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ReadNiebuhr's lectures on Roman history, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Barthold Georg Niebuhr
Barthold Georg Niebuhr’s third volume of Lectures on Roman History is a scholarly survey of the Roman world…
Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. 1 of 2) With General and Particular Accounts of Their Rise, Fall, and Present Condition
Charles Bucke
The work is a nineteenth‑century compendium of brief histories of ruined ancient cities, presented as a…
ReadHistory of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 4 (of 12)
G. Maspero
The work is a scholarly survey of ancient Near Eastern history, written by the French Egyptologist Gaston…
ReadHistory of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 6 (of 12)
G. Maspero
The volume is a scholarly survey of ancient Near Eastern history, focusing on Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria,…
Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic
Andrew Stephenson
The work is a scholarly monograph that sets out to chart the evolution of Rome’s public lands from the city’s…
Man, Past and Present
A. H. Keane
The work is a scholarly survey of human diversity that attempts to trace the development of mankind from its…
Early European History
Hutton Webster
The work is a comprehensive textbook of European history, intended for secondary‑school curricula that…
ReadPalace and Mosque at Ukhaidir: A Study in Early Mohammadan Architecture
Gertrude Lowthian Bell
Gertrude Lowthian Bell’s study is a scholarly survey of the earliest phases of Islamic architecture, anchored…
History of Julius Caesar
Jacob Abbott
Jacob Abbott’s History of Julius Caesar is a nineteenth‑century educational narrative that seeks to give…
ReadThe Book of War: The Military Classic of the Far East The Articles of Suntzu; The Sayings of Wutzu
Sunzi, active 6th century B.C.; Wu, Qi
The Book of War gathers the early Chinese military treatises of Sunzi and Wu, two sixth‑century B.C.
ReadOld Rome: A Handbook to the Ruins of the City and the Campagna
Robert Burn
Robert Burn’s “Old Rome: A Handbook to the Ruins of the City and the Campagna” is a compact topographical…
The three additions to Daniel, a study
William Heaford Daubney
The work is a scholarly examination of the three apocryphal sections that accompany the Book of Daniel, the…
ReadThe Making of Modern Japan An Account of the Progress of Japan from Pre-feudal Days to Constitutional Government & the Position of a Great Power, With Chapters on Religion, the Complex Family System, Education, &c.
John Harington Gubbins
John Harington Gubbins, a former First Secretary of the British Embassy in Tokyo, offers a sweeping survey of…
ReadBuried Cities and Bible Countries
George St. Clair
ReadSelected Essays of Plutarch, Vol. II.
Plutarch
The volume presents a scholarly edition of Plutarch’s early ethical essays, assembled from the critical Greek…
ReadNicolaus of Damascus' life of Augustus: Translated with a commentary
of Damascus Nicolaus
This work is a scholarly translation of Nicolaus of Damascus’ “Life of Augustus,” accompanied by a detailed…
ReadCassell's History of England, Vol. 1 (of 8) From the Roman Invasion to the Wars of the Roses
Anonymous
The Secret History of the Court of Justinian
Procopius
The Secret History of the Court of Justinian is a polemical memoir that turns the official narrative of the…
ReadA History of Sumer and Akkad An account of the early races of Babylonia from prehistoric times to the foundation of the Babylonian monarchy
L. W. King
Leonard William King’s A History of Sumer and Akkad is a scholarly survey of the earliest phases of…
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal
Harold Edgeworth Butler
Harold Edgeworth Butler’s Post‑Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal is a scholarly survey of Latin verse…
ReadThe History of Ancient America, Anterior to the Time of Columbus Proving the Identity of the Aborigines with the Tyrians and Israelites; and the Introduction of Christianity into the Western Hemisphere By The Apostle St. Thomas
George Jones
The work is a nineteenth‑century scholarly treatise that sets out to rewrite the origins of the peoples of…
ReadHistory of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 9 (of 12)
G. Maspero
The volume is a scholarly survey of ancient Near Eastern civilizations, written by the French Egyptologist…
Biblical Geography and History
Charles Foster Kent
The work is a scholarly manual that treats the land of the Bible as the essential framework for understanding…
ReadA Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1
François Guizot
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 is a sweeping survey that treats the nation’s…