Reclaiming a Plundered Past: Archaeology and Nation Building in Modern Iraq
ISBN: 9780292725959 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The looting of the Iraqi National Museum in April of 2003 provoked a world outcry at the loss of artifacts regarded as part of humanity's shared cultural patrimony. But though the losses were unprecedented in scale, the museum looting was hardly the first time that Iraqi heirlooms had been plundered or put to political uses. From the beginning of archaeology as a modern science in the nineteenth century, Europeans excavated and appropriated Iraqi antiquities as relics of the birth of Western civilization. Since Iraq was created in 1921, the modern state has used archaeology to forge a... The looting of the Iraqi National Museum in April of 2003 provoked a world outcry at the loss of artifacts regarded as part of humanity's shared cu... |
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The Oldest Cuisine in the World: Cooking in Mesopotamia
ISBN: 9780226067346 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this intriguing blend of the commonplace and the ancient, Jean Bottero presents the first extensive look at the delectable secrets of Mesopotamia. Bottero's broad perspective takes us inside the religious rites, everyday rituals, attitudes and taboos, and even the detailed preparation techniques involving food and drink in Mesopotamian high culture during the second and third millennia BCE, as the Mesopotamians recorded them. Offering everything from translated recipes for pigeon and gazelle stews, the contents of medicinal teas and broths, and the origins of ingredients native to... In this intriguing blend of the commonplace and the ancient, Jean Bottero presents the first extensive look at the delectable secrets of Mesopotami... |
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The Logistics and Politics of the British Campaigns in the Middle East, 1914-22
ISBN: 9780230233003 / Angielski / Twarda / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An examination of how the logistical demands of the British military campaigns in Palestine and Mesopotamia led to a more intrusive and authoritarian form of imperial control in 1917-18. This early example of Western military intervention in the Middle East provoked a localized backlash in 1919-20 whose effects continue to be felt today.
An examination of how the logistical demands of the British military campaigns in Palestine and Mesopotamia led to a more intrusive and authoritarian ...
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War Journal: My Five Years in Iraq
ISBN: 9781416563051 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the most dramatic and intimate account of battle reporting since Michael Herr's classic "Dispatches," NBC News's award-winning Middle East Bureau Chief, Richard Engel, offers an unvarnished and often emotional account of five years in Iraq.
Engel is the longest serving broadcaster in Iraq and the only American television reporter to cover the country continuously before, during, and after the 2003 U.S. invasion. Fluent in Arabic, he has had unrivaled access to U.S. military commanders, Sunni insurgents, Shiite militias, Iraqi families, and even President George W. Bush, who called him... In the most dramatic and intimate account of battle reporting since Michael Herr's classic "Dispatches," NBC News's award-winning Middle East Bureau C...
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106,80 zł |
Beyond Islam : A New Understanding of the Middle East
ISBN: 9781848850699 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this magisterial work, Sami Zubaida draws on a distinguished career's worth of experience trying to understand the region to address the fundamental question in Middle East studies: what is the Middle East? He argues, controversially, that to see it through the prism of Islam, as it is conventionally viewed, is to completely misunderstand it. Many of what we think of as the ""Islamic"" characteristics of the region are products of culture and society, not religion. To think of Islam itself as an essential, anti-modern force in the region rather than something shaped by specific... In this magisterial work, Sami Zubaida draws on a distinguished career's worth of experience trying to understand the region to address the fundame... |
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605,68 zł |
Rabi'a the Mystic and Her Fellow-Saints in Islam
ISBN: 9781108015912 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rabi'a, a female Sufi saint, was born in 717 CE and released from slavery to lead a life in pursuit of purity and perfect union with God. Her teachings and the numerous miracles attributed to her have made her an influential and revered figure in Sufi theology. This authoritative 1928 biography of the saint was written by Margaret Smith, who mastered numerous eastern languages, travelled extensively, and published a number of translations of important Arabic texts. Smith's linguistic skill and her immersion in the culture she studied has produced a book still considered an important account...
Rabi'a, a female Sufi saint, was born in 717 CE and released from slavery to lead a life in pursuit of purity and perfect union with God. Her teaching...
