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Les routes de la soie : l'histoire du cœur du monde
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ISBN: 9782875231109 2875231103 Year: 2017 Publisher: Bruxelles : Éditions Nevicatan

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"Our world was made on and by the Silk Roads. For millennia it was here that East and West encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas and cultures, the birth of the world's great religions, the appetites for foreign goods that drove economies and the growth of nations. From the first cities in Mesopotamia to the growth of Greece and Rome to the depredations by the Mongols and the Black Death to the Great Game and the fall of Communism, the fate of the West has always been inextricably linked to the East. The Silk Roads vividly captures the importance of the networks that crisscrossed the spine of Asia and linked the Atlantic with the Pacific, the Mediterranean with India, America with the Persian Gulf. By way of events as disparate as the American Revolution and the horrific world wars of the twentieth century, Peter Frankopan realigns the world, orientating us eastwards, and illuminating how even the rise of the West 500 years ago resulted from its efforts to gain access to and control these Eurasian trading networks. In an increasingly globalized planet, where current events in Asia and the Middle East dominate the world's attention, this magnificent work of history is very much a work of our times"--


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First forts
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ISBN: 9789004187542 9789004187320 9004187324 9004187545 1282948865 9786612948862 Year: 2010 Volume: 60 Publisher: Leiden Boston Brill

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Proto-colonial archaeology explores the physical origins of the world culture that evolved out of contacts made in the Age of Exploration, from Columbus to Cromwell. The early defended sites show how colonizing Europeans first responded to the challenges of new environments and new peoples, and how their choices led to conquest, adaption, or failure. Fortifications, once necessary to protect the colonies, are now essential clues to understand their history. The first comparative study of proto-colonial fortifications, First Forts is a collection of essays written by leading archaeologists in the field. Meeting the needs of archaeologists and historians around the globe, this book will also appeal to military enthusiasts, preservationists, and students of the Age of Exploration. Contributors are David Orr, Kathleen Deagan, Steven Pendery, Eric Klingelhofer, Nicholas Luccketti, Edward Harris, Roger Leech, Paul Huey, Jay Haviser, Oscar Hefting, Christopher DeCorse, Ranjith Jayasena and Pieter Floore.


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Rethinking the Other in Antiquity
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ISBN: 9780691148526 069114852X 0691156352 9786612936494 1400836557 1282936492 9780691156354 9781400836550 9781282936492 Year: 2010 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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Prevalent among classicists today is the notion that Greeks, Romans, and Jews enhanced their own self-perception by contrasting themselves with the so-called Other--Egyptians, Phoenicians, Ethiopians, Gauls, and other foreigners--frequently through hostile stereotypes, distortions, and caricature. In this provocative book, Erich Gruen demonstrates how the ancients found connections rather than contrasts, how they expressed admiration for the achievements and principles of other societies, and how they discerned--and even invented--kinship relations and shared roots with diverse peoples. Gruen shows how the ancients incorporated the traditions of foreign nations, and imagined blood ties and associations with distant cultures through myth, legend, and fictive histories. He looks at a host of creative tales, including those describing the founding of Thebes by the Phoenician Cadmus, Rome's embrace of Trojan and Arcadian origins, and Abraham as ancestor to the Spartans. Gruen gives in-depth readings of major texts by Aeschylus, Herodotus, Xenophon, Plutarch, Julius Caesar, Tacitus, and others, in addition to portions of the Hebrew Bible, revealing how they offer richly nuanced portraits of the alien that go well beyond stereotypes and caricature. Providing extraordinary insight into the ancient world, this controversial book explores how ancient attitudes toward the Other often expressed mutuality and connection, and not simply contrast and alienation.

