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How the World Made the West

'World history at its best' Simon Sebag Montefiore

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

168 kr

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'One of the most fascinating and important works of global history to appear for many years' William Dalrymple'Quinn has done a lot more than reinvent the wheel. What we have here is a truly encyclopaedic and monumental account of the ancient world' The TimesAncient Greece and Rome are considered the parents of Western civilisation. But the ancient world was much more interconnected than we realise - a place of constant exchange, commerce and theft, sex, war and enslavement.Journeying from the Levant of 2500 BC to the dawn of the Age of Exploration, Josephine Quinn argues that the roots of the West can be found in everything from Indian mathematics to the chariots of the Steppe, from Arabic poetry to the Phoenician art of sailing. The result is an epic and revelatory history of our shared past.'Superb, refreshing and full of delights, this is world history at its best' Simon Sebag-Montefiore‘Full of little gem-like shifts of perspective’ Guardian‘Scintillates with its focus on the unexpected’ Economist‘A work of great confidence, empathy, learning and imagination’ Rory Stewart‘This is, in every way, a big book’ Times Literary SupplementLONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2025A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: The Times/Sunday Times, Observer, Economist, Guardian, BBC History Magazine, i-paper and History Today

Västvärldens födelse

AvJosephine Quinn

Inbunden, Svenska, 2025

(4)

279 kr

Den traditionella historieskrivningen säger att västvärlden såsom vi känner den idag grundades på idéer från de antika grekerna och romarna. Men stämmer verkligen detta? Josephine Quinn tar med läsaren på en resa genom platser som Egypten, Indien och Arabvärlden, från Bronsåldern till 1700-talet, och visar på ett nytt sätt att se på västvärldens uppkomst. I denna hyllade och banbrytande bok argumenterar Quinn för att vår historia inte går att begränsa till enskilda ”civilisationer”, utan har skapats genom kontakten mellan människor och kulturer, världen över.

In Search of the Phoenicians

AvJosephine Quinn

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

322 kr

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Who were the ancient Phoenicians—and did they actually exist?The Phoenicians traveled the Mediterranean long before the Greeks and Romans, trading, establishing settlements, and refining the art of navigation. But who these legendary sailors really were has long remained a mystery. In Search of the Phoenicians makes the startling claim that the "Phoenicians" never actually existed as such. Taking readers from the ancient world to today, this book argues that the notion of these sailors as a coherent people with a shared identity, history, and culture is a product of modern nationalist ideologies—and a notion very much at odds with the ancient sources.

In Search of the Phoenicians

AvJosephine Quinn

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

376 kr

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Who were the ancient Phoenicians, and did they actually exist? The Phoenicians traveled the Mediterranean long before the Greeks and Romans, trading, establishing settlements, and refining the art of navigation. But who these legendary sailors really were has long remained a mystery. In Search of the Phoenicians makes the startling claim that the "Phoenicians" never actually existed. Taking readers from the ancient world to today, this monumental book argues that the notion of these sailors as a coherent people with a shared identity, history, and culture is a product of modern nationalist ideologies--and a notion very much at odds with the ancient sources. Josephine Quinn shows how the belief in this historical mirage has blinded us to the compelling identities and communities these people really constructed for themselves in the ancient Mediterranean, based not on ethnicity or nationhood but on cities, family, colonial ties, and religious practices.She traces how the idea of "being Phoenician" first emerged in support of the imperial ambitions of Carthage and then Rome, and only crystallized as a component of modern national identities in contexts as far-flung as Ireland and Lebanon. In Search of the Phoenicians delves into the ancient literary, epigraphic, numismatic, and artistic evidence for the construction of identities by and for the Phoenicians, ranging from the Levant to the Atlantic, and from the Bronze Age to late antiquity and beyond. A momentous scholarly achievement, this book also explores the prose, poetry, plays, painting, and polemic that have enshrined these fabled seafarers in nationalist histories from sixteenth-century England to twenty-first century Tunisia.

