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Scattered through the vast expanse of stone and sand that makes up Egypt’s Western Desert are several oases. These islands of green in the midst of the Sahara owe their existence to springs and wells drawing on ancient aquifers. In antiquity, as today, they supported agricultural communities, going back to Neolithic times but expanding greatly in the millennium from the Saite pharaohs to the Roman emperors. New technologies of irrigation and transportation made the oases integral parts of an imperial economy. Amheida, ancient Trimithis, was one of those oasis communities. Located in the western part of the Dakhla Oasis, it was an important regional center, reaching a peak in the Roman period before being abandoned. Over the past decade, excavations at this well-preserved site have revealed its urban layout and brought to light houses, streets, a bath, a school, and a church. The only standing brick pyramid of the Roman period in Egypt has been restored. Wall-paintings, temple reliefs, pottery, and texts all contribute to give a lively sense of its political, religious, economic, and cultural life. This book presents these aspects of the city’s existence and its close ties to the Nile valley, by way of long desert roads, in an accessible and richly illustrated fashion.

Excavations (Archaeology) --- Amheida Site (Egypt) --- Egypt --- Antiquities, Roman. --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Amheida (Egypte : Site archéologique) --- Egypte --- Antiquités romaines --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Amheida (Egypte : Site archéologique) --- Antiquités romaines --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Antiquities

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Most of the everyday writing from the ancient world-that is, informal writing not intended for a long life or wide public distribution-has perished. Reinterpreting the silences and blanks of the historical record, leading papyrologist Roger S. Bagnall convincingly argues that ordinary people-from Britain to Egypt to Afghanistan-used writing in their daily lives far more extensively than has been recognized. Marshalling new and little-known evidence, including remarkable graffiti recently discovered in Smyrna, Bagnall presents a fascinating analysis of writing in different segments of society. His book offers a new picture of literacy in the ancient world in which Aramaic rivals Greek and Latin as a great international language, and in which many other local languages develop means of written expression alongside these metropolitan tongues.

Written communication --- Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) --- Printed ephemera --- Graffiti --- Ostraka --- Coptic inscriptions --- Syriac language --- History --- Ostraka. --- History. --- Written discourse --- Written language --- Communication --- Discourse analysis --- Language and languages --- Visual communication --- Ephemera, Printed --- Ephemeral printing --- Printing, Ephemeral --- Street literature --- Ostraca --- Potsherds (Ostraka) --- Paleography --- Pottery --- Writing materials and instruments --- Graffiti culture --- Folklore --- Inscriptions --- Street art --- Inscriptions, Coptic --- Written communication - Egypt - History --- Written communication - Middle East - History --- Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) - Egypt --- Printed ephemera - History --- Graffiti - History --- Coptic inscriptions - Egypt --- Syriac language - Texts --- afghanistan. --- ancient world. --- antiquity. --- aramaic. --- britain. --- coptic inscriptions. --- documents. --- egypt. --- ephemera. --- graffiti. --- greek. --- hellenism. --- hellenistic east. --- history. --- informal writing. --- latin. --- linguistics. --- literacy. --- manuscripts. --- middle east. --- nonfiction. --- ostraka. --- papyri. --- papyrus. --- potsherds. --- roman egypt. --- roman empire. --- roman history. --- roman near east. --- slavery. --- smyrna. --- writing. --- written communication. --- Communication écrite --- Égypte --- Antiquité --- Moyen-Orient --- Sources --- Communication écrite --- Égypte --- Antiquité

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Born into a Xhosa royal family around 1792 in South Africa, Jan Tzatzoe was destined to live in an era of profound change-one that witnessed the arrival and entrenchment of European colonialism. As a missionary, chief, and cultural intermediary on the eastern Cape frontier and in Cape Town and a traveler in Great Britain, Tzatzoe helped foster the merging of African and European worlds into a new South African reality. Yet, by the 1860's, despite his determined resistance, he was an oppressed subject of harsh British colonial rule. In this innovative, richly researched, and splendidly written biography, Roger S. Levine reclaims Tzatzoe's lost story and analyzes his contributions to, and experiences with, the turbulent colonial world to argue for the crucial role of Africans as agents of cultural and intellectual change.

Xhosa (African people) --- Missionaries --- Christian biography --- Social change --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Christian life --- Christianity --- Christians --- Church biography --- Ecclesiastical biography --- Biography --- Religious biography --- Amaxosa (African people) --- Kāpiri (African people) --- Koosa (African people) --- Xosa --- Xosa (African people) --- Ethnology --- Nguni (African people) --- Kings and rulers --- History --- Tzatzoe, Jan, --- Political and social views. --- South Africa --- Africa, South --- Colonization. --- Ethnic relations

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Get a quick, expert overview of the key issues surrounding best practices and current consensus on major depressive disorder (MDD). This concise resource by Drs. Roger S. McIntyre, Carola Rong, Mehala Subramaniapillai, and Yena Lee consolidates today available information on this complex topic into one convenient resource, making it an ideal, easy-to-digest reference for both psychiatrists and primary care physicians. -- From product description.

Depression, Mental. --- Depressive Disorder, Major. --- Dejection --- Depression, Unipolar --- Depressive disorder --- Depressive psychoses --- Melancholia --- Mental depression --- Unipolar depression --- Affective disorders --- Neurasthenia --- Neuroses --- Manic-depressive illness --- Melancholy --- Sadness --- Bipolar disorder

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Goes beyond the church-versus-state debate to argue that religious belief and spiritual practice are integral to the politics of social change; and that political insights and activism are essential to authentic religious life.

Religion and politics --- Social justice --- USA.