This book is a multidisciplinary study of the ecology of China’s early political systems up to the fall of the first empire in 207 BCE. Brian Lander traces the formation of lowland North China’s agricultural systems and the transformation of its plains from diverse forestland and steppes to farmland. He argues that the growth of states in ancient China, and elsewhere, was based...(展开全部)

This book is a multidisciplinary study of the ecology of China’s early political systems up to the fall of the first empire in 207 BCE. Brian Lander traces the formation of lowland North China’s agricultural systems and the transformation of its plains from diverse forestland and steppes to farmland. He argues that the growth of states in ancient China, and elsewhere, was based...(展开全部)

The extraordinary history of Ancient Egyptian civilization - from its earliest origins to the creation of its greatest monument - from specialist John Romer This exceptional book draws on a lifetime of research and thought to recreate the previously untold story of how a civilization which began with handfuls of semi-itinerant fishermen settled, spread and created a rich, vivid...(展开全部)

英国埃及学家、历史学家、考古学家约翰·罗默根据自己半个多世纪的学术研究和实地考察经历，基于曾被弃之一旁的证据，以及近二十年来的全新考古发现成果，撰写了一套三卷本古埃及史作品，重新构建了我们对世界上已知最早文明之一的理解。

First Farmers: the Origins of Agricultural Societies offers readers an understanding of the origins and histories of early agricultural populations in all parts of the world. Uses data from archaeology, comparative linguistics, and biological anthropology to cover developments over the past 12,000 years Examines the reasons for the multiple primary origins of agriculture ...(展开全部)

'A fascinating book, well written and forcefully argued...Luttwak's formulations are as refreshing as they are convincing...He has done for Roman historians what they have not done for themselves.' -Z. Yavetz, New Republic

At the height of its power, the Roman Empire encompassed the entire Mediterranean basin, extending much beyond it from Britain to Mesopotamia, from the Rhine to the Black Sea. Rome prospered for centuries while successfully resisting attack, fending off everything from overnight robbery raids to full-scale invasion attempts by entire nations on the move. How were troops able to...(展开全部)

彼得•贝尔伍德（Peter Bellwood）：国际著名考古学家，澳大利亚国立大学教授，曾任该校考古学与人类学学院院长，长期担任印度—太平洋史前协会（Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association）秘书长。主要学术专长是从考古学、语言学和遗传学角度研究东南亚和太平洋史前史、全球农业起源及人类迁徙等。著有《人类征服太平洋》（1978）、《印度—马来群岛史前史》（1985）《最早的移民：古代世界人类迁徙》（2013）、《最早的岛民：岛屿东南亚史前史和人类迁徙》（2017）等重要著作。

When did Confucianism become the reigning political ideology of imperial China? A pervasive narrative holds it was during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141–87 BCE). In this book, Liang Cai maintains that such a date would have been too early and provides a new account of this transformation. A hidden narrative in Sima Qian’s The Grand Scribe’s Records (Shi ji) sho...(展开全部)

蔡亮，生于重庆合川。本科就读于中国人民大学文史哲实验班，本科毕业后赴美国康奈尔大学攻读博士学位，2007年取得历史学博士学位。现任圣母大学历史系助理教授。2012-2013年任剑桥大学沃福森学院客座研究员， 2015 春季任斯坦佛大学访问学者。致力于中国思想史政治历史研究，著作聚焦于秦汉帝国， 数字化重构史料，灾异学说，汉代法制史，儒生与官僚体系的互动。