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21 produkter
The Camel and the Wheel
Häftad, 1990
648 kr
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Why, for many centuries, was the wheel abandoned in the Middle East in favor of the camel as a means of transport? This richly illustrated study explains this anomaly. Drawing on archaeology, art, technology, anthropology, linguistics, and camel husbandry, Bulliet explores the implications for the …
The Columbia History of the Twentieth Century
Inbunden, 1998
1768 kr
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In the parade of highlights with which many have tried to sum up the twentieth century, the overarching patterns and fundamental transformations often fail to come into focus. The Columbia History of the 20th Century, however, is much more than a chronicle of the previous century's front-page news. …
The Columbia History of the Twentieth Century
Häftad, 2000
492 kr
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In the parade of highlights with which many have tried to sum up the twentieth century, the overarching patterns and fundamental transformations often fail to come into focus. The Columbia History of the 20th Century, however, is much more than a chronicle of the previous century's front-page news. …
Islam
The View from the Edge
Inbunden, 1995
1240 kr
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This concise revisionist account of the historical evolution of Islamic society goes beyond the caliph and the capital. The author abandons the historian's habit of viewing Islamic history "from the centre", that is, focusing on the rise and fall of imperial dynasties. Instead, he derives a more …
Islam
The View from the Edge
Häftad, 1995
694 kr
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Bulliet abandons the historian's habit of viewing Islamic history "from the center," that is, focusing on the rise and fall of imperial dynasties. Instead, he derives an understanding of how and why Islam became -- and continues to be -- so rooted in the social structure of the vast majority of …
The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization
Inbunden, 2004
948 kr
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Conventional wisdom maintains that the differences between Islam and Christianity are irreconcilable. Pre-eminent Middle East scholar Richard W. Bulliet disagrees, and in this fresh, provocative book he looks beneath the rhetoric of hatred and misunderstanding to challenge prevailing-and …
The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization
Häftad, 2006
320 kr
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Conventional wisdom maintains that the differences between Islam and Christianity are irreconcilable. Pre-eminent Middle East scholar Richard W. Bulliet disagrees, and in this fresh, provocative book he looks beneath the rhetoric of hatred and misunderstanding to challenge prevailing-and …
Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran
A Moment in World History
Inbunden, 2009
1152 kr
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A boom in the production and export of cotton made Iran the richest region of the Islamic caliphate in the ninth and tenth centuries. Yet in the eleventh century, Iran's impressive agricultural economy entered a steep decline, bringing the country's primacy to an end. Richard W. Bulliet advances …
Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran
A Moment in World History
Häftad, 2011
289 kr
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A boom in the production and export of cotton made Iran the richest region of the Islamic caliphate in the ninth and tenth centuries. Yet in the eleventh century, Iran's impressive agricultural economy entered a steep decline, bringing the country's primacy to an end. Richard W. Bulliet advances …
The Wheel
Inventions and Reinventions
Inbunden, 2016
246 kr
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In this book, Richard W. Bulliet focuses on three major phases in the evolution of the wheel and their relationship to the needs and ambitions of human society. He begins in 4000 B.C.E. with the first wheels affixed to axles. He then follows with the innovation of wheels turning independently on …
The Earth and Its Peoples
A Global History
Av Richard Bulliet, Pamela Crossley m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
1362 kr
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Bulliet/Crossley/Headrick/Hirsch/Johnson/Northrup's THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLES: A GLOBAL HISTORY, 8th EDITION, presents world history in a balanced, global framework, shifting the focus away from political centers of power and toward the living conditions and activities of ordinary people. This …
The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History, Volume 1
Av Richard Bulliet, Pamela Crossley m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
1211 kr
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Bulliet/Crossley/Headrick/Hirsch/Johnson/Northrup's THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLES: A GLOBAL HISTORY, 8th EDITION, presents world history in a balanced, global framework, shifting the focus away from political centers of power and toward the living conditions and activities of ordinary people. This …
The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History, Volume 2
Av Richard Bulliet, Pamela Crossley m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
1128 kr
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Bulliet/Crossley/Headrick/Hirsch/Johnson/Northrup's THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLES: A GLOBAL HISTORY, 8th EDITION, presents world history in a balanced, global framework, shifting the focus away from political centers of power and toward the living conditions and activities of ordinary people. This …
The Earth and Its Peoples
A Global History, Volume I
Av Richard Bulliet, Pamela Crossley m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
1211 kr
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Featuring a beautiful new design, THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLES, 7th Edition, presents world history in a balanced, global framework, shifting the focus away from political centers of power and toward the living conditions and activities of ordinary people. This truly global world history book employs …
The Earth and Its Peoples
A Global History, Volume II
Av Richard Bulliet, Pamela Crossley m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
1153 kr
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Featuring a beautiful new design, THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLES, 7th Edition, presents world history in a balanced, global framework, shifting the focus away from political centers of power and toward the living conditions and activities of ordinary people. This truly global world history book employs …
One-Donkey Solution
A Satire
E-bok, 2011
137 kr
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A Harvard professor, an evangelical preacher, a self-described Rabbi, a German dominatrix, and the proprietor of a Scottish donkey refuge walk into bar...The End Times dominate their discussion. Agreeing that Christianity, Judaism, andIslam are all true religions, and recognizing that each faith …
Chakra
A Novel
E-bok, 2014
61 kr
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Lee Ingalls is living in Kokand, the capital of an obscure Central Asian republic. Her husband, a US Commerce Department consultant, introduces local entrepreneurs, only recently freed from Soviet rule, to the joys of capitalism. But as a scholar of the ancient Vedic language that was spoken in the …
Exploring Animal Energy in the Arid Zone
More Camels, Fewer Wheels
Inbunden, 2024
1272 kr
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Every society has an energy profile, that is, an array of energy sources, ranging in complexity from human power to nuclear fusion, that can be ranked according to their relative importance to that society. From about 4000 BE onward, animal muscle power becomes integrated into the energy profiles …
Exploring Animal Energy in the Arid Zone
More Camels, Fewer Wheels
Häftad, 2024
524 kr
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Every society has an energy profile, that is, an array of energy sources, ranging in complexity from human power to nuclear fusion, that can be ranked according to their relative importance to that society. From about 4000 BE onward, animal muscle power becomes integrated into the energy profiles …
