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The legacy of the ancient greeks has shaped our worldthe first half of the book focuses on political and military history, from mycenae and the golden age of athens to the campaigns of alexander the greatpublisher: lorenz books; new edition edition (28 april )
24 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis wonderful 2 oz silver coin is the second issue of the "ancient chinese warriors" series dedicated to the chinese heroes of the pastin this issue - lyu buthe coin has wonderful and highly detailed reliefs, gold plating, an antique finish and is supplied in a box, together with the certificate of authenticityplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storelimited mintage: of 500 pieces worldwide! read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilimited mintage of only 500 pieces worldwidethis beautiful 2 oz silver coin is the third issue of the "ancient myths" series and depicts the famous titan prometheus, the one who created man from clayplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe coin has a beautiful high relief, a rose gold insert, an antique finish and is supplied in a wooden case, together with the certificate of authenticitycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
137 €
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Eagle eyes - in the shadows of rome - a fate adventure world # mobiledescription #navigation board games â–ľ backgammon brandi dog board games classic board games educational games chess game material â–ľ halma cone â–¸ + wood plastic bag game pieces cubefor the finer things in life
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A fast, exciting challenge to become the supreme ruler of the ancient world! choose your camel and roll the dieall our items come from a smoke free homesealed in original shrink wrapnew, vintage egyptians adventure board game by the green board game cobattle bravely, barter wisely, respect your gods and beware of the tomb-raiders! suitable for 2 to 4 players, ages 7 and upwards
20 €
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Oxfam shop fulwood road the ancient greeks from bc until ad made remarkable advances in engineering and technology, they even laid the founding stones of modern technologythe book explores their contributions to architecture, ship building, metallurgy, the construction of statues, martial machines, hydraulic inventions etcpublished see oxfam website for delivery information read more
29 €
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Heinerman, paul - into the ancient world 1:53heinerman, paul - egyptian song 4:21heinerman, paul - islands (of greece) 5:17heinerman, paul - the eternay city 4:00heinerman, paul - across the desert 3:42
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Sold out immediately the ancient astronaut nefertiti (gold) is delivered in a vintage style boxare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiimbue-ancient astronaut nefertiti (gold)140 mm weight approxartist stamp on the boxplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeimbue the “banksy of brighton” read morecast resin with galvanically gold-plated surfacecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available100 g limited edition
86 €
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A classic of the ancient italian statesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicertificate (diena)beautiful used crocetta di napoli, light cancellation, complete margins, high quality and perfectplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatalogue value: €catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
159 €
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After he glimpses the truth about the ancient origins of the transformers through a powerful vision sent to him by the allspark, sam once again finds himself the target of the evil decepticons, who have returned to earth under the command of the formidable starscream (voiced by charles adler)oxfam shop newquay the s cartoon series is given the big screen treatment with this double bill of big-budget, live-action blockbusters packed with state-of-the-art special effectslabeouf reprises his role as sam, the young earthling caught in the raging war between the autobots and the decepticons, in the sequel, 'transformers: revenge of the fallen' ()in an effort to prevent the decepticons from gaining possession of the 'allspark', a cube with the capacity to grant infinite power, the autobots managed to smuggle the object to earth, where they secretly hid itnow, hundreds of years later, with the decepticons searching for the cube, it's a race against time, as the autobots enlist the help of young earthling sam witwicky (shia labeouf) to foil the decepticons' plans for world dominationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morejoining the autobots' mission to protect humankind is optimus prime (peter cullen), who forms an alliance with international armies for this second epic battlein 'transformers' (), an alien race divided into two camps long ago on the planet of cybertron: the autobots, and the evil decepticons
9 €
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Drawing on files and hitherto secret archives of the ancient dragon sovereignty, genesis of the holy grail is the ultimate story of earthly kingship from its mesopotamian foundationoxfam shop evesham adam and eve were not the first man and woman on earth, but they were certainly the first of a kindit reveals why the messianic bloodline was so important, and explains in detail the true heritage of the holy grailjoseph, the father of jesus, was not a carpenter, but a trained alchemical metallurgist of the highest orderwhen the israelites made their exodus from egypt, their spiritual leader was not moses, but miriam - a queen and high priestess of the pharonic successionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese and other revelatory facts are disclosed for the first time in this remarkable study of the early pendragons - the unique royal ancestors of king david and jesus
6 €
