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The Catapult
A Major Contribution to the History of Technology and Ancient Warfare The most recognized military device of ancient times and the source of continued fascination and popular appeal, the catapult represented a major shift in the conduct of warfare. In "The Catapult: A History" historian Tracey Rihll uses ancient sources and the latest archaeological findings to tell the story of this first machine of war. Dispelling any notion that the catapult was precision engineered in the modern sense, the author explains how a robust formulaic design allowed a variety of machines and missiles to be built and used for particular battlefield conditions or military tasks. Complete with original illustrations, maps, and two appendices detailing both the formulas for catapult construction and known catapult remains, "The Catapult" is essential reading for those interested in the history of warfare and technology.
Science and Mathematics in Ancient Greek Culture
Ancient Greece was the birthplace of science, which developed in the Hellenized culture of ancient Rome. This book, written by seventeen international experts, examines the role and achievement of science and mathematics in Greek antiquity through discussion of the linguistic, literary, political, religious, sociological, and technological factors which influenced scientific thought and practice.
The Greeks and their Histories
Argues that Greek communities used their histories to help shape political and social realities, with a lasting impact on historiography.
Jesuit Science and the End of Nature's Secrets
Jesuit Science and the End of Nature’s Secrets explores how several prominent Jesuit naturalists - including Niccolò Cabeo, Athanasius Kircher, and Gaspar Schott - tackled the problem of occult or insensible causation in the seventeenth century. The search for hidden causes lay at the heart of the early modern study of nature, and included phenomena such as the activity of the magnet, the marvelous powers ascribed to certain animals and plants, and the hidden, destructive forces churning in the depths of the Earth. While this was a project embraced by most early modern naturalists, however, the book demonstrates that the Jesuits were uniquely suited to the study of nature’s hidden secre...
Network Science in Archaeology
The Cambridge Manual to Archaeological Network Science provides the first comprehensive guide to a field of research that has firmly established itself within archaeological practice in recent years. Network science methods are commonly used to explore big archaeological datasets and are essential for the formal study of past relational phenomena: social networks, transport systems, communication, and exchange. The volume offers a step-by-step description of network science methods and explores its theoretical foundations and applications in archaeological research, which are elaborately illustrated with archaeological examples. It also covers a vast range of network science techniques that can enhance archaeological research, including network data collection and management, exploratory network analysis, sampling issues and sensitivity analysis, spatial networks, and network visualisation. An essential reference handbook for both beginning and experienced archaeological network researchers, the volume includes boxes with definitions, boxed examples, exercises, and online supplementary learning and teaching materials.
Kısa Ortadoğu Tarihi
Kısa Dünya Tarihi ile başlayan KISA TARİH serisi Kısa Ortadoğu Tarihi ile devam ediyor… İlk insan, ilk tohum, ilk şehir, ilk din, ilk savaş, ilk imparatorluk… Sümerler, Akadlar, Persler, Mısırlılar, Romalılar… Yahudiler, Hristiyanlar, Müslümanlar… Mekke, Medine, Kudüs, Şam, Bağdat, Kahire… Türkler, İranlılar, Araplar, İngilizler, Fransızlar, Ruslar, Amerikalılar… Sünniler, Şiiler, Haşhaşiler, Maruniler, Batıniler, Hariciler, Yezidiler, Aleviler… Yavuz Sultan Selim, Şah İsmail, Napolyon, Sultan Abdülhamid, Arabistanlı Lawrence, Gertrude Bell, Emir Faysal, Şerif Hüseyin, Atatürk, Churchill, Nasır, Arafat, Saddam, Mübarek… Peygamberler, azizler, köleler, krallar, imparatorlar, diktatörler, devrimciler, şeyhler, emirler, hainler ve kahramanlar… Petrol, halifelik, savaşlar, darbeler, isyanlar… Kısacası kutsala ve dünyaya dair ne varsa burada. BURASI, ORTADOĞU... DOĞUMUN, ÖLÜMÜN, SİYASETİN, PETROLÜN, İHANETİN VE HATTA KIYAMETİN BEŞİĞİ... ORTADOĞU’YU HİÇ BÖYLE OKUMADINIZ…
Greek Science
Greek Science, first published in 1999, is written for scientists, classicists, historians of science, and anyone with an interest in the beginnings of science. It surveys the range and scope of ancient work on topics now called science, at a lively pace and with colourful examples. It encompasses ancient empirical studies as well as theoretical works, the life sciences and the exact sciences, and is written by one of the foremost authorities on ancient science and technology. No knowledge of Greek, Latin, or ancient history is assumed.
Geschichte als Element antiker Kultur
Geschichtsvorstellungen, die für die Herausbildung politischer Gemeinschaften bedeutsam sind, könnte man als „intentionale Geschichte“ bezeichnen. In dem Buch wird zunächst dieses Konzept vorgestellt. Im Anschluss daran werden Träger, Medien und Formen dieser Art von Geschichte in der griechischen Kultur systematisch dargelegt. Dabei wird vor allem herausgearbeitet, dass bei den alten Griechen zunächst die Dichter die Herren der Vergangenheit waren (und es auch weithin blieben). Aus dieser Dominanz des Ästhetischen in dem Blick auf die Vergangenheit ergaben sich weit reichende Konsequenzen, insbesondere eine unauflösliche Verquickung von Mythos und Geschichte. Dies eröffnet die Möglichkeit, in einem zweiten Teil deutlicher zu bestimmen, worin der spezifische Ansatz und der besondere Charakter der griechischen Geschichtsschreibung liegen: Ein philosophisch geprägter Wahrheitsanspruch begründete neue Herausforderungen an die Darstellung von Geschichte. Die Spannung von „Dichtung und Wahrheit“ blieb dem Genre der Historiographie allerdings erhalten. Ein wesentliches und auch für die Nachwirkung bedeutsames Element antiker Kultur wird damit neu beleuchtet.
The Rise of Early Rome
The trajectory of Rome from a small village in Latium vetus, to an emerging power in Italy during the first millennium BC, and finally, the heart of an Empire that sprawled throughout the Mediterranean and much of Europe until the 5th century CE, is well known. Its rise is often presented as inevitable and unstoppable. Yet the factors that contributed to Rome's rise to power are not well understood. Why Rome and not Veii? In this book, Francesca Fulminante offers a fresh approach to this question through the use of a range of methods. Adopting quantitative analyses and a novel network perspective, she focuses on transportation systems in Etruria and Latium Italy from ca. 1000–500 BC. Fulminante reveals the multiple factors that contributed to the emergence and dominance of Rome within these regional networks, and the critical role they in the rise of the city and, ultimately, Roman imperialism.
