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In Search Of The Trojan War
In Search Of The Trojan War
    For thousands of years we
    have been enthralled by
    tales of Troy and its
    heroes. Achilles and
    Hector, Paris and the
    famed beauty Helen remain
    some of the most enduring
    figures in art and
    literature. But did these
    titanic characters really
    walk the earth? Was there
    ever an actual siege of
    Troy? In this new,
    extensively revised
    edition Michael Wood
    takes account of the
    latest dramatic
    developments in the
    search for Troy. A new
    preface, a new final
    chapter and an addendum
    to the bibliography bring
    his wide-ranging study of
    the complex,
    archaeological, literary
    and historical records up
    to date. Detailing the
    rediscovery in Moscow of
    the so-called jewels of
    Helen and the
    re-excavation of the site
    of Troy begun in 1988,
    which continues to yield
    new evidence about the
    historical city, this
    superbly illustrated book
    takes a fresh look at
    some of the most exciting
    discoveries in
    archaeology.
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In Search Of The Trojan War
In Search Of The Trojan War
    For thousands of years we
    have been enthralled by
    tales of Troy and its
    heroes. Achilles and
    Hector, Paris and the
    famed beauty Helen remain
    some of the most enduring
    figures in art and
    literature. But did these
    titanic characters really
    walk the earth? Was there
    ever an actual siege of
    Troy? In this extensively
    revised edition,
    historian Michael Wood
    takes account of the
    latest dramatic
    developments in the
    search for Troy. His
    wide-ranging study of the
    complex archaeological,
    literary and historical
    records has been brought
    up-to-date. Detailing the
    rediscovery in Moscow of
    the so-called jewels of
    Helen and the
    re-excavation of the site
    of Troy begun in 1988,
    which continues to yield
    new evidence about the
    historical city, In
    Search of the Trojan War
    takes a fresh look at
    some of the most excited
    discoveries in
    archaeology. A dazzling
    and exhaustive analysis.
    Washington Post This
    beautifully illustrated
    book vividly evokes
    themes that are central
    to our civilizations
    quest for its past. The
    New York Times Book
    Review
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In Search Of The First Civilizations
In Search Of The First
Civilizations
    Five thousand years ago
    there began the most
    momentous revolution in
    human history. Starting
    in Mesopotamia, city
    civilization emerged for
    the first time on earth,
    to be followed in Egypt,
    India, China and the
    Americas. The ideals of
    these ancient
    civilizations still shape
    the lives of the majority
    of mankind. In Search of
    the First Civilizations
    (previously published as
    Legacy) asks the
    intriguing question: what
    is civilization? Did it
    mean the same to the
    Chinese, the Indians and
    the Greeks? What can the
    values of the ancient
    cultures teach us today?
    And do the ideals of the
    West - a latecomer to
    civilization - really
    have universal validity?
    In this fascinating
    historical search,
    Michael Wood explores
    these ancient cultures,
    looking for their
    essential character and
    their continuing legacy.
    A brilliant exploration.
    Sunday Times
    Well-written, gorgeous
    and guaranteed to induce
    thought... Wood takes
    great care to put
    everything in a large
    historical perspective,
    which is actually more
    disturbing than
    comforting. New York Post
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The Closing Of The Western Mind
The Closing Of The Western
Mind
    The conversion of the
    emperor Constantine to
    Christianity in 368 AD
    brought a transformation
    to Christianity and to
    western civilization,
    the effects of which we
    still feel today.
    Previously, the Roman
    empire had absorbed and
    sustained the Greek
    intellectual tradition
    which, in the astronomy
    of Ptolemy, the medicine
    of Galen and the
    philosophy of Plotinus,
    reached new heights.
    Constantine turned Rome
    from the relatively open,
    tolerant and pluralistic
    civilisation of the
    Hellenistic world,
    towards a culture that
    was based on the rule of
    fixed authority. The
    century after
    Constantine's conversion
    saw the development of an
    alliance between church
    and state which stifled
    freedom of thought and
    the tradition of Greek
    rationalism which was
    intrinsic to it. The
    churches enjoyed enormous
    patronage and exemptions
    from tax, and in return
    allowed the emperors to
    take on the definition
    and enforcement of an
    increasingly narrow
    religious orthodoxy. This
    book explores how the
    European mind was closed
    by the revolution of the
    fourth century. It looks
    at the rise of the
    'divine' monarch, the
    struggle as Christianity
    painfully separated
    itself from Judaism, the
    conflict between faith
    and reason, and the
    problems in finding any
    kind of rational basis
    for Christian theology.
    In these centuries, a
    turning-point for Western
    civilisation, we see the
    development of Christian
    anti-Semitism, the
    origins of the opposition
    of religion and science
    and the roots of
    Christianity's discomfort
    with sex, issues which
    haunt the Christian
    churches to this day. The
    Closing of the Western
    Mind is a major work of
    history. Wide-ranging and
    ambitious, its central
    theme is the relationship
    between the two
    wellsprings of our
    civilisation, the
    Judaeo-Christian and the
    Greco-Roman, and how the
    tensions between them
    have created the culture
    in which we continue to
    live, think and believe.
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The Closing Of The Western Mind
The Closing Of The Western
Mind
    The conversion of the
    emperor Constantine to
    Christianity in 368 AD
    brought a transformation
    to Christianity and to
    western civilization,
    the effects of which we
    still feel today.
    Previously, the Roman
    empire had absorbed and
    sustained the Greek
    intellectual tradition
    which, in the astronomy
    of Ptolemy, the medicine
    of Galen and the
    philosophy of Plotinus,
    reached new heights.
    Constantine turned Rome
    from the relatively open,
    tolerant and pluralistic
    civilisation of the
    Hellenistic world,
    towards a culture that
    was based on the rule of
    fixed authority. The
    century after
    Constantine's conversion
    saw the development of an
    alliance between church
    and state which stifled
    freedom of thought and
    the tradition of Greek
    rationalism which was
    intrinsic to it. The
    churches enjoyed enormous
    patronage and exemptions
    from tax, and in return
    allowed the emperors to
    take on the definition
    and enforcement of an
    increasingly narrow
    religious orthodoxy. This
    book explores how the
    European mind was closed
    by the revolution of the
    fourth century. It looks
    at the rise of the
    'divine' monarch, the
    struggle as Christianity
    painfully separated
    itself from Judaism, the
    conflict between faith
    and reason, and the
    problems in finding any
    kind of rational basis
    for Christian theology.
    In these centuries, a
    turning-point for Western
    civilisation, we see the
    development of Christian
    anti-Semitism, the
    origins of the opposition
    of religion and science
    and the roots of
    Christianity's discomfort
    with sex, issues which
    haunt the Christian
    churches to this day. The
    Closing of the Western
    Mind is a major work of
    history. Wide-ranging and
    ambitious, its central
    theme is the relationship
    between the two
    wellsprings of our
    civilisation, the
    Judaeo-Christian and the
    Greco-Roman, and how the
    tensions between them
    have created the culture
    in which we continue to
    live, think and believe.
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