500 Ce Books
Xerxes and Babylonia
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In the summer of 484 BCE Babylonia revolted against Xerxes, king of Persia. In recent years, a debate has crystallized around the nature of Xerxes? response to this challenge. This volume continues...
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The Impact of Imperial Rome on Religions Ritual and Religious Life in the Roman Empire
The fifth volume Impact of Empire (Roman Empire, 200 BC-AD 476) focuses on the impact of imperial Rome on religion, treating connections between Roman expansion and religion; the imperial impact on...
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Demeter and Persephone
"The classical Greek myth of Demeter and her daughter Persephone as told in Homer's Hymn to Demeter has been used most often to explain the cycle of the seasons. However, a closer examination will...
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Ancient Civilizations
Profiles of sixty men and women who shaped the ancient civilizations in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Israel, China, Asia Minor, and other places.
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