Bøger om Historical states

For ten years Fraa Erasmas, a young avout, has lived in a cloistered sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the outside world. But before the week is out, both the existence he abandoned and the one he embraced will stand poised on the brink of cataclysmic change?and Erasmas will become a major player in a drama that will determine the future of his world, as he follows his destiny to the most inhospitable corners of the planet . . . and beyond.Anathem is the latest miraculous invention by the New York Times bestselling author of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle?a work of astonishing scope, intelligence, and imagination.

Pausanias på dansk – komplet for første gangHelligdomme, templer, ritualer, gude- og atletstatuer – historie, natur, religion og myter – indviklede mytologiske fortællinger og gudernes erotiske eskapader – evindelige krige mellem byernes magtfulde familier, glorværdige sejre og forsmædelige nederlag, svig og bedrag – alt går hånd i hånd, når Pausanias har ordet.Pausanias blev født i den vestlige græske del af Tyrkiet i begyndelsen af 2. årh. e.Kr., mens den græskvenlige Hadrian var kejser i det vidtstrakte Romerrige, og han døde under kejser Marcus Aurelius. Han begynder sin beskrivelse ved Kap Sunion i Attika og tager os med på en tur gennem det klassiske frie Grækenlands vigtigste områder. Hans hensigt er at skildre ‘alt det græske’ fra storhedstiden, 600- til 300-tallet f.Kr. Det gælder især det, han kan opsøge og se med egne øjne, men også det han kan læse sig til eller får fortalt undervejs.Udgangspunktet er således Attika med Athen, grækernes toneangivende by. Derfra går turen videre – ikke straks til den vigtige by Theben i Boiotien eller til den store Apollonhelligdom i Delfi – men først til Peloponnes, som behandles grundigt. Overalt beskrives levn fra denne storhedstid – templer, gravmæler og storslåede vægmalerier samt de utallige statuer af sejrende atleter opstillet i den store Zeushelligdom i Olympia.Pausanias’ værk bliver på denne måde en af vores bedste kilder til både historie, religion og kunst i klassisk græsk tid.

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A captivating standalone novel from number one bestseller and sublime storyteller Jeffrey Archer. Can one man achieve his destiny?

En rejse til og udforskning af Pompeji og Herculaneum baseret på den nyere viden om Vesuvbyerne

Jødernes historie begrænses i dag ofte til forfølgelser, holocaustforbrydelserne og de politiske begivenheder i Mellemøsten. Denne bog ønsker at åbne for et mere facetteret og farverigere billede, hvortil især også hører den frugtbare udveksling med andre kulturer. Selv om jøderne altid har udgjort en lille minoritet, har de efterladt deres spor i talrige kulturer, har præget de store verdensreligioner og har udviklet deres egne livsverdener. Michael Brenner skildrer præcist og gennem rammende eksempler den mangefacetterede historie for en nation og en religion. Han tager læserne med på en verdensrejse fra den Nære Orient over den græske og romerske verden, det mauriske Spanien og Centraleuropa til Østeuropa, Israel og Amerika. Der opstår således et fascinerende panorama over en historie, som netop på grund af de mange brud og tvungne nye begyndelser gør indtryk gennem sin kontinuitet og troskab mod egne rødder.

An epic new novel of Ancient Egypt, from the Master of Historical Adventure, Wilbur Smith.FROM THE RUINS OF BATTLEA HERO MUST RISEFOR THE GLORY OF EGYPTYears of Hyksos rule have seen the plunder of once-mighty Egypt. Though the two kingdoms have now been reunited by the armies of the true Pharaoh, his position is perilous, his rule under threat from those who seek to take advantage of the turmoil created by the overthrow of the Hyksos. Desperate to keep Egypt united, Taita the Magus summons his protégé, Piay, to solve a millennia-old riddle which has the power to secure Egypt's future forever.But in the tumult of war, an evil has thrived. Malevolent followers of Seth, the god of chaos, are determined to claim this power and usher in a new age of darkness.The fate of Egypt is at stake. Can Piay prevent their land falling into the hands of those who would see its ruin?Book 3 in The New Kingdom Sequence and book 9 in the Ancient Egyptian series from the master historical adventure writer, Wilbur Smith. Don't miss House of Two Pharaohs, the next action-packed Egyptian adventure from Wilbur Smith. Coming August 2025.

Ny bog i Egypten-serien fra spændingens mester, Wilbur Smith.En helt må rejse sig fra krigens ruiner for at redde Egyptens fremtid.Det engang så magtfulde Egypten lider under de mange år med Hyksos-styret. Selvom Farao nu endelig sidder retmæssigt på tronen, er hans magt skrøbelig – for mange forsøger at udnytte det kaos, der fulgte, da Hyksos-styret blev væltet. Taita forsøger desperat at forene de to splittede egyptiske kongeriger under Faraos styre og sender sin protegé, Piay, ud for at finde svaret på en tusind år gammel gåde, der kan sikre Egyptens skæbne. Men i krigens kaos er en ny ondskab vokset frem, og Piay må jagte svaret på gåden gennem ørkenen i et kapløb med tiden.

*AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**A Radio 4 Book of the Week* *A Guardian Best Summer Read*Selected as a book to look out for in 2024 by the Guardian and The Rest is PoliticsEveryone is originally from Africa, and this book is therefore for everyone.For too long, Africa's history has been dominated by western narratives of slavery and colonialism, or simply ignored. Now, Zeinab Badawi sets the record straight.In this fascinating book, Badawi guides us through Africa's spectacular history - from the very origins of our species, through ancient civilisations and medieval empires with remarkable queens and kings, to the miseries of conquest and the elation of independence. Visiting more than thirty African countries to interview countless historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and local storytellers, she unearths buried histories from across the continent and gives Africa its rightful place in our global story.The result is a gripping new account of Africa: an epic, sweeping history of the oldest inhabited continent on the planet, told through the voices of Africans themselves.

Østblokken drømte om at vinde herredømmet i rummet. Et af midlerne var et nyt, forædlet menneske, og gennem medicinske forsøg på mennesker og dyr søgte man at skabe dette overlegne menneske, som skulle sikre Østblokken sejren. Som ung var Ines Geipel østtysk topatlet og satte i 1984 verdensrekord i 4 x 100 meter løb. Uden sit vidende blev hun dopet som led i det berygtede østtyske dopingprogram, der var en udløber af netop rumprogrammet. Man ville vinde kapløbet i rummet – og på sportsarenaerne. Mange forsøg blev hemmeligholdt og fik fatale følger for forsøgspersonerne, ikke mindst sportsfolk, der ligesom Geipel mod deres vidende blev udsat for doping. Denne bog fortæller historien om de uhyrlige forsøg og bestræbelser med afsæt i hidtil hemmeligholdte arkiver foruden øjenvidneberetninger og forfatterens personlige historie.

1930 i nærheden af Kazan, Tatarstan: Zulejkha lever som sine formødre har gjort i århundreder. Hun arbejder hårdt fra morgen til aften på sin mands fædrene gård med at passe sin svigermor, røgte gårdens få dyr og gå til hånde. Familiens store skam er, at hun aldrig har født dem en søn, kun fire døtre, som alle er døde som små, og både mand og svigermor bebrejder Zulejkha.Men da den røde hær kommer for at indtage landsbyen, sætter Zulejkhas mand sig imod, hvilket koster ham livet, mens hun sendes på den umenneskelige, månedlange rejse mod Stalins Gulag-lejre i Sibirien. Således begynder en fortælling om overlevelse, sult og iskolde vintre, men også om frigørelse, fornyelse og menneskelig styrke – og om to sjæle, der finder hinanden på trods af nærmest umulige omstændigheder.

The myth of Perseus, told through the story of the three women who knew him best - his mother Danae, his wife Andromeda, and his victim, Medusa.

Travel back in time in this essential mini encyclopedia to the mighty Roman empire, with all the information you need to know about gods, gladiators, baths, battles, and more! Did you know that audiences of up to 50,000 people watched entertainments in the Colosseum in Rome, and their tickets were numbered pieces of broken pottery? Or that Romans went to public baths to get clean, but there wasn't any soap as they rubbed themselves with olive oil instead. No? Then you need this brilliant mini book to learn the really important facts about one of history's greatest civilisations. Includes pictures, Pocket Eyewitness Ancient Rome uses bite-sized chunks of information, including amazing stats and facts, to make learning fun. Ideal for school projects and homework assignments, Pocket Eyewitness Ancient Rome is the perfect guide for young historians.

Gorgeous Collector's Edition. The great works of Persia contain some of the most beautiful language in the literary world. The Shah Nameh, Masnavi-e Ma'navi, the Anvar-i Suhayli fables and more, rival Dante's Divine Comedy, India's Mahabharata and Sumeria's Epic of Gilgamesh in their cultural impact, bringing to life the tales of Ancient Persia.

This journal of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine is a collection of Andrey Kurkov's writings and broadcasts from Kyiv.

