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The World from 1000 BCE to 300 CE

By: Stanley Mayer Burstein

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The World from 1000 BCE to 300 CE

By: Stanley Mayer Burstein

This book provides the first comprehensive history of Afro-Eurasia during the first millennium BCE and the beginning of the first millennium CE. The history of these 1300 plus years can be summed up in one word: connectivity. The growth in connectivity during this period was marked by increasing political, economic, and cultural interaction throughout the region, and the replacement of the numerous political and cultural entities by a handful of great empires at the end of the period. In the process, local cultural traditions were replaced by great traditions rooted in lingua francas and spread by formalized educational systems. This process began with the collapse of the Bronze Age empires in the east and west, widespread population movements, and almost chronic warfare throughout Afro-Eurasia, while the cavalry revolution transformed the nomads of the central Asian steppes into founders of tribal confederations assembled by charismatic leaders and covering huge territories. At the same time, new artistic and intellectual movements appeared, including the teachings of Socrates, Confucius, the Buddha, and Laozi. Increased literacy also allowed people from a wide range of social classes such as the Greek soldier Xenophon, the Indian Buddhist emperor Ashoka, the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, and elite women such as the poetess Sappho, the Christian martyr Perpetua, and the scholar Ban Zhao to create literary works. When the period ended in 300 CE, conditions had changed dramatically. Temperate Afro-Eurasia from the Atlantic to the Pacific was dominated by a handful of empires--Rome, Sassanid Persia, and Jin Empire-that ruled more than half the world's population, while an extensive network of trade routes bound them to Southeast and Central Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and made possible the spread of new book based religions including Christianity, Manichaeism, Zoroastrianism, and Buddhism, thereby setting the stage for the next millennium of Afro-Eurasian history.

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019933613X

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The Reign of Cleopatra

By: Stanley Mayer Burstein

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The Reign of Cleopatra

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An engaging, accessible biography of the legendary Egyptian queen, with source documents Ambitious, intelligent, and desired by powerful men, Cleopatra VII came to power at a time when Roman and Egyptian interests increasingly concerned the same object: Egypt itself. Cleopatra lived and reigned at the center of this complex and persistent power struggle. Her legacy has since lost much of its former political significance, as she has come to symbolize instead the potent force of female sexuality and power. In this engaging and multifaceted account, Stanley M. Burstein displays Cleopatra in the full manifold brilliance of the multiple cultures, countries, and people that surrounded her throughout her compelling life, and in so doing develops a stunning picture of a legendary queen and a deeply historic reign. Designed as an accessible introduction to Cleopatra VII and her time, The Reign of Cleopatra offers readers and researchers an appealing mix of descriptive chapters, biographical sketches, and annotated primary documents. The narrative chapters conclude with a discussion of Cleopatra’s significance as a person, a queen, and a symbol. A glossary and annotated bibliography round out the volume.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806138718

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9780806138718

Outpost of Hellenism

The Emergence of Heraclea on the Black Sea

By: Stanley Mayer Burstein

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Outpost of Hellenism

The Emergence of Heraclea on the Black Sea

By: Stanley Mayer Burstein

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.

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0520314123

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9780520314122

Ancient African Civilizations

Kush and Axum

By: Stanley Mayer Burstein

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Ancient African Civilizations

Kush and Axum

By: Stanley Mayer Burstein

The first edition of this book provided teachers of African history, for the first time, with fully annotated translations of the most important Greek and Roman sources for the history of these two remarkable ancient African civilizations. The new edition retains all of the features that made the first edition so successful while significantly expanding the coverage of the history of Kush and Axum. The illustration program has been revised and new translations have been added including recently discovered Nubian and Axumite royal documents, and a new chapter treats the origins of the kingdom of Kush and its relations with Egypt and Persia.

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1558765050

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9781558765054

The World from 1000 BCE to 300 CE

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Outpost of Hellenism

The Emergence of Heraclea on the Black Sea

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A Brief History of Ancient Greece

Politics, Society, and Culture

By: Sarah B. Pomeroy,Stanley M. Burstein,Walter Donlan,David Tandy

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A Brief History of Ancient Greece

Politics, Society, and Culture

By: Sarah B. Pomeroy,Stanley M. Burstein,Walter Donlan,David Tandy

Revised and updated throughout, the fourth edition of Brief History of Ancient Greece presents the political, social, cultural, and economic history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety. Written by leading authorities on the classical world, this captivatingstudy covers the entire period from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Era, while integrating the most recent research in archaeology, comparative anthropology, and social history.

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0190925302

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The World from 1000 BCE to 300 CE

The World from 1000 BCE to 300 CE

The Reign of Cleopatra

The Reign of Cleopatra

Outpost of Hellenism

Outpost of Hellenism

Ancient African Civilizations

Ancient African Civilizations

The World from 1000 BCE to 300 CE

The World from 1000 BCE to 300 CE

Outpost of Hellenism

Outpost of Hellenism

A Brief History of Ancient Greece

A Brief History of Ancient Greece

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