How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History

AvJosephine Quinn

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

302 kr

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In Search of the Phoenicians

AvJosephine Quinn

E-bok

Engelska, 2017

499 kr

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Who were the ancient Phoenicians, and did they actually exist?The Phoenicians traveled the Mediterranean long before the Greeks and Romans, trading, establishing settlements, and refining the art of navigation. But who these legendary sailors really were has long remained a mystery. In Search of the Phoenicians makes the startling claim that the “Phoenicians” never actually existed. Taking readers from the ancient world to today, this monumental book argues that the notion of these sailors as a coherent people with a shared identity, history, and culture is a product of modern nationalist ideologies—and a notion very much at odds with the ancient sources.Josephine Quinn shows how the belief in this historical mirage has blinded us to the compelling identities and communities these people really constructed for themselves in the ancient Mediterranean, based not on ethnicity or nationhood but on cities, family, colonial ties, and religious practices. She traces how the idea of “being Phoenician” first emerged in support of the imperial ambitions of Carthage and then Rome, and only crystallized as a component of modern national identities in contexts as far-flung as Ireland and Lebanon.In Search of the Phoenicians delves into the ancient literary, epigraphic, numismatic, and artistic evidence for the construction of identities by and for the Phoenicians, ranging from the Levant to the Atlantic, and from the Bronze Age to late antiquity and beyond. A momentous scholarly achievement, this book also explores the prose, poetry, plays, painting, and polemic that have enshrined these fabled seafarers in nationalist histories from sixteenth-century England to twenty-first century Tunisia.

How the World Made the West

'World History at its Best' Simon Sebag Montefiore

AvJosephine Quinn

E-bok

Engelska, 2024

346 kr

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A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: The Times/Sunday Times, Observer, Economist, Guardian, BBC History Magazine, i-paper, Novara Media and History Today''Quinn has done a lot more than reinvent the wheel. What we have here is a truly encyclopaedic and monumental account of the ancient world'' THE TIMES''One of the most fascinating and important works of global history to appear for many years'' WILLIAM DALRYMPLEThe West, the story goes, was built on the ideas and values of Ancient Greece and Rome, which disappeared from Europe during the Dark Ages and were then rediscovered by the Renaissance. But what if that isn''t true?In a bold and magisterial work of immense scope, Josephine Quinn argues that the real story of the West is much bigger than this established paradigm leads us to believe. So much of our shared history has been lost, drowned out by the concept – developed in the Victorian era – of separate ''civilisations''.Moving from the Bronze Age to the Age of Exploration, How the World Made the West reveals a new narrative: one that traces the millennia of global encounters and exchange that built what is now called the West, as societies met, tangled and sometimes grew apart. From the creation of the alphabet by Levantine workers in Egypt, who in a foreign land were prompted to write things down in their own language for the first time, to the arrival of Indian numbers in Europe via the Arab world, Quinn makes the case that understanding societies in isolation is both out-of-date and wrong. It is contact and connections, rather than solitary civilisations, that drive historical change. It is not peoples that make history – people do.''A work of great confidence, empathy, learning and imagination'' RORY STEWART''Bold, beautifully written and filled with insights . . . Extraordinary'' PETER FRANKOPAN

How the World Made the West

'World History at its Best' Simon Sebag Montefiore

AvJosephine Quinn

E-bok

PDF, Engelska, 2024

177 kr

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A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: The Times/Sunday Times, Observer, Economist, Guardian, BBC History Magazine, i-paper, Novara Media and History Today''Quinn has done a lot more than reinvent the wheel. What we have here is a truly encyclopaedic and monumental account of the ancient world'' THE TIMES''One of the most fascinating and important works of global history to appear for many years'' WILLIAM DALRYMPLEThe West, the story goes, was built on the ideas and values of Ancient Greece and Rome, which disappeared from Europe during the Dark Ages and were then rediscovered by the Renaissance. But what if that isn''t true?In a bold and magisterial work of immense scope, Josephine Quinn argues that the real story of the West is much bigger than this established paradigm leads us to believe. So much of our shared history has been lost, drowned out by the concept – developed in the Victorian era – of separate ''civilisations''.Moving from the Bronze Age to the Age of Exploration, How the World Made the West reveals a new narrative: one that traces the millennia of global encounters and exchange that built what is now called the West, as societies met, tangled and sometimes grew apart. From the creation of the alphabet by Levantine workers in Egypt, who in a foreign land were prompted to write things down in their own language for the first time, to the arrival of Indian numbers in Europe via the Arab world, Quinn makes the case that understanding societies in isolation is both out-of-date and wrong. It is contact and connections, rather than solitary civilisations, that drive historical change. It is not peoples that make history – people do.''A work of great confidence, empathy, learning and imagination'' RORY STEWART''Bold, beautifully written and filled with insights . . . Extraordinary'' PETER FRANKOPAN