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Greeks --- Romans --- Aliens --- Culture conflict --- Civilization, Classical --- Attitudes --- History --- Public opinion --- Greece --- Rome --- Civilization --- Foreign influences --- Civilization, Classical. --- History. --- Foreign influences. --- Grecs --- Romains --- Etrangers --- Conflit culturel --- Civilisation ancienne --- Histoire --- Opinion publique --- Grèce --- Civilisation --- Influence étrangère --- Classical civilization --- Civilization, Ancient --- Classicism --- Cultural conflict --- Culture wars --- Conflict of cultures --- Intercultural conflict --- Social conflict --- Enemy aliens --- Expatriates --- Foreign citizens (Aliens) --- Foreign population --- Foreign residents --- Foreigners --- Noncitizens --- Resident aliens --- Unnaturalized foreign residents --- Persons --- Deportees --- Exiles --- Immigrants --- Refugees --- Ethnology --- Italic peoples --- Latini (Italic people) --- Mediterranean race --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Rim --- Roman Empire --- Roman Republic (510-30 B.C.) --- Romi (Empire) --- Byzantine Empire --- Rome (Italy) --- Griechenland --- Hellas --- Yaṿan --- Vasileion tēs Hellados --- Hellēnikē Dēmokratia --- République hellénique --- Royaume de Grèce --- Kingdom of Greece --- Hellenic Republic --- Ancient Greece --- Ελλάδα --- Ellada --- Ελλάς --- Ellas --- Ελληνική Δημοκρατία --- Ellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Elliniki Dimokratia --- Grecia --- Grčija --- Hellada --- اليونان --- يونان --- al-Yūnān --- Yūnān --- 希腊 --- Xila --- Греция --- Gret︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Public opinion&delete& --- Attitudes. --- Public opinion. --- Illegal aliens --- Illegal immigrants --- Non-citizens --- Unauthorized immigrants --- Undocumented aliens --- Undocumented immigrants --- Greeks - Attitudes - History - To 1500 --- Romans - Attitudes - History - To 1500 --- Aliens - Greece - Public opinion - History - To 1500 --- Aliens - Rome - Public opinion - History --- Culture conflict - History --- Greece - Civilization - To 146 B.C. - Foreign influences --- Rome - Civilization - Foreign influences --- Grèce --- Étrangers --- Influence étrangère --- Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C. --- Antiquité --- Étrangers --- Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C. --- Antiquité


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Le dérèglement du monde : Quand nos civilisation s'épuisent : essai
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ISBN: 9782253129974 2246681510 9782246681519 2253129976 Year: 2009 Volume: 31979 Publisher: Paris Bernard Grasset

