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This book proposes a long view of Byzantium, one that begins in the early Roman empire and extends all the way to the modern period. It is a provocative thought-experiment which posits Byzantium as the most stable and enduring form of Greco-Roman society, forming a sturdy bridge between antiquity and the early modern period, as well as between East and West, and which sees the ancient Greek, Roman, and Christian traditions as flowing together. It offers a Byzantium unbound by other cultures and fields of study that would artificially cut it down to size.

Byzantine Empire --- History. --- Civilization. --- HISTORY / Civilization. --- Ancient history. --- Byzantium. --- Constantinople. --- Greco-Roman. --- Mediterranean. --- civilization.

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Este trabajo es un intento de bosquejar un análisis comparativo de ciertos complejos sociales especificos que, pese a haber atraído mucho la atención de ideólogos sociales políticos, no han sido hasta ahora investigados en forma completa y objetiva por estudiosos de las ciencias sociales. Este trabajo es el primer intento de resumir los resultados de una investigación desarrollada por el autor, con la cooperación de colaboradores y discípulos a lo largo de muchos años en Europa y Estados Unidos.

Nationalism. --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Political science --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- HISTORY / Civilization --- Cultura. --- Nationalisme. --- Social & cultural history

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In The Reign of Adad-nīrārī III , Luis Siddall examines the evidence and edits new inscriptions from the king’s reign to investigate the chronology, campaigns, imperial administration and royal ideology of the period. While historians have typically viewed this period as one of turmoil, imperial recession, political weakness and decentralisation, Siddall shows that Adad-nīrārī’s reign marked a period of imperial stability, chiefly through changes to the administration. However, while politically successful, the imperial policy affected the king’s ideological expression, particularly in terms of the description of the campaigns in Adad-nīrārī's inscriptions and his limited use of royal titles. 'Scholars working on the Neo-Assyrian period cannot afford to miss Siddall's fresh assessment of the evidence for Adad-nirari's reign. He offers a re-evaluation of several texts but perhaps more importantly, he proposes a few methodological innovations that shed new light on the history of Assyria in the 9th century.' Bill T. Arnold (Asbury Theological Seminary)

Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian. --- Akkadian language --- Inscriptions cunéiformes akkadiennes --- Akkadien (Langue) --- Texts. --- Textes --- Adad-nirari --- Assyria --- Assyrie --- Kings and rulers. --- History. --- History --- Sources. --- Rois et souverains --- Histoire --- Sources --- Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian --- Kings and rulers --- Inscriptions cunéiformes akkadiennes --- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. --- HISTORY / Civilization. --- Akkadian cuneiform inscriptions --- Assur (Kingdom) --- Asshur (Kingdom) --- Akkadian language - Texts --- Assyria - History --- Adad-nirari - III, - King of Assyria, - active 810 B.C.-783 B.C. --- Assyria - Kings and rulers --- Assyria - History - Sources

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"Who were the First Americans? Where did they come from? When did they get here? Are they the ancestors of modern Native Americans? These questions might seem straightforward, but scientists in competing fields have failed to convince one another with their theories and evidence, much less Native American peoples. The practice of science in its search for the First Americans is a flawed endeavor, Robert V. Davis tells us. His book is an effort to explain why. Most American history textbooks today teach that the First Americans migrated to North America on foot from East Asia over a land bridge during the last ice age, 12,000 to 13,000 years ago. In fact, that theory hardly represents the scientific consensus, and it has never won many Native adherents. In many ways, attempts to identify the first Americans embody the conflicts in American society between accepting the practical usefulness of science and honoring cultural values. Davis explores how the contested definition of "First Americans" reflects the unsettled status of Native traditional knowledge, scientific theories, research methodologies, and public policy as they vie with one another for legitimacy in modern America. In this light he considers the traditional beliefs of Native Americans about their origins; the struggle for primacy-or even recognition as science-between the disciplines of anthropology and archaeology; and the mediating, interacting, and sometimes opposing influences of external authorities such as government agencies, universities, museums, and the press. Fossil remains from Mesa Verde, Clovis, and other sites testify to the presence of First Americans. What remains unsettled, as The Search for the First Americans makes clear, is not only who these people were, where they came from, and when, but also the very nature and practice of the science searching for answers. "-- "Case study of the practice of science in its search for the First Americans and examines: (1) the conflicts between the methods of science and the traditional beliefs of modern Native Americans; (2) the power struggles for primacy of place internal to the sciences themselves; and (3) the interactions with external authorities such as government agencies, the press, universities, and museums. It examines how First American issues have been defined and how differences in cultural myths, scientific theories, research methodologies and public policy remain unsettled in modern America. It also investigates the blurred boundaries between science and myth as well as between fact and theory that ultimately weaken the credibility of science as a cultural mechanism for interpreting the natural world"--

HISTORY / Civilization. --- HISTORY / Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. --- Indians of South America --- Indians of North America --- Origin. --- Science. --- Ethnic identity. --- Government relations. --- History. --- Indian inspectors --- American aborigines --- American Indians --- First Nations (North America) --- Indians of the United States --- Indigenous peoples --- Native Americans --- North American Indians --- Government policy --- Race identity --- Culture --- Ethnology --- First Americans;Native American archaeology;Archaeology;Native myths;Pre-Clovis;Clovis;American Indian mythology;origin stories;Mesa Verde;Meadowcroft;Atlantis;Chinese Bestiary;Bioanthropology;Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act;Kennewick Man;Tarim Basin;Clovis-First