Examines the Roman games focusing on the practicalities of entertainment and architectural venues. This book offers an introduction to the main forms of spectacle in the Roman world, their nature, context and social importance. It also includes a section which reviews the modern reception of Roman spectacles, especially those involving gladiators.

Offers the history of the Jews under Roman rule, with portraits of such key figures as the Emperor Vespasian and Herod the Great. This book is one of the most immediate accounts of war, its heroism and its horrors.

With its brief, global (rather than West-centered) approach, "World History in Brief, Seventh Edition, " shows how different civilizations developed in a global context. Rather than overwhelm students with minutia, the primary goal of "World History in Brief" is to present the big picture by highlighting the major developments in world history. The text emphasizes the global interactions among ...(view full description)

Writing Contemporary History is an invaluable introduction to the central debates that have shaped the field of contemporary history.

* The first, full account of Etruscan politics, culture and society, placing Etruscans in their Mediterranean context. * Incorporate up--to--date finding from landscape archaeology. * Includes unique practical guide to more than 60 Etruscan sites.

Pompeii, the Roman city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in August AD 79, is one of the world's most famous archaeological sites. This book traces the evolution of the city from its origins as a small Oscan or Etruscan settlement of the seventh and sixth centuries BC to a flourishing urban centre of the early Roman Empire.

Second edition of the best-selling textbook providing a highly readable and fully illustrated introduction to Classical Athens.

Explores the dire, debilitating, sometimes crushing effects of slavery on race relations in American history. This title asks important questions: How did slaves and freedpeople respond to the promise and reality of emancipation? How committed were white southerners to the principle of racial subjugation? And more.

Sudan: The Elusive Quest for Peace contributes to a fuller understanding of those issues, exploring the factors that have contributed to the conflict from the days following independence to the present.