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It is the ancient drama to which the characters in the lord of the rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as elrond and galadriel took partthis book was donated to oxfam durham books and music by a local donoroxfam bookshop ipswich the silmarillion is an account of the elder days, of the first age of tolkien's worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe tales of the silmarillion are set in an age when morgoth, the first dark lord, dwelt in middle-earth, and the high elves made war upon him for the recovery of the silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of valinorthis first edition by tolkien and published by george allen & unwin is in good condition but with a slight catch on the top right of the dust jacket complete with the map after page 365 please see the pictures
250 €
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead seagoing ships and seamanship in the bronze age levant by shelley wachsmann during the bronze age, the ancient societies that ringed the mediterranean, once mostly separate and isolate, began to reach across the great expanse of sea to conduct trade, marking an age of immense cultural growth and technological developmentin seagoing ships and seamanship in the bronze age levant shelley wachsmann presents a one-of-a-kind comprehensive examination of how the early eastern mediterranean cultures took to the sea--and how they evolved as a resultbass's foreword frames the study's scholarly significance and discusses its place in the nautical archaeological canonthere is minimal edge wearthe author surveys the blue-water ships of the egyptians, syro-canaanites, cypriots, early bronze age aegeans, minoans, mycenaeans, and sea peoples, and discusses known bronze age shipwrecksvan soldt offer new and illuminating translations of ugaritic and akkadian documents that refer to seafaringthese intersocietal lines of communication and paths for commerce relied on rigorous open-water traveloffering an abundance of line drawings and photographs and written in a style that makes the material easily accessible to the layperson, wachsmann's study is certain to become a standard reference for anyone interested in the dawn of sea travelthe inside is very clean and unmarkedlenz delves into the homeric greek lexicon to search out possible references to the birdlike shapes that adorned early ships' stem and sternhocker provides a useful appendix and glossary of nautical terms, and george fin very good conditionthere are a few faint scuffs to the back cover see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand, as a potential superhighway, the mediterranean demanded much in the way of seafaring knowledge and innovative ship design if it were to be successfully navigatedit is new in appearancethis broad study is further enhanced by contributions from other renowned scholarsthis book brings together for the first time the entire corpus of evidence pertaining to bronze age seafaring and will be of special value to archaeologists, maritime historians, philologists, and bronze age textual scholarshoftijzer and wrelying on archaeological, ethnological, iconographic, and textual evidence, wachsmann delivers a fascinating and intricate rendering of virtually every aspect of early sea travel--from ship construction and propulsion to war on the open water, piracy, and laws pertaining to conduct at sea
30 €
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Techniques & technology are examined within the context of the societies that created & utilized themthis is from a multivolume work produced under the auspices of unescoafter an introduction which summarizes briefly the main historical events of the period, the authors deal with such fundamental questions as the formation of the greek & latin tongues, the evolution of the indo-aryan & indo-chinese languagesthe philosophers who laid the basis of all thinking are studied in detailfinally the authors analyze the emergence of literature & artsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit gives a lively, readable global history, illustrated with 80 plates, 14 figures & 17 mapscontents in three parts: from ca bc to ca 500 bc, from 500 bc to the christian era & from the beginning of the christian era to ca ad 500the concept of the greek polis, the formulation of the roman res publica (including the gradual evolution of roman law), the constitution of chinese public administration, are noted in detail as so many important contributions to the conduct of affairsspecial chapters are devoted to the development of religion, which both in the east & in the west was to shape spiritual life for millenniathey describe classical science, which in greece & india created a new relationship between humans & nature
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15 €
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Its civilization, which flourished years before churchward's day, was technologically more advanced than his own, and the ancient civilizations of india, babylon, persia, egypt and the mayas were merely the decayed remnants of its colonies this book is signed by the author and dedicated to mrs carrington interestingly he dates it - before publication signed on the second free endpaper" he claimed mu was the site of the garden of eden and the home of inhabitants known as the naacals a very rare itemoxfam books & music olney  the spine is faded but the lettering still clear   according to churchward, the lost pacific continent of mu "extended from somewhere north of hawaii to the south as far as the fijis and easter island the blue boards have gilt lettering and decoration on the front decorative endpapers extensively illustrated rough cut edgessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
175 €
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Oxfam shop redruth sorry! is a board game that is based on the ancient indian cross and circle game pachisiat the end of the game, each player scores a point for every man they got homethe game title comes from the many ways in which a player can negate the progress of another, while issuing an apologetic "sorry!" the edition of the game includes "point-scoring sorry!", a variant where the game is scored at the endthe winner also scores one point for every man their opponents had got home, and a bonus of either 24 (if no opponent has a man home), 16 (if no opponent has more than one man home) or 8 (if no opponent has more than two men home) see oxfam website for delivery information read moreon a player's turn, they play one card from their hand to determine their move, and then draw a replacement card from the remaining deckif a player cannot play any of their cards, they may discard a card and draw a replacementplayers move their three or four pieces around the board, attempting to get all of their pieces "home" before any other playeroriginally manufactured by wstorey & co in england and now by hasbro, sorry! is marketed for two to four players, ages 6 and up the game also gives players a hand of cards, each player being dealt five at the start of the game
