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)

A magisterial history of the titanic struggle between the Roman and Jewish worlds that led to the destruction of Jerusalem. In 70 C.E., after a four-year war, three Roman legions besieged and eventually devastated Jerusalem, destroying Herod’s magnificent Temple. Sixty years later, after further violent rebellions and the city’s final destruction, Hadrian built the new city of...(展开全部)

In AD 70, after a war that had flared sporadically for four years, three 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 eighty years earlier. What brought about this extraordinary conflict, with its extr...(展开全部)

A magisterial history of the titanic struggle between the Roman and Jewish worlds that led to the destruction of Jerusalem. Martin Goodman—equally renowned in Jewish and in Roman studies—examines this conflict, its causes, and its consequences with unprecedented authority and thoroughness. He delineates the incompatibility between the cultural, political, and religious beliefs...(展开全部)

Egypt, Greece, and Rome is regarded as one of the best general histories of the ancient world. It is written for the general reader and the student coming to the subject for the first time and provides a reliable and highly accessible point of entry to the period. Beignning with the early Middle Eastern civilizations of Sumer, and continuing right through to the Islmic invasion...(展开全部)

◎著者简介 查尔斯·弗里曼（Charles Freeman），英国当代历史学者，一直致力于古典文化史与古代思想史的研究，已出版多部专著，其中包括广受赞誉的《西方心灵的封闭：信仰的崛起与理性的衰落》（The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason）。 2003年，他当选为英国皇家文艺学会会员；2005年，他受邀担任著名的旅游丛书《蓝皮旅行指南》的历史顾问。 ◎译者简介 李大维，毕业于东北师范大学世界古典文明史研究所，博士、副教授。2018年调入辽宁大学历史学院，主要研究方向为罗马史。 刘亮，东北师范大学埃及学博士，主要研究领域为古埃及文学、制度史与社会史。

◎著者简介 查尔斯·弗里曼（Charles Freeman），英国当代历史学者，一直致力于古典文化史与古代思想史的研究，已出版多部专著，其中包括广受赞誉的《西方心灵的封闭：信仰的崛起与理性的衰落》（The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason）。 2003年，他当选为英国皇家文艺学会会员；2005年，他受邀担任著名的旅游丛书《蓝皮旅行指南》的历史顾问。 ◎译者简介 李大维，毕业于东北师范大学世界古典文明史研究所，博士、副教授。2018年调入辽宁大学历史学院，主要研究方向为罗马史。 刘亮，东北师范大学埃及学博士，主要研究领域为古埃及文学、制度史与社会史。

Egypt, Greece and Rome is regarded as one of the best general histories of the ancient world. It is written for the general reader and the student coming to the subject for the first time and provides a reliable and highly accessible point of entry to the period. The volume begins with the early civilizations of Sumer (modern Iraq) and continues through to the Islamic invasions...(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)

From Ancient Greece to the dawn of the 21st century, this text unravels all of the tightly woven social, cultural, economic and political strands of European history. It looks at the creation of huge empires - including the Roman, Spanish and Soviet - and at the once unimaginable prospect of a united federal Europe. The lives and achievements of figures from all aspects of Euro...(展开全部)