civilization that created it
When a team of Victorian archaeologists dug into a ...
'Epic history as it is meant to be written!' Simon Sebag Montefiore
'A sweeping and panoramic account of the first great superpower rivalry - a definitive ...
A rich, discovery-filled history that tells how a forgotten empire transformed the ancient world.
In the late 8th and early 7th centuries BCE, Scythian warriors ...
Written by the eminent sinologist Michael Loewe, and edited for publication by T. Corey Brennan and Michael Nylan, this book gives an overview of the ...
Throughout most of the classical period, Persia was one of the great superpowers, placing a limit on the expansion of its Western rivals. Until the ...
A deeply researched and page-turning history of armored cavalry in the ancient world from the Eurasian steppe tribes to the late Byzantine Empire. Cataphracts were ...
'The fascinating story of ancient words ... new revelations await' The Guardian
'A magisterial feat' New Scientist
One ancient language transformed our world. This is its ...