14 €
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The volume gives an innovative account of this potential - and why it was realized in the ancient world rather than the medieval west - together with a new analysis of the gunpowder revolution and the inability of rulers to meet the consequential costs within the confines of an organic economythe opening section considers the ensuing constraints on productivity, transportation, and the spatial organization of the economywrigley's concept of 'organic economies' and their reliance on the land for energy and raw materialsthis is followed by an analysis of the military and economic constraints on the political integration of space through the formation of geographically extensive political units, and the volume concludes with a section on the demographic and economic consequences of the investment of manpower and resources in warbut economic inefficiency also created a pool of under-utilized resources that could potentially be mobilized in pursuit of political powerthe second section analyses the constraints imposed by muscle-powered military technology and by the organic economy on the tactical, operational, and strategic use of armed force, and the consequences of the spread of firearms in recorded history's first energy revolutionoxfam bookshop wallingford the field and the forge offers a new approach to the pre-industrial past in europe and the mediterranean basin from the roman republic to the fall of napoleonexisting accounts of organic economies emphasize their restricted potential to support economic and political development, but this volume also considers why so much potential remained unrealizedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreresource shortages prevented rulers from establishing a fiscal apparatus capable of appropriating such resources as were physically availableendemic mass poverty curtailed demand, limiting incentives for investment and innovation, and keeping output growth below what was technologically possiblebased on an original synthesis of 'structural' economic and demographic history with traditionally 'event driven' political and military history, it takes as its starting point e
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"the nabataean arabs were one of the most remarkable peoples of the ancient world but are today known only for their hauntingly beautiful rock-carved capital - petrathough seen most clearly at petra, vivid traces of their creativity and control also appear in the hejaz region of arabia, among the wild rock formations of wadi rum, along trade and pilgrimage routes in the sinai, and in towns and temples throughout jordan and into syriathe book is soft back, with front and back flap, it's slightly cocked forwardsoxfam bookshop keynsham ithis illustrated book recounts the story of a lost civilization - the development of their multifaceted culture, their relations with their neighbours and the demise of their kings and kingdomsmall 1cm tear at the top of the spine" see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is in good conditiontauris & co ltd, x 254 mm; 224 pages; coloured photos on almost every page, with black and white map illustrations
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19 €
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Mathematics, professor stewart shows, has been the driving force in astronomy and cosmology since the ancient babylonianshe describes the architecture of space and time, dark matter and dark energy, how galaxies form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it will endoxfam shop macclesfield as new copy of ian stewart's up-to-the-minute guide to the cosmos which moves from the formation of the earth and its moon to the planets and asteroids of the solar system and from there out into the galaxy and the universebut does dark matter exist? could another scientific revolution be on the way to challenge current scientific orthodoxy? these are among the questions ian stewart raises in his quest through the realms of astronomy and cosmologyhe considers parallel universes, what forms extra-terrestrial life might take, and the likelihood of earth being hit by an asteroidthis in turn led cosmologists to posit features such as dark matter and dark energyeighty years ago the discovery that the universe is expanding led to the big bang theory of its originssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein crystal-clear terms he explains the fundamentals of gravity, spacetime, relativity and quantum theory, and shows how they all relate to each otherhe describes how kepler's work on planetary orbits led newton to formulate his theory of gravity, and how two centuries later irregularities in the motion of mars inspired einstein's theory of general relativity
8 €
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Fantasy book for children 8/15 years: fay-nights an intriguing adventure story as the young fynn moves from a believable world into a captivating tale of friendship and survival inside the ancient lands of the watcheye and the game: it is called fay-nightsthe novel champions understanding between different beings/peoples, encouraging harmony and friendship, making the book an excellent gift for any young personplease don 't hesitate to contact me for any further information and many thanks for just viewing some of my workkind regards, miggy j
82 €
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As the ancient ones seek entry to our world, one to two investigators (or up to four with two core sets) work to unravel arcane mysteries and conspiraciesthe boundaries between worlds have drawn perilously thin… arkham horror: the card game is a cooperative living card game set amid a backdrop of lovecraftian horrortheir efforts determine not only the course of your game, but carry forward throughout whole campaigns, challenging them to overcome their personal demons even as arkham horror: the card game blurs the distinction between the card game and roleplaying experiences
36 €
