In AD 70, after a war which had flared sporadically for 4 years, 3 Roman legions under the future Emperors Vespasian and his son Titus, surrounded, laid siege to, and eventually devastated the city of Jerusalem, destroying completely the magnificent Temple which had been built by Herod only 80 years earlier. What brought about this extraordinary conflict, with its extraordinary...(展开全部)

作者 布赖恩·M.费根（Brian M. Fagan） 世界顶级的考古学家，也是国际公认的世界史前史研究权威。 费根出生于英国伯明翰，曾在剑桥大学彭布罗克学院学习考古学，是美国加利福尼亚大学圣巴巴拉分校荣誉退休教授。著有多部畅销书和考古学专业大学教科书，并主编了《牛津考古学指南》。曾获美国考古学协会“公共教育奖”“主席嘉许奖”，专业考古学家学会“杰出服务奖”。目前国内已引进的作品包括《世界史前史》《考古学入门》《床的人类史》《小冰河时代》《考古学与史前文明》《掠夺尼罗河》《洪水、饥馑与帝王》《大暖化》等。 译者 乔苏婷 历史学博士，毕业于北京大学考古文博学院。爱好文字工作，曾担任人文领域公众交流平台栏目编辑。

In Europe it was called the Age of Discovery. To the rest of the world, it often meant slavery, epidemic disease, cultural genocide, and wholesale social and economic changes. What happened in the period when Europe first came in contact with the rest of the world? In this new edition of Brian Fagan's Clash of Cultures, the best-selling author offers a series of fascinating cas...(展开全部)

作者 布赖恩·M.费根（Brian M. Fagan） 世界顶级的考古学家，也是国际公认的世界史前史研究权威。 费根出生于英国伯明翰，曾在剑桥大学彭布罗克学院学习考古学，是美国加利福尼亚大学圣巴巴拉分校荣誉退休教授。著有多部畅销书和考古学专业大学教科书，并主编了《牛津考古学指南》。曾获美国考古学协会“公共教育奖”“主席嘉许奖”，专业考古学家学会“杰出服务奖”。目前国内已引进的作品包括《世界史前史》《考古学入门》《床的人类史》《小冰河时代》《考古学与史前文明》《掠夺尼罗河》《洪水、饥馑与帝王》《大暖化》等。 译者 乔苏婷 历史学博士，毕业于北京大学考古文博学院。爱好文字工作，曾担任人文领域公众交流平台栏目编辑。

The relationship between Western democracies and Islam, rarely entirely comfortable, has in recent years become increasingly tense. A growing immigrant population and worries about cultural and political assimilation—exacerbated by terrorist attacks in the United States, Europe, and around the world—have provoked reams of commentary from all parts of the political spectrum, a f...(展开全部)

Based on the author's seminal article in Foreign Affairs, Samuel P. Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order is a provocative and prescient analysis of the state of world politics after the fall of communism. In this incisive work, the renowned political scientist explains how "civilizations" have replaced nations and ideologies as the driving for...(展开全部)

Based on the author's seminal article in Foreign Affairs, Samuel P. Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order is a provocative and prescient analysis of the state of world politics after the fall of communism. In this incisive work, the renowned political scientist explains how "civilizations" have replaced nations and ideologies as the driving for...(展开全部)

Synopsis In this text, the author argues that as people increasingly define themselves by ethnicity and religion, the West will find itself more and more at odds with non-western civilizations that reject its ideals of democracy, human rights, liberty, the rule of law, and the separation of the church and state. Picturing a future of accelerated conflict and increasingly "de-...(展开全部)

In this eagerly awaited sequel to A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin has created a work of unsurpassed vision, power, and imagination. A Clash of Kings transports us to a world of revelry and revenge, wizardry and warfare unlike any you have ever experienced. A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidd...(展开全部)

In this eagerly awaited sequel to A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin has created a work of unsurpassed vision, power, and imagination. A Clash of Kings transports us to a world of revelry and revenge, wizardry and warfare unlike any you have ever experienced. A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidd...(展开全部)