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Culture conflict --- East and West. --- Globalization --- History. --- Political aspects. --- Arab countries --- Western countries --- Relations --- Déréglementation --- Vingt et unième siècle --- Déréglementation --- East and West --- BPB0904 --- Civilisation --- Mondialisation --- Global cities --- Globalisation --- Internationalization --- International relations --- Anti-globalization movement --- Civilization, Western --- Civilization, Oriental --- Occident and Orient --- Orient and Occident --- West and East --- Eastern question --- Cultural conflict --- Culture wars --- Conflict of cultures --- Intercultural conflict --- Social conflict --- History --- Political aspects --- Beschaving --- Globalisering --- Asian influences --- Oriental influences --- Western influences --- Occident --- West (Western countries) --- Western nations --- Western world --- Developed countries --- Arab world --- Arabic countries --- Arabic-speaking states --- Islamic countries --- Middle East --- Essay --- Globalization. --- Deregulation. --- History, Modern --- Twenty-first century --- Histoire --- Vingt et unième siècle --- globalizace --- παγκοσμιοποίηση --- globalizáció --- globalizacija --- globalisering --- globalizacja --- глобализација --- globalizare --- globalizácia --- globalizzazzjoni --- globalizzazione --- globalizim --- globalização --- globaliseerumine --- globalizācija --- globalización --- globalisaatio --- globalisation --- глобализация --- Globalisierung --- globalisering van de economie --- talouden globalisoituminen --- Globalisierung der Wirtschaft --- gazdasági globalizáció --- altermondialisme --- altermundialismo --- alterglobalização --- ekonomiskās darbības internacionalizācija --- alterglobalizm --- altermundialización --- economic globalisation --- globalizim ekonomik --- globalizácia ekonomiky --- globalizarea economiei --- οικονομική παγκοσμιοποίηση --- mondializzazione --- altermondialism --- globalizzazzjoni tal-ekonomija --- altermundialização --- alterglobalizacja --- алтерглобализация --- erilainen globalisaatio --- antiglobalizmus --- internaționalizarea activității economice --- majandustegevuse globaliseerumine --- mundialización de la economía --- globalizacija ekonomskih aktivnosti --- internacionalizacija ekonomskih aktivnosti --- globalisering av ekonomin --- alternativ globalisering --- alterglobalizacija --- интернационализиране на икономиката --- ekonomikos globalizacija --- globalizzazione dell'economia --- globalization --- economic globalization --- talouden kansainvälistyminen --- Internationalisierung der Wirtschaft --- globalisering af økonomien --- altermondialista mozgalom --- εναλλακτική παγκοσμιοποίηση --- talouden maailmanlaajuistuminen --- internacionalizacija gospodarstva --- ekonomiskās darbības globalizācija --- globalizacija gospodarstva --- ekonomikos internacionalizacija --- internationalisering af økonomien --- mondialisering af økonomien --- internacionalizace ekonomiky --- globalisation of economic activity --- globalisation de l'économie --- internazzjonalizzazzjoni tal-ekonomija --- gazdasági tevékenység globalizációja --- majanduse globaliseerumine --- alterglobalizmas --- ndërkombëtarizim i veprimtarisë ekonomike --- internationalisering van de economie --- παγκοσμιοποίηση της οικονομίας --- internationalisering av ekonomin --- globalizációellenesség --- ekonomická globalizace --- protiglobalizacija --- alterglobalizace --- globalisation of the economy --- ekonominės veiklos internacionalizacija --- globalizacja gospodarki --- internacionalização da economia --- економска глобализација --- internationalisation de l'économie --- alternative Globalisierung --- vaihtoehtoinen globalisaatio --- икономическа глобализация --- altermondialisation --- internacionalizácia ekonomiky --- ekonominės veiklos globalizacija --- globalizace světové ekonomiky --- глобализација привреде --- alterglobalizácia --- интернационализација привредне делатности --- internationalisation of economic activity --- διαφορετική παγκασμιοποίηση --- глобализација економије --- altermundismo --- internationalization of economic activity --- globalizim i ekonomisë --- altermondialismo --- antiglobalisering --- globalizzazione economica --- internacionalización de la economía --- алтерглобализъм --- majandustegevuse rahvusvahelistumine --- ekonomická globalizácia --- alterglobalismus --- globalizim i veprimtarisë ekonomike --- globalizace ekonomiky --- globalizzazzjoni ekonomika --- Altermondialisation --- mondialisation économique --- διεθνοποίηση της οικονομίας --- internazionalizzazione dell'economia --- gospodarska globalizacija --- globalización de la economía --- mondialisering van de economie --- globalización económica --- geglobaliseerde economie --- globalizarea activității economice --- mundialização da economia --- üleilmastumine --- mondialisering --- alternatiivne globaliseerumine --- interdipendenza a livello mondiale dell'economia --- globalizacja gospodarcza --- alternatīva globalizācijas kustība --- глобализиране на икономиката --- ekonomikas globalizācija --- altermondializare --- привредна глобализација --- altermondializmus --- civilización --- civilizáció --- tsivilisatsioon --- sivistys --- цивилизация --- civilizacija --- πολιτισμός --- Zivilisation --- beschaving --- civilisation --- civilizace --- civiltà --- civilizācija --- civilização --- cywilizacja --- civilizație --- ċivilizzazzjoni --- цивилизација --- qytetërim --- civilizácia --- civilization --- uljudba --- sibhialtacht --- domhandú --- 936 --- politique mondiale --- hedendaagse wereld na 1945 --- temps contemporains après 1945 --- Culture conflict - History --- Arab countries - Relations - Western countries --- Western countries - Relations - Arab countries --- Essay. --- Orient et Occident --- Relations internationales --- Conflit culturel --- Culture et relations internationales --- 21e siècle --- 2001-.... --- 21e siècle

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