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Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment
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Dr. Deepak Chopra
Bestselling author Deepak Chopra brings the Buddha back to life in this gripping novel of the young prince who abandoned his inheritance to discover his true calling. This iconic journey changed the world forever, and the truths revealed continue to influence every corner of the globe today. A young man in line for the throne is trapped in his ...
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The Humanistic Tradition Book 2: Medieval Europe and the World Beyond
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Gloria Fiero
Beginning with the birth of Christianity and of Buddhism, the second book of "The Humanistic Tradition" offers a wide-ranging look at the period from 0-1300 C.E. The book addresses the interaction between religion and culture in emerging Islamic societies while also drawing on art, music, literature, and architecture to draw a vivid portrait of ...
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Tutankhamun the Exodus Conspiracy: The Truth Behind Archaeology's Greatest Mystery
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Andrew Collins, Chris Ogilvie-Herald
The tomb of Tutankhamun was undoubtedly among the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time, and everyone knows about the troubles which beset this remarkable find. The untimely death of Lord Carnarvon just after the opening of the tomb, and his appetite for the occult, swiftly gave rise to rumours of a curse. Also the presence of certain ...
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India's Islamic Traditions, 711-1750
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Richard M Eaton (Editor)
Spanning some twenty-five years of research and writing, this volume of essays focuses on the issues of historiography and Indo-Islamic civilization. The former deals with how historians structure and answer the questions they choose to ask of the past, and the latter covers case studies of particular historical communities in India.
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Pharaohs and Kings: A Biblical Quest
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David Rohl
Egyptologist David Rohl argues that readjusting Egyptian chronology makes it far more likely that Moses, Joshua, David, and Solomon were true historical figures, and unearths evidence of a desecrated statue of Joseph in his coat of many colors, letters from King Saul to Pharaoh, and evidence of the plagues that led the Israelites out of Egypt. ...
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Ancient Cities, Sacred Skies: Cosmic Geometries and City Planning in Ancient India
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J. McKim Malville, Lalit M. Gujral, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts
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Exodus: The True Story Behind the Biblical Account
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Ian Wilson
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Ancient India: Land of Mystery
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Time-Life Books, Dale Brown (Editor)
Readers assume the role of archaeologists, uncovering secrets of ancient civilizations. Stunning photographs and illustrations, plus detailed cutaways, maps and diagrams.
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The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture: The Indo-Aryan Migration Debate
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Edwin Bryant
Western scholars have argued that Indian civilization must have been the joint product of an invading "Indo-European" people - the "Indo-Aryans" - and indigenous non-Indo-European peoples. Although Indian scholars have consistently and vehemently rejected this European reconstruction of their country's history, Western scholarship has given little ...
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The birth of Indian civilization : India and Pakistan before 500 B C
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Bridget Allchin
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Prelude to Israel's Past: Background and Beginnings of Israelite History and Identity
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Niels Peter Lemche, E F Maniscalco (Translator)
How useful is the Old Testament for reconstructing the history of early Israel? How accurate is the Bible?s portrait of the ancient Near East over three thousand years ago? Such questions have recently dominated academic discussion and have spilled over even into the popular arena. Prelude to Israel's Past may add fuel to the fire of this often ...
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Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan
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Bridget Allchin, Frank Raymond Allchin (Photographer)
Many spectacular discoveries of archeaological significance have been made in the Indian subcontinent since the first appearance of Raymond and Bridget Allchin's book The Birth of Indian Civilization, for long the most authoritative and widely read text on its subject. Advances in related fields, particularly in geomorphology, palaeobotany and ...
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Daily Life in Ancient India: From 200 BC to 700 Ad
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Jeannine Auboyer
The nine centuries described in this book, ending with the political upheavals of the seventh century AD, coincide with a golden age of Indian civilization. In the context of political and religious enlightenment, the Brahmanic and Buddhist religions flourished side by side; artistic creation was at its height and India's most beautiful ...
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The illuminated Haggadah
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Michael Shire
Reflecting its Talmudic ancestry, this illuminated Haggadah contains Jewish stories and traditions, and is also a prayerbook made for use. It tells the story of release from persecution and slavery into freedom and a new life. It is as relevant today as when it was written, over 2000 years ago. The Exodux of the Children of Israel from Egypt is a ...
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Between the Empires: Society in India 300 Bce to 400 Ce
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Patrick Olivelle (Editor)
Draws from an international conference organized by the South Asia Institute at the University of Texas. The purpose of the conference was to bring together the world's leading Indologists, representing a variety of disciplines, to discuss and share various research on a hitherto neglected period of Indian history.
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Out of the Desert?: Archaeology and the Exodus/Conquest Narratives
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William H Stiebing
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The Oxford Companion to Indian Archaeology: The Archaeological Foundations of Ancient India
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Dilip K Chakrabarti
Extensive archaeological investigations carried out in the Indian subcontinent over the last 150 years have revealed significant source material for the reconstruction of human history in the region. Contributions made by different interacting human cultures of different geo-units, at different points of time, have shaped the composite culture of ...
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Iron and Social Change in Early India
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Bhairabi Prasad Sahu
The role iron technology played in the development of a settled agrarian civilisation in India has long been controversially debated. In this volume, B.P. Sahu introduces a selection of seminal essays by leading scholars in the field, including D.D. Kosambi, R.S. Sharma, D.K.Chakrabarti and Shereen Ratnagar. Each thesis is placed in its historical ...
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Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India
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Daud Ali
Scholars have long studied classical Sanskrit culture in almost total isolation from its courtly context. As the first book-length study to focus exclusively on the royal court as a social and cultural institution, this book fills that gap in the literature. Using both literary and inscriptional sources, it begins with the rise and spread of royal ...
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Return to the Promised Land: The Story of Our Spiritual Recovery
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Grant R Schnarr
This is a practical guide for spiritual growth that combines a twelve-step program with a fresh approach to the Exodus story. In this accessible, non-sectarian book, Schnarr compares the Israelites' struggles in the wilderness to present-day battles to overcome addictions or compulsive behaviours. In each chapter, Schnarr examines one biblical ...
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Land of the Pharaohs
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David Hernandez
Toby, Rosetta, Lauren, and Tut travel through time with their classmate Charlie to learn more about the Great Sphinx, the pyramids, and how the seven plagues helped Moses convince Pharoah to release the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt.
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The Problem of Identity: Women in Early Indian Inscriptions
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Kirit K Shah
This work uses inscriptional evidence to study the position of women in early India. The author has studied 230 inscriptions belonging to three centuries before and after Christ to highlight the voices of women in ancient India.
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Ancient India
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Virginia Schomp
These timeless tales of gods and heroes give us a window into the beliefs, values, and practices of people who lived long ago.
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The Rise of Ancient Israel
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Hershel Shanks
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Encyclopedia of Classical Civilizations, the Penguin
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Arthur Cotterell (Editor)
This is a companion to "The Penguin Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations", covering the later civilizations of the classical world: Greece and the Hellenistic world, Persia, China, Imperial India and their Roman heirs.
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