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  • The Persian Empire

    A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period

    by A. Kuhrt ...
    Bringing together a wide variety of material in many different languages that exists from the substantial body of work left by this large empire, The Persian Empire presents annotated translations, together with introductions to the problems of using it in order to gain an understanding of the history and working os this remarkable political entity.The Achaemenid empire developed in the region of ... Read more

    $102.99 USD

  • Images of Women in Antiquity

    Edited by Averil Cameron, Amélie Kuhrt ...
    The agenda and significance of women in antiquity has gained considerable attention in recent years. In this book diverse roles for and attitudes to women in ancient societies are explored: women as witches, as courtesans, as mothers, as priestesses, as nuns, as heiresses and typically as eranged. The shifting focus is variously economic, social, biological, religious and artistic. The studies ... Read more

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  • Russia and the World

    The Internal-External Nexus

    Edited by Natasha Kuhrt ...
    Series series Routledge Europe-Asia Studies
    This volume brings together analyses of key domestic, foreign and security policy issues during the Putin and Medvedev administrations. Indeed, the chapters demonstrate the extent to which domestic and foreign policy issues are inextricably linked, in particular in the domain of security, whether 'hard' or 'soft'. Internal debates regarding Russia's trajectory, including issues of national ... Read more

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  • International Law, Security and Ethics

    Policy Challenges in the post-9/11 World

    Series series Contemporary Security Studies
    This book examines the different ways in which the laws governing the use of force and the conduct of warfare have become subject to intense scrutiny and contestation since the initiation of the war on terror.Since the end of the Cold War, the nature of security challenges has changed radically and this change has been recognised by the UN, governments and academics around the world. The 911 ... Read more

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  • Alexander the Great and His Empire

    A Short Introduction

    by Pierre Briant ...
    Translated by Amélie Kuhrt ...
    A classic account of Alexander the Great's conquest and its impact on the conquered—now in English for the first timeThis is the first publication in English of Pierre Briant's classic short history of Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian empire, from the Mediterranean to Central Asia. Eschewing a conventional biographical focus, this is the only book in any language that sets the rise of ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Believing in Baptism

    Understanding and Living God's Covenant Sign

    Including a Foreword by The Rt Revd Dr Graham Tomlin, this volume examines the theology and practice of baptism. It contains a narrative introduction that highlights the different approaches taken to baptism, and the various issues that come with them. The volume also covers how the changing cultural context within Britain has influenced responses to baptism. At the heart of the book is a detailed ... Read more

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  • Russian Policy towards China and Japan

    The El'tsin and Putin Periods

    by Natasha Kuhrt ...
    Series series BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
    Drawing on the most up-to-date sources, this book provides an in-depth examination of Russia’s relations with China and Japan, the two Asia-Pacific superpowers-in-waiting. For Russia there has always been more than one ‘Asia’: after the collapse of the Soviet Union, there were those in the Russian elite who saw Asia as implying the economic dynamism of the Asia-Pacific, with Japan as the main ... Read more

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  • The Ancient Near East

    c.3000–330 BC (2 volumes)

    by Amélie Kuhrt ...
    Series series The Routledge History of the Ancient World
    The Ancient Near East embraces a vast geographical area, from the borders of Iran and Afghanistan in the east to the Levant and Anatolia, and from the Black Sea in the north to Egypt in the south. It was a region of enormous cultural, political and linguistic diversity.In this authoritative new study, Amélie Kuhrt examines its history from the earliest written documents to the conquest of ... Read more

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  • God is Good

    Exploring the Character of the Biblical God

    Is the God of the Bible the most unpleasant character in all fiction, as Richard Dawkins claims in The God Delusion? He is backed up by former preacher and now virulent atheist, Dan Barker, who has cited Scripture, seeking to justify every one of Dawkins's infamous character slurs about the God of the Old Testament. Dawkins says the biblical God is "jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, ... Read more

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  • Russia and the New World Disorder

    by Bobo Lo ...
    The Russian annexation of Crimea was one of the great strategic shocks of the past twenty-five years. For many in the West, Moscow's actions in early 2014 marked the end of illusions about cooperation, and the return to geopolitical and ideological confrontation. Russia, for so long a peripheral presence, had become the central actor in a new global drama. In this groundbreaking book, renowned ... Read more

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  • Conflict in the Former USSR

    Edited by Matthew Sussex ...
    Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, conflict in the former USSR has been a key concern in international security. This book fills a gap in the literature on violent conflict, evaluating a region that contains all the modern ingredients for instability and aggression. Bringing together leading experts on war and security, the book addresses current debates in international relations about power ... Read more

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