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Altorientalische Texte Zum Alten Testament
ISBN: 9783110026757 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "As long as the TUAT has not been completed and remains hardly affordable for students, this continues to be a useful collection for instruction purposes."
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Christoph Markschies "As long as the TUAT has not been completed and remains hardly affordable for students, this continues to be a useful collection for instructi...
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Lateinisch-griechisch-arabische Begegnungen
ISBN: 9783050046648 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 337 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Das spatmittelalterliche Mediterraneum war gepragt von komplexen Gesellschaften mit einem hohen Grad kultureller Heterogenitat. Menschen mit unterschiedlichen ethnischen, religiosen und linguistischen Hintergrunden lebten zum Teil schon seit Generationen, zum Teil erst kurzfristig mit- oder nebeneinander und kamen auf unterschiedlichen Ebenen miteinander in Kontakt. Die Erforschung dieser spatmittelalterlichen mediterranen "hotspots" kultureller Diversitat verspricht wichtige Erkenntnisse uber die Konstruktion von sozialen und kulturellen Identitaten und uber die integrativen und...
Das spatmittelalterliche Mediterraneum war gepragt von komplexen Gesellschaften mit einem hohen Grad kultureller Heterogenitat. Menschen mit unterschi...
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Canhasan Sites 3: Canhasan I, the Small Finds
ISBN: 9781898249245 / Angielski / Twarda / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume presents a descriptive account and catalogue of the registered small finds at Canhasan I. They have been grouped, described and then illustrated according to material.
This volume presents a descriptive account and catalogue of the registered small finds at Canhasan I. They have been grouped, described and then illus...
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227,14 zł |
Berenike and the Ancient Maritime Spice Route: Volume 18
ISBN: 9780520244306 / Angielski / Twarda / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The legendary overland silk road was not the only way to reach Asia for ancient travelers from the Mediterranean. During the Roman Empire s heyday, equally important maritime routes reached from the Egyptian Red Sea across the Indian Ocean. The ancient city of Berenike, located approximately 500 miles south of today s Suez Canal, was a significant port among these conduits. In this book, Steven E. Sidebotham, the archaeologist who excavated Berenike, uncovers the role the city played in the regional, local, and global economies during the eight centuries of its existence. Sidebotham analyzes...
The legendary overland silk road was not the only way to reach Asia for ancient travelers from the Mediterranean. During the Roman Empire s heyday, eq...
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Islam and Christianity: Theological Themes in Comparative Perspective
ISBN: 9780520255081 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In light of the widespread public perception of incompatibility between Islam and Christianity, this book provides a much-needed straightforward comparison of these two great faith traditions from a broad theological perspective. Award-winning scholar John Renard illuminates the similarities as well as the differences between Islam and Christianity through a clear exploration of four major dimensionshistorical, creedal, institutional, and ethical and spiritual. Throughout, the book features comparisons between concrete elements such as creedal statements, prayer texts, and writings from major...
In light of the widespread public perception of incompatibility between Islam and Christianity, this book provides a much-needed straightforward compa...
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Travels in Arabia: Comprehending an Account of Those Territories in Hadjaz Which the Mohammedans Regard as Sacred
ISBN: 9781108022866 / Angielski / Miękka / 454 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John Lewis Burckhardt (1784 1817) was a Swiss explorer who is best remembered for his rediscovery of the ancient city of Petra in modern Jordan. In 1809 he was commissioned by the African Association to discover the source of the River Niger. In preparation for this journey, for which he needed to pass as a Muslim, Burckhardt spent two years exploring and studying Arabic and Islamic law in Aleppo, before travelling widely in Arabia and Egypt. These volumes, first published by the African Association in 1829, contain his account of the time he spent in Mecca and Medina: he was the first...
John Lewis Burckhardt (1784 1817) was a Swiss explorer who is best remembered for his rediscovery of the ancient city of Petra in modern Jordan. In 18...
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181,65 zł |
The Muslim Conquest of Iberia : Medieval Arabic Narratives
ISBN: 9780415673204 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text explores the medieval Islamic historiography relating to the Arab conquest of Spain in 711, arguing that the body of medieval Arabic tradition about this conquest is a showcase for the diversity and creativity of medieval Islamic history-writing.
This text explores the medieval Islamic historiography relating to the Arab conquest of Spain in 711, arguing that the body of medieval Arabic traditi...
