Asia
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Resistance at the Edge of Empires: the Archaeology and History of the Bannu Basin (Pakistan) from 1000 BC to AD 1200 [Hardback]
C.A. Petrie (Author); P. Magee (Author)
Regular Price: £50.00
Special Price: £37.50
ISBN: 9781785703034
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Bannu Archaeological Project
Volume: 3
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From 1985 to 2001, the collaborative research initiative known as the Bannu Archaeological Project conducted archaeological explorations and excavations in the Bannu region, in what was then the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan, now... .... Learn More -
The Compassionate Bodhisattva: Unique Southeast Asian images of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara [Paperback]
Sofia Sundström (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9789088906176
Published by : Sidestone Press
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Southeast Asia has a long history with Buddhism that continues to the present day. Centuries ago, Buddhism spread to various areas of Southeast Asia, where some of the greatest Buddhist images and monuments were produced over 1,000 years ago. Thes... .... Learn More -
Qala'at al-Bahrain 3: The Western and Southern City Walls and Other Excavations [Hardback]
Flemming Højlund (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9788793423282
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Series: Jutland Archaeological Society Publications
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The capital of ancient Dilmun, Qala’at al-Bahrain, the most important archaeological site in East Arabia, was excavated in 1954-1978 by a Danish expedition from Moesgaard Museum. The first two volumes were published in 1994 and 1997, dealing with ... .... Learn More -
CINÉMA&CIEINTERNATIONAL FILM STUDIES JOURNALvol. XVIII, no. 30, Spring 2018: Reinventing Mao: Maoisms and National Cinemas [Paperback]
Federico Zecca (Editor); Marco Dalla Gassa (Editor); Corrado Neri (Editor)
£12.00ISBN: 9788869771705
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: CINÉMA&CIE
Volume: vol. XVIII
This special issue of Cinéma & Cie explores the cultural dynamics, ideological aporias and political struggles that characterize the relationship between Maoism and national cinemas, from the immediate aftermath of the Cultural Revolution to the p... .... Learn More -
Cultural Interactions during the Zhou Period (c.a. 1000-350 B.C.): A Study of Networks from the Suizao Corridor [Paperback]
Beichen Chen (Author)
£28.00ISBN: 9781789690545
Published by : Archaeopress
This volume concerns the cultural interactions during the Zhou period of China (c.a. 1000-350 BCE) between the Suizao corridor (near the present-day Yangtze River region) and its contemporaries within or outside the Zhou realm. It mainly, but not ... .... Learn More -
The Khazars: A Judeo-Turkish Empire on the Steppes, 7th-11th Centuries AD [Paperback]
Mikhail Zhirohov (Author); David Nicolle (Author); Christa Hook (Author)
£11.99ISBN: 9781472830135
Published by : Osprey
Series: Men-at-Arms
Volume: 522
The Khazars were one of the most important Turkic peoples in European history, dominating vast areas of southeastern Europe and the western reaches of the Central Asian steppes from the 4th to the 11th centuries AD. They were also unique in that t... .... Learn More -
The Compassionate Bodhisattva: Unique Southeast Asian images of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara [Hardback]
Sofia Sundström (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9789088906183
Published by : Sidestone Press
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Southeast Asia has a long history with Buddhism that continues to the present day. Centuries ago, Buddhism spread to various areas of Southeast Asia, where some of the greatest Buddhist images and monuments were produced over 1,000 years ago. Thes... .... Learn More -
Language, Government, and Religion in the World of the Turks: Festschrift for Larry Clark at Seventy-Five [Paperback]
Zsuzsanna Gulacsi (Editor)
£110.00ISBN: 9782503580296
Published by : Brepols
Series: Silk Road Studies
Volume: 19
Larry Clark has been a major figure in the study of Turkic languages, Uygur history, and Uygur Manichaeism for the last 40 years. His scholarship engages a wide array of specialist expertise as it tackles the difficulties of orthography and fragme... .... Learn More -
Liangzhu Culture: Society, Belief and Art in Neolithic China [Hardback]
Bin Liu (Editor); Qin Ling (Editor)
£115.00ISBN: 9781138557406
Published by : Routledge
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The Liangzhu culture (5,300-4,300 cal B.P.) represented the peak of prehistoric cultural and social development in the Yangtze Delta. With a wide sphere of influence centred near present day Hangzhou city, the Liangzhu Site Complex is considered o... .... Learn More -
Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums [Hardback]
Jenny F. So (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9780300237023
Published by : Yale University Press
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From personal ornamentation to funerary practice, from palace decoration to private devotion, jade has played a major role in Chinese social, cultural, and political life for millennia. Exploring the history of this revered stone through the estee... .... Learn More