Der Westen

Eine Erfindung der globalen Welt. 4000 Jahre Geschichte

AvJosephine Quinn

E-bok

Tyska, 2025

329 kr

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»Hervorragend, erfrischend und voller Freuden, dies ist Weltgeschichte vom Feinsten.« Simon Sebag MontefioreGriechenland und Rom gelten als die Begründer der westlichen Zivilisation. Doch die antike Welt war viel stärker miteinander verbunden, als wir es uns vorstellen – ein Ort ständigen Austauschs, Handels und Diebstahls, von Sex, Krieg und Versklavung. Auf einer Reise von der Levante des Jahres 2500 v. Chr. bis zum Beginn des Zeitalters der Entdeckungen erfahren wir, wo die Wurzeln des Westens zu finden sind. Mit tiefgründigen Einblicken und einer fesselnden Erzählweise bietet Josephine Quinn eine neue globale Perspektive auf unsere gemeinsame Vergangenheit.Unsere Sicht auf die Geschichte besagt, dass der Westen auf den Errungenschaften und Werten des antiken Griechenlands und Roms aufgebaut ist, die während des Mittelalters aus Europa verschwanden und dann in der Renaissance wiederentdeckt wurden. Aber was, wenn das nicht stimmt? Von der Bronzezeit bis zum Zeitalter der Entdeckungen enthüllt die Autorin eine neue Erzählung: eine, die die Jahrtausende globaler Begegnungen und Austauschs nachzeichnet, die das formten, was heute als der Westen bezeichnet wird, während sich Gesellschaften trafen, verstrickten und auseinanderwuchsen. Von der Schaffung des Alphabets durch levantinische Arbeiter in Ägypten bis zur Ankunft indischer Zahlen in Europa über die arabische Welt, zeigt Quinn, dass das Verständnis von Gesellschaften in Isolation falsch ist. Es sind Kontakte und Verbindungen, die den historischen Wandel vorantreiben. Menschen, nicht Völker machen die Geschichte. »Quinn hat viel mehr getan, als das Rad neu zu erfinden. Was wir hier haben, ist ein wahrhaft enzyklopädisches und monumentales Werk über die antike Welt« - The Times »Eines der faszinierendsten und wichtigsten Werke der Weltgeschichte seit vielen Jahren« - William Dalrymple »Ein Werk von großer Zuversicht, Empathie, Gelehrsamkeit und Fantasie« - Rory Stewart »Kühn, wunderschön geschrieben und voller Einsichten ... Außergewöhnlich.« Peter Frankopan»Hervorragend, erfrischend und voller Freuden, dies ist Weltgeschichte vom Feinsten.« Simon Sebag-Montefiore »Dies ist in jeder Hinsicht ein großes Buch.« TLS»Ein faszinierender Blick auf die Weltgeschichte aus der breitesten möglichen Perspektive.« - Kirkus Review

Der Westen

AvJosephine Quinn

Inbunden, Tyska, 2025

413 kr

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Västvärldens födelse

AvJosephine Quinn

E-bok

Svenska, 2025

79 kr

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Den traditionella historieskrivningen säger att västvärlden såsom vi känner den idag grundades på idéer från de antika grekerna och romarna. Men stämmer verkligen detta? Josephine Quinn tar med läsaren på en resa genom platser som Egypten, Indien och Arabvärlden, från Bronsåldern till 1700-talet, och visar på ett nytt sätt att se på västvärldens uppkomst. I denna hyllade och banbrytande bok argumenterar Quinn för att vår historia inte går att begränsa till enskilda ”civilisationer”, utan har skapats genom kontakten mellan människor och kulturer, världen över.