Search Results: Ancient History from Lems Bookshop

The editor presents a personal selection of rulers he believes to have been significant and exerted considerable influence for good or bad. 671 pages with 57 black and white illustrations. Book in very good+ condition with date on first page, and light tanning. Dust jacket in good condition with small tear on top front, some dents and minor wear (see photo).

20,000 BC was the peak of the last Ice Age and then global warming changed history ushering in a changed life style from hunter-gatherer to farmers and permanent villages and towns - civilization. 622 pages with 16 pages of colour photographs, 4 maps, 8 pages of black and white illustrations. Book in very good+ condition despite number of small ticks in margin of many pages. Dust jacket in very good+ condition.

Part of Time-Life History of the World series. Four parts - Breakthrough at Sumer; The Way of the Pharaohs; The Empire on the Aegean; Stirrings in Asia. 176 pages - a lavish production with colour illustrations throughout and 8 maps. Book in as new condition. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

A re-creation of the journey of the Macedonians under Alexander, details being pieced together from different sources in an attempt to form a whole, to visualise Alexander, to see what he may have seen, and to consider the people and problems with which he had to deal. 402 pages. Book in good+ condition ex library with sticker inside front cover, stamp on title and next page and last page, borrowing sleave inside back cover, minor reader wear, minor foxing and tanning. Cover has library reference on spine and paint splatter on front and some wear (see photos).

Alexander was the first world leader to come from Europe and his success was breathtaking - how did he manage it, conduct himself, what did he achieve. 153 pages with numerous illustrations throughout, many in colour. Book in very good condition with previous owners name on front and back endpaper and a number. Cover has some wear (see photo).

A major reassessment of the history of Greece from prehistoric times to Alexander - social, political and cultural history. 720 pages. Book in very good condition ex library with sticker and reference on front endpapers, stamp on title page, some light pencil underlining, sticker on cover front and spine.

Part of Great Ages of Man series. The Egyptian culture must have had the stability which comes from successful adaptation to environment, otherwise the same expression could not have survived for three thousand years. That stability enabled their greatness and power. 192 pages with numerous colour and black and white illustrations. Book in good+ condition with wear to cover the main issue (see photo). This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

Man in Europe from about 10,000BC to the Christian era - prehistoric to barbarian to classical to the eventual incorporation of much of the remaining barbarian world within the Roman Empire. 343 pages with 143 illustrations and 51 plates. Book in very good condition ex library with stamps on title page and back endpaper, borrowing sleave remnants on back endpaper and inside back cover, texta cross outs on back endpaper and lines on edges. Cover has sticker remnant bottom spine and mark on back and some minor wear (see photos).

The author rediscovers an ancient path based on the movements of the Celtic sun god while cycling in Europe. He travels deep into the world of the Celts: their gods, art, and their sophisticated knowledge of science. 387 pages with 84 illustrations throughout the text. Book in very good+ condition with booksellers sticker on back cover.

A detailed coverage of Greek history from the period of colonisation through to the death of Alexander the Great. 356 pages with 114 illustrations and 36 maps. Book in very good condition with booksellers sticker on back and two pages with yellow highlighting.

Who were the Greeks - the life and thought and achievements of the ancient Greeks. 204 pages with 24 Plates and 2 maps. Book in good condition with tanning to margins.

Translated from the French by H S B Harrison. An archaeological adventure in two parts; The history of Roman archaeology; Problems and methods of Roman archaeology. 284 pages with 190illustrations and endpaper maps. Book in good+ condition ex library with stamp and sticky tape marks on front and back endpapers, sticker and borrowing sleeve remnants on back endpapers, part binding showing inside back cover, sticker on first page, stamp on publishing page, minor marks on a few pages. Dust jacket in good+ condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and small fold to flaps.

About 8,000 years ago it became possible through agricultural development for men to change from a nomadic way of life and settle in more permanent communities. The first great civilizations emerged some 2,500 years later centered around great river systems in north China, north India, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. 140 pages with colour illustrations on most pages. Book in very good+ condition. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

The growth of archaeology from the development of early techniques to the sophisticated discipline it is today. The pioneers of archaeology are acknowledged and sites and discoveries from around the world are surveyed. 169 pages with 67 colour illustrations and black and white illustrations throughout. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

How did complex societies develop, and what caused them to change or collapse - important archaeological excavations, discoveries, and techniques are resolving crucial questions. 484 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Book in near fine condition with booksellers sticker on back. .

Beginning with the discovery, history and civilization of Assyria then moving to more than 250 items which are described and illustrated, providing a magnificent record of one of the great civilizations of antiquity. 224 pages with 215 colour and 33 black and white illustrations, 14 colour figures and a map. Book and dust jacket in fine condition. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

The rise and development of culture and builds up a picture of early man - human progress in all its diversity to the threshold of civilization. 208 pages with illustrations on nearly all pages mostly in colour. Book in very good condition ex library with borrowing sleave remnants on back endpaper and inside back cover. Dust jacket in very good condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.

The author presents the first rigorously explored Atlantis theory - a site that matches Plato's description of the fabled land but is in the Bolivian Andes, South America. 208 pages with numerous illustrations throughout mostly in colour. Book in as new condition.

From the Bronze Age around 2,500 BC to the journeys of St Paul 62 AD Greece rose dramatically from prehistoric obscurity to heights of civilizations arguably unsurpassed only to sink back again to relative obscurity as a lessor province of the Roman Empire. The cultural history of Greece - the spiritual and physical world, as well as travels and expansion, art and achievements. 239 pages with colour illustrations on most pages, 50 maps and 26 site features. Book in very good+ condition with ?coffee blotches on first page which partly affecting next two pages and two contents pages, otherwise fine. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with minor wear. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

A unique dual chronicle of past civilizations and of archaeology as a science. Significant world sites are examined for their impact on the evolution of archaeology, techniques employed, discoveries, and reconstructing the life of the people. 240 pages with illustrations, mainly in colour, on most pages, and regional and site maps. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.