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Surging South of Baghdad: The 3d Infantry Division and Task Force MARNE in Iraq, 2007-2008
ISBN: 9781780390253 / Angielski / Miękka / 452 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. CMH Publication 59-2-1. Global War on Terrorism Series. From the foreword: "By late 2006, 31/2 years after the dramatic capture of Baghdad by U.S. and coalition forces, the war in Iraq was going badly. Sectarian tensions had erupted into violence and American public support for the war was at an all-time low. For better or worse, the George W. Bush administration decided to gamble on a troop increase, sending thirty thousand additional U.S. troops to Iraq in order to stop the bloodshed and bring stability to Baghdad and the surrounding area. By June 2007, they were all in place, and the...
CMH Publication 59-2-1. Global War on Terrorism Series. From the foreword: "By late 2006, 31/2 years after the dramatic capture of Baghdad by U.S. and...
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215,11 zł |
Velvet Jihad: Muslim Women's Quiet Resistance to Islamic Fundamentalism
ISBN: 9780813037301 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The originality of Velvet Jihadis in its bringing together a huge amount of data on various aspects of Muslim women s lives from all over the Muslim world. Shirazi challenges the stereotypes that attribute 'exceptionality' to Islam."--Shahla Haeri, Boston University There are numerous conflicts ensuing in the Middle East, but not all are being fought with rockets and rifles. While the Internet has proven invaluable to those who wish to uphold a patriarchal society and spread the message of Islamic fundamentalism, Muslim women have used the Web to build a transnational... "The originality of Velvet Jihadis in its bringing together a huge amount of data on various aspects of Muslim women s lives from all over t... |
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The Muntakhab Siwan Al-Hikmah of Abu Sulaiman As-Sijistani: Arabic Text, Introduction and Indices
ISBN: 9789027933775 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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A Historical Geography of Anatolia in the Old Assyrian Colony Period
ISBN: 9788763536455 / Angielski / Twarda / 556 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Includes a revised model of the historical geography of Anatolia in the Old Assyrian Colony Period (c 1969-1715 BC) that is based on topographical, archaeological and written records. This book contains translations and discussions of passages from hundreds Old Assyrian texts and gives an inventory of Anatolian toponyms with photographs and maps.
Includes a revised model of the historical geography of Anatolia in the Old Assyrian Colony Period (c 1969-1715 BC) that is based on topographical, ar...
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Reconstructing Gender in Middle East: Tradition, Identity, and Power
ISBN: 9780231101233 / Angielski / Miękka / 233 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of essays which questions long-standing stereotypes about the traditional subordination of women in the Middle East. It offers an exploration of tradition, identity, and power in different parts of the Middle East.
A collection of essays which questions long-standing stereotypes about the traditional subordination of women in the Middle East. It offers an explora...
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159,39 zł |
Mount Sinai
ISBN: 9780292730946 / Angielski / Miękka / 377 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Amid the high mountains of Egypt's southern Sinai Peninsula stands Jebel Musa, "Mount Moses," revered by most Christians and Muslims as Mount Sinai. (Jewish tradition holds that Mount Sinai should remain terra incognita, unlocated, and does not associate it with this mountain.) In this fascinating study, Joseph Hobbs draws on geography and archaeology, Biblical and Quranic accounts, and the experiences of people ranging from Christian monks to Bedouin shepherds to casual tourists to explore why this mountain came to be revered as a sacred place and how that very perception now threatens... Amid the high mountains of Egypt's southern Sinai Peninsula stands Jebel Musa, "Mount Moses," revered by most Christians and Muslims as Mount Sinai... |
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Koptische Dokumentarische Und Literarische Texte
ISBN: 9783110239676 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The volume contains 21 documentary and 2 literary texts from the Vienna papyrus collection; private and business letters, lists, orders, a lease, a receipt, contracts, the testimony of a witness and two homilies. The majority of the texts presented here most likely come from the Hermopolites, one probably from Achmim and two from the region of Aphrodito. The documents are written in Sahidic on papyrus, paper and ostraca. The volume contains 21 documentary and 2 literary texts from the Vienna papyrus collection; private and business letters, lists, orders, a lease, a... |
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520,47 zł |