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The exhibits come mainly from the prehistoric minoan era and form a valuable record of the artistic, social and economic life of the island during the ancient periodoxfam shop thornbury the herakleion museum contains a unique collection of finds from excavations carried out in all parts of cretesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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4 €
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In which is included the legend of queen emma, and an account of the ancient monuments in the parish church; its records, and charitiescompiled entirely from original documents in the british museum, record office &cthe author's copy of the original book, including his annotations, was used for this editionoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames in full: "the history of wargrave, berkssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresize: 8vo - over 7Âľ" - 9Âľ" tallplus appendices and introductory matterclean and bright, boards slightly sprung, corners a little rubbed, some sticker residue on the front endpaper
12 €
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The book moves through all the flowering plants, starting with the ancient and intriguing mosses and ferns and ending with distinctive reeds and grasses that are fundamental to modern gardeningthis volume deals with the herbaceous plants and cover over 550 genera of annuals, biennials, perennials and aquatic plantsthis major two volume work covers over genera and is the most comprehensive work of its kind bridging the divide between scientific texts and everyday horticultural books and providing an unrivalled insight into the relationships between garden plants and the natural environment from which they comesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam furniture shop southampton in very good condition
12 €
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Jean's fear of losing all that she cares about is reflected in maren's poignant tale of love and loss, and her obsession with the ancient story drives her to wild impulsive action -- with unrecoverable consequencesin , jean, a photographer, is sent on an assignment to shoot a photo essay about the legendary crimetaking her extended family with her, jean stays in a sailboat anchored off the coast, and finds herself gradually becoming more and more engrossed in the bay's mysterious and gruesome pastoxfam bookshop cheltenham on smuttynose island, off the coast of new hampshire, more than a century ago, two norwegian immigrant women were brutally murdereda third woman survived by hiding in a cave until dawnwandering into a library one day, she unearths letters written by maren, the sole survivor of the murder spreesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
2 €
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The ancient mayans predicted the end of days with uncanny precisionthe date is setoxfam bookshop cheltenhamfor more than four centuries, the skull, and its legacy of dark intrigue and murder, have been hidden, protected by a code few can breakbut they also provided the key to staving off apocalypse: a flawless sapphire of incomparable beauty carved into the perfect likeness of a human skullbut can we now uncover the secret that may yet save the world? see oxfam website for delivery information read morenow it's about to be foundtime is running out
2 €
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Mark ('jock') reid was mick murphy's predecessor as lead singer for the band in when they were known as the ancient galleryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiall members participated in writing songsthe dentists were an english indie/pop band from the medway towns (as part of the medway scene) in england, who were active from tothe dentists: psychedelic rock, pop rock, indie rock the dentists ?– some people are on the pitch they think it's all over it is now (spruck records spr 001) made in uk original first pressing lp | vinyl: nm (mint-) | cover: vg++ (excellent) sticker wear top right front coverthe band also had three different drummers: ian smith (), alun jones () and rob grigg ()please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe band's permanent members were mick murphy (lead vocals), bob collins (guitar) and mark matthews (bass)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
36 €
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Oxfam shop york animated feature based on the ancient celtic tale of the 'book of kells'young orphan brendan (voiced by evan mcguire) is the nephew of the strict and over-protective abbot cellach (brendan gleeson)to the displeasure of his uncle, brendan shows great talent in drawing and enlists the help of magical forest sprite aisling (christen mooney) to help him finish the book and become a master illuminatorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen brendan meets brother aidan (mick lally), a monk from the island of iona, he is fascinated by an uncompleted book that aidan has rescued from the vikings, who have already destroyed the iona monasterythe abbot is obsessed with building a wall to protect the township of kells from the marauding vikings
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This is a study of the epidemiology of the plague, covering religious belief, plague in the ancient world, middle ages up to the 18th and 19th centuriesthis covers vectors of plague ie rats, fleas, other rodents, human transmission of plague, finally dealing with methods of containment and controloxfam shop macclesfield the conquest of plague, by l fabian hirst, md, oxford university press, pp including indexsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
40 €
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Oxfam bookshop henley-on-thames the ancient kingdom of kutch, now part of the state of gujarat in modern india, is home to a rich tradition of embroidery, quilt-making, jewellery and many other traditional craftspainter and embroiderer lorna tresidder's richly illustrated account of this fascinating region is part-travelog, part history and part social observation2 cm see oxfam website for delivery information read morecard covers with end-flapsthe spine is slightly sunned, and one page has been folded at the cornerbased on several extended periods living in villages, she has produced a unique and intimate record of the peoples of these remote and dwindling communitiesvery good clean conditionprofusely illustrated in colour by the author
25 €