Résultats pour "One" dans Antiquité

*A GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, PROSPECT AND WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2025* '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 story. Star. Stjarna...

From the gates of Paradise to the end of time, The One and Only Tree offers an extraordinary quest — a magical, millennia-spanning adventure built upon the most sacred object in the history of Christendom. From the bazaars of Jerusalem in the last years of the nineteenth century to the...

Gibbon's masterpiece on Rome is a monument of literature and a model of modern historical research. There has never been anything quite like it since its publication between 1776 and 1788. Although some of Gibbon's views are considered controversial today, there is no doubt that his research and patient devotion to scholarship produced one of the most valuable and renowned histories of all time.

Brought to you by Penguin. Devour the latest epic tale of ancient Greece and Sunday Times top 5 bestseller from the author of War of the Roses. On the plains of Marathon an army of slaves gathers . . . Under Darius the Great, King of Kings, the mighty Persian army - swollen by 10,000 Immortal...

Uncover the gritty ancient history of metallurgy, where mastering a brittle metal sparked a technological revolution. Perfect for your daily commute, this immersive deep-dive transports you to the roaring furnaces of a collapsing Bronze Age. Feel the intense heat of the forge as kings, artisans...

Unearth archaeological secrets of human history and explore the dawn of civilization in an ancient mudbrick metropolis. Transform your daily commute into an immersive journey back to the end of the Ice Age, where mobile hunter-gatherers forged the first settled towns. This atmospheric narrative...

Step into ancient history and witness how a muddy valley transformed into the political epicenter of the Roman Empire. Perfect for your daily commute, this immersive historical journey transports you straight to the bustling cobblestones of antiquity. Experience the raw ambition, ruthless...

Master the grand history of ancient empires as brilliant conquerors unite a fractured world into a massive superpower. Perfect for an educational daily commute, this immersive narrative transports you directly to the sweeping landscapes of the Near East. Experience the gripping saga of the...

Unearth a captivating historical mystery with an unreadable Bronze Age artifact that continues to baffle archaeologists. Discovered in 1908 in Cretan soil, this singular clay object sparked a century of heated debate among linguists and code-breakers. It is the perfect intellectual companion for...

Experience the epic ancient history of the Egyptian empire through the rise and fall of its ultimate architectural marvel. Perfect for an educational commute or deep-focus listening, this atmospheric journey transports you directly to the golden sands of ancient Thebes. Watch centuries of...

Uncover the gripping history of the ancient artifact that cracked a lost language and birthed modern Egyptology. Perfect for your daily commute, this captivating historical narrative turns a heavy slab of black granite into the protagonist of an intellectual thriller. Journey from dusty military...

Step into a captivating historical mystery and hunt for the vanished tomb of ancient Egypt's most enigmatic queen. Whether you are commuting or unwinding, this suspenseful archaeological journey transports you straight to the sun-baked sands of Amarna and Thebes. Uncover a religious revolution...

Discover the epic ancient history of a relentless military state that crushed an era of chaos to forge a unified empire. Perfect for an educational commute, this dramatic deep-dive transports you into the bloody trenches and scheming courts of the Warring States period. Witness the rise of a...

THE BRAND NEW JACK WEST THRILLER AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Spectacular...Part-Jack Reacher, part-Indiana Jones' SMH THE END IS HERE Jack West Jr has made it to the Supreme Labyrinth. Now he faces one last race - against multiple rivals, against time, against the collapse of the universe...

People associate the story of ancient Jericho with walls, and for those who are Biblically inclined, they think of the walls that God brought tumbling down to the sound of trumpets. For historians who are more archaeologically oriented, it may suggest the prehistoric walls uncovered by Ernst Sellin and Carl Watzinger between 1907 and 1911.

In this audiobook bundle, you get the best historical facts and knowledge you deserve. All in all, you get over plenty of explanations and clarifications of what the Romans and their empire looked about 2,000 years ago. In the first audiobook, various aspects of the Roman Empire, its government, and its place in human history will be discussed. In the second audiobook, a number of emperors come to light. In the third audiobook, Spartacus is covered in the first few sections.

During the several centuries that ancient Egypt stood as one of the greatest civilizations of the ancient world, conflicts with its neighbors often played a central role in hieroglyphic texts and art from temples and tombs. The three primary enemies of the Egyptians were the Libyans who occupied the Western Desert and its oases, the so-called Asiatics who lived in the Levant, and finally the Nubians to Egypt’s south.

The acrid stench of asphalt and sulfur singes the hairs of people’s nostrils, and when the blustering winds subside, the potent miasma lingers in the air. To the untrained eye, the La Brea Tar Pits seem to be nothing more than simply pools of thick, viscous black sludge...The pit’s contents have spelled the doom for a countless number of creatures both large and small, from legions of insects to mighty mastodons, mammoths, and snarling saber-toothed cats from the Pleistocene Era. La Brea Tar Pits are considered by many scientists to be among the greatest finds in modern history.

Lusius Quietus was the military commander responsible for helping quell one of the biggest rebellions in Roman history. The conflict was named the Kitos War, but how much do we know about it? The topic itself, much like other major Jewish revolts against Rome, is difficult to discuss due to the scarcity of historical evidence. But in this handy tome, you’ll learn some of the basics of the Kitos War. We have included facts and hypotheses constructed from available historical data found in scrolls, inscriptions, statues, and archaeological findings.

In the year 570 CE, a child by the name of Muhammad is born in the Arabian city of Mecca. Sixty-two years later, he dies, and upon his death, the faith that he founded, Islam ("obedience to the one God"), dominates the western half of the Arabian Peninsula. By the end of the first millennium CE, four centuries after the death of Muhammad, Islam has grown to dominate western Asia, north and east Africa, the Levant, and the Iberian Peninsula.