The digital era is beset by distraction, and it feels like things are only getting worse. At times like these, the distant past beckons as a golden age of attention. We fantasise about escaping our screens. We dream of recapturing the quiet of a world with less noise. We imagine retreating into solitude and singlemindedness, almost like latter-day monks.But although we think of early monks as master concentrators, a life of mindfulness did not, in fact, come to them easily. As historian Jamie Kreiner demonstrates in The Wandering Mind, their attempts to stretch the mind out to God-to continuously contemplate the divine order and its ethical requirements-were all-consuming, and their battles against distraction were never-ending. Delving into the experiences of early Christian monks living in the Middle East, around the Mediterranean, and throughout Europe from 300 to 900 CE, Kreiner shows that these men and women were obsessed with distraction in ways that seem remarkably modern. At the same time, she suggests that our own obsession is remarkably medieval. Ancient Greek and Roman intellectuals had sometimes complained about distraction, but it was early Christian monks who waged an all-out war against it. The stakes could not have been higher: they saw distraction as a matter of life and death.Even though the world today is vastly different from the world of the early Middle Ages, we can still learn something about our own distractedness by looking closely at monks' strenuous efforts to concentrate. Drawing on a trove of sources that the monks left behind, Kreiner reconstructs the techniques they devised in their lifelong quest to master their minds-from regimented work schedules and elaborative metacognitive exercises to physical regimens for hygiene, sleep, sex and diet. She captures the fleeting moments of pure attentiveness that some monks managed to grasp, and the many times when monks struggled and failed and went back to the drawing board. Blending history and psychology, The Wandering Mind is a witty, illuminating account of human fallibility and ingenuity that bridges a distant era and our own.

A celebration of Ukraine's rich cultural heritage bringing to light the country's most important works of art and architectural monuments from prehistory to the present.

You may not be interested in Russia. But Russia is interested in you.Russia's 2022 attack on Ukraine saw confrontation between Moscow and the West spill over into open conflict once again. But Russia has also been waging a clandestine war against the West for decades. Hostile acts abroad, from poisoning dissidents to shooting down airliners, interfering in elections, spying, hacking and murdering, have long seemed to be the Kremlin's daily business. But what is it all for? Why does Russia consistently behave like this? And what does it achieve?In this book, Keir Giles explains how and why Russia pushes for more power and influence wherever it can reach, far beyond Ukraine - and what it means not just for governments, but for ordinary people. Bringing together stories from the military, politics, diplomacy, espionage, cyber power, organised crime and more, Giles describes how Moscow conducts its campaigns across the globe, and how nobody is too unimportant to be caught up in them. By lifting the lid on the daily struggle going on behind the scenes to protect governments, businesses, societies and people from Russian hostile activity, Russia's War On Everybody shows how Moscow's hostile intentions for the rest of the world are far broader and more ambitious, and the ways it tries to achieve them far more pervasive and damaging, than we realise.

In this “engrossing,” (The New Yorker) vivid, and intensively researched volume, esteemed Napoleon scholar David Chandler outlines the military strategy that led the famous French emperor to his greatest victories—and to his ultimate downfall.Napoleonic war was nothing if not complex—an ever-shifting kaleidoscope of moves and intentions, which by themselves went a long way towards baffling and dazing his conventionally minded opponents into that state of disconcerting moral disequilibrium which so often resulted in their catastrophic defeat. The Campaigns of Napoleon is a masterful analysis and insightful critique of Napoleon's art of war as he himself developed and perfected it in the major military campaigns of his career. Napoleon disavowed any suggestion that he worked from formula (“Je n'ai jamais eu un plan d'opérations”), but military historian David Chandler demonstrates this was at best only a half-truth. To be sure, every operation Napoleon conducted contained unique improvisatory features. But there were from the first to the last certain basic principles of strategic maneuver and battlefield planning that he almost invariably put into practice. To clarify these underlying methods, as well as the style of Napoleon's fabulous intellect, Chandler examines in detail each campaign mounted and personally conducted by Napoleon, analyzing the strategies employed, revealing wherever possible the probable sources of his subject's military ideas. “Writing clearly and vividly, [Chandler] turns dozens of persons besides Napoleon from mere wooden soldiers into three- dimensional characters” (The Boston Globe) and this definitive work is “a fine book for the historian, the student, and the intelligent reader” (The New York Review of Books).

