Representations of Political Power: Case Histories from Times of Change and Dissolving Order in the Ancient Near East By Marlies Heinz, Marian H. Feldman
2007 | 212 Pages | ISBN: 157506135X | PDF | 30 MB
Representation of political power seems to have been necessary at all times in all complex urban societies. To secure order-to construct a certain social, ideological, religious, economic, and cultural stability-seems to be one of the main intentions of representation. When order breaks down or is threatened, political power comes under threat and the cohesion of the community is also in jeopardy. In times of impending change, crisis, or disorder, special effort is required to reassure the community of the rulers ability to maintain stability. What those in power did to convince the affected communities of their qualities as rulers, that is, their representational strategies - especially in times of change - is the subject of this book, explored through examination of case studies drawn from the ancient Near East. The volume is divided into three thematic parts: "Reestablishment of Order after Major Disruption," "Changing Order from Within," and "Perceptions of a New Order."

Not Available, "Crossroads of European Histories: Multiple Outlooks on Five Key Moments in the History of Europe"
English | 2006 | pages: 396 | ISBN: 9287160317 | PDF | 6,6 mb
How can history teaching contribute to a spirit of tolerance with respect to promoting different points of view, respect for the other and developing the critical and autonomous judgement of future active citizens within democratic societies? This book is a contribution to the implementation of a methodology based on "multiperspectivity", and allows teachers to present numerous examples of various approaches in their practical teaching as well as different points of view or ideas on the same events in recent European history. Five conferences have been organised since 2002, namely on "1848 in European history"; "The Balkan wars of 1912-13"; "The search for peace in 1919"; "The end of the Second World War and the beginning of the Cold War in 1945"; and "The events and developments of 1989-90 in central and eastern Europe". Thirty-five of the contributions presented in the framework of these conferences by eminent historians from different Council of Europe member states are published in this book. As they will be complemented by additional sources provided by teachers, they cannot obviously be exhaustive from a point of view of the states concerned or from the different perceptions of history. This publication allows both teachers and pupils to place regional and national history in a wider context, develop their historical knowledge, make connections across space and time, and compare different perspectives on the same events and developments.

Latins in Roman (Byzantine) Histories : Ambivalent Representations in the Long Twelfth Century
by Samuel Pablo Muller
English | 2022 | ISBN: 9004460926 | 567 Pages | True PDF | 77 MB

Excavating the Histories of Slave-Trade and Pirate Ships: Property, Plunder and Loss by Lynn Brenda Harris
English | EPUB | 2022 | 235 Pages | ISBN : 3030962326 | 83.9 MB
This edited volume brings new perspectives on the topic maritime archaeology of the slave trade in the Caribbean. The book focuses on shipwrecks of the slave trade in the 18th century and suggests that there is a more complex and challenging social narrative than has previously been discussed. The authors examine biographies of ships, crew members, voyage logs, cargo inventories, trader correspondence and contextual analysis of the artifact assemblages to bring new insights into the microeconomics and maritime traditions of these floating prisons.

English | ASIN: B00BKAOJ8S | 2013 | 7 hours and 36 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 207 MB
A fascinating cultural history of chickens in our world. Framed by the author's personal experience with backyard hens, Chickens: Their Natural and Unnatural Histories explores the history of the chicken from its descent from the dinosaurs to the space-age present. En route, Lembke surveys chickens in ancient Greece, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the 19th century, and modern times, including the role of chickens in Jewish and Muslim practices. She also investigates the birds' contributions to science and their jaunty appearances in literature. Eggs receive a chapter of their own, as does chicken cuisine, comprising recipes from the Roman Empire to today's favorites.

English | ASIN: B09NP6GBG1 | 2021 | 7 hours and 7 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 196 MB
Life histories can be defined as the means by which individuals (or more precisely genotypes) vary their age- or stage-specific expenditures of reproductive effort in response to genetic, phenotypic, and environmental correlates of survival and fecundity. Life histories reflect the expression of traits most closely related to individual fitness, such as age and size at maturity, number and size of offspring, and the timing of the expression of those traits throughout an individual's life. Life-history research plays an integral role in species conservation and management.

English | 2022 | ISBN: 1119806739 | 354 pages | True PDF | 30.08 MB
Learn about the successes of Black entrepreneurs through a collection of unique case studies

English | 2022 | ISBN: 0367506165 | 291 pages | True PDF | 9.79 MB
Cultural Histories of Law, Media and Emotion: Public Justice explores how the legal history of long-eighteenth-century Britain has been transformed by the cultural turn, and especially the associated history of emotion.

Witch Of The Federation Iv Federal Histories Book 4 Michael Anderle | 826.58 KB
English | N/A Pages

Title: Witch Of The Federation IV (Federal Histories Book 4)
Author: Michael Anderle
Year: 2019

Daniel Marshall, "Queer Youth Histories "
English | ISBN: 1137565497 | 2021 | 445 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This pioneering collection provides, for the first time, an international and transdisciplinary reflection on youth, history and queer sexualities and genders. Since the 1970s there has been an explosion in research focusing on LGBTQ history and on the lives of LGBTQ young people, but these two research areas have seldom been brought together explicitly.