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The Library of Ancient Wisdom pieces together a vivid portrait of Mesopotamian life from the shattered remnants of the 30 000 or so tablets in Ashurbanipal s library which not only bring kings and queens to life but also priests traders and professional lamenters New Scientist Fascinating and rich in detail provides an excellent survey of Mesopotamian literary classics and offers snippets of daily life Literary Review The story of the ancient world s most spectacular library and the civilization that created itWhen a team of Victorian archaeologists dug into a grassy hill in Iraq they chanced upon one of the oldest and greatest stores of knowledge ever seen the library of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal seventh century BCE ruler of a huge swathe of the ancient Middle East known as Mesopotamia After his death vengeful rivals burned Ashurbanipal s library to the ground yet the texts carved on clay tablets were baked and preserved by the heat Buried for millennia the tablets were written in cuneiform the first written language in the world More than half of human history is written in cuneiform but only a few hundred people on earth can read it In this captivating new book Assyriologist Selena Wisnom takes us on an immersive tour of this ext

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This is the authoritative history of South Asia in the 20th century. 'A classic ... wonderfully enjoyable' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE'Chatterji writes with infectious relish' DOMINIC SANDBROOKShadows at Noon tells the subcontinent's story from the British Raj through independence and partition to the forging of the modern nations of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.Unlike other histories of the region which concentrate exclusively on politics, here food, leisure and the household are given as much importance as nationhood, migration, and the state. Chatterji makes contemporary South Asia - its cultural vibrancy, diversity, social structures and political make-up - accesible to everyone. In so doing this bold, innovative, and personal work rallies against narratives of 'inherent' differences between India, Pakistan and Bangladesh and reveals the many things its people have in common.'The story of South Asia told with verve, wit and brilliance' ANURADHA ROY, author of All the Lives We Never Lived'Truly magnificent' MIHIR BOSE, journalist and author of The Nine Waves'Wonderful' SIR MARK TULLY, former Bureau Chief of BBC, New Delhi

A feast for beer geeks and history buffs alike In the Land of Ninkasi tells the story of the world s first great beer culture In this authoritative but light hearted account of beers gone by archaeologist Tate Paulette brings the famous land between the rivers back to life in vivid detail We meet not only the beers of ancient Mesopotamia but also the people who brewed them and drank them the places where these people lived and worked the taverns and temples and tombs where they did their drinking the stories they told about beer their preferred styles of drinking their brewing equipment and drinking paraphernalia the gods and goddesses who governed their lives and who were also partial to a drink Rigorous in its scholarship yet staunchly unpretentious in style this beer centered travel guide for a trip back in time offers a clear roadmap into the ancient source material for those who are new to Mesopotamia Paulette weaves together insights drawn from archaeological remains ancient works of art and cuneiform texts He uses a series of narrative vignettes and thought experiments to interrogate specific pieces of evidence and pull the reader step by step into the process of analysis and interpretation explaining exactly what we know and how we know i

Con una civilización de más de 5.000 años de antigüedad, China ha desarrollado una cultura única que ha enriquecido enormemente a la civilización mundial. Esto hace de China un país que merece ser co

En las últimas décadas, los diferentes países de Asia del Este han venido a ocupar un lugar cada vez más prominente en el mundo, tanto desde el punto de vista económico, como político y estratégico. China y Japón, que son los dos países más importantes de esta parte del mundo, representan dos polos relativamente opuestos en cuanto a su sistema político y modelo de desarrollo económico. Además, ambos países han sido objeto de una gran transformación económica, política y social en los últimos años que los ha puesto en el centro de un mayor interés académico. La suerte y desempeño doméstico e internacional en la posguerra de estos gigantes asiáticos, así como su evolución posterior en el tiempo en términos políticos, económicos y sociales, son el objeto de estudio en esta obra.

La ciudad internacional de Tánger no es solo un mito. Muy al contrario, en este libro demostraremos, gracias a la experiencia de Leopoldo Ceballos López, tangerino que vivió en el Tánger internacional toda su niñez y buena parte de su juventud, como la ciudad internacional atrajo, desde los mas diversos paises, a profesionales y artistas asi como a industriales, comerciantes y asalariados interesados por las oportunidades de trabajo que ofrecia, como fue refugio de exiliados y emigantes y cobijo de contrabandistas y de desarrraigados, y como todos ello intentaban encontrar en Tanger la seguridad, la libertad, las oportunidades o la paz que no tenian en sus paises.El lector conocera una Tanger que llego a ser un microcosmos cosmopolita de gran diversidad etnica y multicultural que experimento en poco tiempo y, principalmente, en los años 50, un enorme desarrollo economico, social y cultural. Convivian en la ciudad, con respeto y tolerancia, musulmanes, judios, cristianos e hinduistas y personas de las mas distintas nacionalidades.

Ko Tazawa ens regala el seu diari personal dels dies decisiusposteriors al tsunami de Fukushima.Des de la seva residencia de Kobe, Ko Tazawa ens relata langoixadel dia a dia que segueix a la catastrofe, limpacte inicialdels fets, les noticies poc esperançadores que es van succeint,la incertesa de lesdevenidor, el perill de radioactivitat de lacentral nuclear. Tot aixo, arrebossat amb exemples de solidaritat,i daltres de reprovables, que es produeixen sempre ensituacions extremes, amb uns costums i una visio filosoficadel mon molt propis de la cultura japonesa.