40 Jahre lang dominierte der Kalte Krieg das Weltgeschehen. Die DDR und die Bundesrepublik befanden sich in diesem globalen Konflikt an vorderster Front. Symbol dafür war die berüchtigte Berliner Mauer, die Liebende, Freunde und Familien, Kollegen und Mitbürger voneinander trennte.Der Herausgeber, das Wendemuseum im kalifornischen Los Angeles, ist nach dem historischen Zeitraum um den Mauerfall 1989 benannt. Seit seiner Gründung 2002 durch den Amerikaner Justin Jampol widmet sich das Museum der Kultur und Bildsprache des früheren Ostblocks und fördert verschiedene Sichtweisen auf diese vielschichtige Ära, die unsere Welt bis heute prägt.Der enzyklopädische Band zeigt mehr als 2.000 Stücke aus der einzigartigen Sammlung des Museums. Basierend auf unserem XL-Band, bietet dieses Buch einen umfangreichen Überblick über Kunstgegenstände, Archivbestände und Dinge aus der DDR: offizielle Symbole und oppositionelle Ausdrucksformen, Spektakuläres und Alltägliches, Massenproduziertes und Handgemachtes, Witziges und Tragisches.Begleitet werden diese Überreste einer untergegangenen Zeit von grundlegenden Texten, die Akademiker und Experten aus Europa, Kanada und den USA zu Themen von der Stasi bis zur Sexualität, von Denkmälern bis zu mentalen Landkarten verfasst haben. Über 800 Seiten, mehr als 2.000 Gegenstände. Eine kleinere und handlichere Ausgabe unseres XL-Bandes mit dem umfassendsten Überblick über die visuelle und materielle Kultur der DDR.Mit zahlreichen Aufnahmen der berühmtesten DDR-Fotografen aus dem Alltag und von offiziellen Anlässen.Mehr Platz für kalte Krieger: Nach Erweiterung und Umbau präsentiert das Wende Museum ab dem 18. November 2017 seine mehr als 100.000 Exponate umfassende Sammlung von DDR-Artefakten und anderen Relikten des Kalten Krieges auf erweiterter, großzügiger Fläche im historischen Armory Building von Culver City, einem ehemaligen Zeughaus der US National Guard aus der McCarthy-Ära, das von Michael Boyd, Christian Kienapfel und Benedikt Taschen für das Museum umgestaltet wurde.

Hverdagen i DDR var ikke kun grå. I groteske, humoristiske, indsigtsfulde og altid personlige historier tegnes et bredt billede af livet på den anden side af Berlinmuren. DET DET VAR handler om jagten efter et par ægte cowboybukser, efter en bil og andre eftertragtede mangelvarer, om knækkede tænder, om besatte lejligheder og om et danskstudium på et fakultet, der var gennemsyret af Stasi. Om unge pionerer, venskaber, drømme og en masse frustration, indtil Berlinmurens fald pludselig vender alt på hovedet. Forfatteren er født og opvokset i DDR, hvor hun læste dansk sprog og kultur. Hun flyttede til Danmark sammen med sin familie to år efter murens fald og bor i København. ”En spændende, sprudlende, usædvanlig livshistorie og samtidigt en super introduktion til DDR. Skrevet med et godt blik for danske læseres interesser og forudsætninger – og det hele fortalt med humor.” Thomas Borchert, journalist, Frankfurter Rundschau og Jyllands-Posten

The Dream of the Red Chamber is one of the "e;Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature."e; It is renowned for its huge scope, large cast of characters and telling observations on the life and social structures of 18th century China and is considered by many to be the pinnacle of the classical Chinese novel.The "e;Red Chamber"e; is an expression used to describe the sheltered area where the daughters of wealthy Chinese families lived. Believed to be based on the author's own life and intended as a memorial to the women that he knew in his youth, The Dream of the Red Chamber is a multilayered story that offers up key insights into Chinese culture."e;Henry Bencraft Joly's attention to detail and the faithfulness in his translation of Hong Lou Meng makes this revised edition of The Dream of the Red Chamber an excellent book for the student of modern Chinese."e; Edwin H. Lowe, from his introduction"e;this partial version certainly deserves a wider readership, as a brave early skirmish on the outer ramparts of this masterpiece. The re-issuing of Joly's work will undoubtedly provide a rich crop of fascinating raw material for the growing community of Translation Studies scholars."e; John Minford, from his foreword

Det persiske felttog – Anabasis er det bedst kendte værk af den oldgræske filosof, historiker og essayist Xenophon (ca. 430-354 f.Kr.). Anabasis betyder ordret 'marchen ind i landet'. Bogen skildrer den skæbne, som hæren på 10.000 græske lejesoldater led, da den blev hyret til at støtte et internt kupforsøg inden for kongefamilien i det mægtige Perserrige i 400 f.Kr.Grækernes arbejdsgiver, tronraneren Kyros den Yngre, tabte og blev dræbt. Hans soldater strandede langt inde i Perserriget uden vejvisere og uden proviant. Dette er indholdet af den første bog ud af syv, og resten handler om de utrolige strabadser og lidelser, hæren måtte gennemgå under tilbagetoget gennem Armenien og Tyrkiet for at nå ud til Sortehavet og den græske verden. Xenophons medrivende værk hører til blandt de store klassikere i europæisk historieskrivning og er her for første gang oversat i sin helhed til et mundret, moderne dansk. Bogen er forsynet med en forklarende indledning, der dækker centrale emner såsom værkets litterære formål, græsk militærvæsen og religion. Endvidere er der et fuldstændigt register over personerne og lokaliteterne, der forekommer i teksten samt et antal forklarende noter. Endelig er værket forsynet med adskillige kort, plancher og illustrationer, der forklarer komplicerede tekststeder samt et antal farvefotos af de relevante landskaber.