Showing results under subject: 'history'

Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece

Author:Sommerstein Alan H., Torrance Isabelle C
Publisher:De Gruyter
Abstract: The oath was an institution of fundamental importance across a wide range of social interactions th…

Ancient Greek Literary Letters

Author:Rosenmeyer Patricia A
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Abstract: The first referenece to letter writing occurs in the first text of western literature, Homer's Ilia…

Space in Hellenistic Philosophy: Critical Studies in Ancient Physics

Author:Helmig Christoph, Horn Christoph, Ranocchia Graziano
Publisher:De Gruyter
Abstract: The volume discusses the notion of space by focusing on the most representative exponents of the He…

Melothesia in Babylonia. Medicine, Magic, and Astrology in the Ancient Near East

Author:Judah Geller Markha
Publisher:De Gruyter
Abstract: This book examines the Babylonian backgroundof melothesia, the science of charting zodiac influence…

Ancient Olive Presses and Oil Production

Author:Buzaian Ahme
Publisher:BILNAS British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies
Abstract: This masterly study presents the first comprehensive overview of olive oil production in Cyrenaica,…

Argentina's Economic Reforms of the 1990s in Contemporary and Historical Perspective

Author:Cavallo Domingo Felipe, Cavallo Runde Soni
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Abstract: Why has Argentina suffered so much political and economic instability? How could Argentina, once on…

Chapter Feeding inequalities: the role of economic inequalities and the urban market in late medieval food security. The case of fourteenth-century G…

Author:Espeel Stef , Geens Sam
Publisher:Firenze University Press
Abstract: Although the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) revised their theoretical model of food secur…

Japan’s Failed Revolution: Koizumi and the Politics of Economic Reform

Author:George Mulgan Aureli
Publisher:ANU Press
Abstract: Japan’s Failed Revolution: Koizumi and the Politics of Economic Reform asks why, despite all the hi…

Economic Development and Environmental History in the Anthropocene

Author:Austin Gareth
Publisher:Bloomsbury Academic
Abstract: For the populations of the developing economies – the vast majority of humanity – the present centu…

A History of Japan’s Government-Business Relationship

Author:Genther Phyllis A
Publisher:University of Michigan Press
Abstract: Despite the economic and political importance of the U.S.-Japan relationship and the extensive atte…
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