This book is Dr. Ameer’s reflection on growing up within the small community of Assyrian Christians in Yonkers, New York. He uses the year 1946 as an orientation for his discussion of the characteristics of that ethnic community, that city, and that time in United States history.

The city of Mosul in northern Iraq, some 396 km (250 miles) northwest of Baghdad, is today a central point in the political struggles of Iraq. This three-volume set is the most comprehensive history of this historical city ever written. The first volume covers the political history of the city, the second volume covers the cultural history of Mosul, and the third volume is a comprehensive survey of the archaeology and art of the city.

The charm of Seiss’s thesis saw this intriguing book through five editions in the author’s lifetime. Exploring potential Christian imagery in the constellations, Seiss finds the message of redemption writ large in the nighttime sky. A truly original work, this book has held the interest of many readers over the decades.

Beginning with sources and interpretations, this monograph presents the ancient written evidence, including inscriptions, as well as archaeological findings in the region of Macedonia. After looking at modern historical narratives, the study turns to the origins, ethnicity, and institutions of the Macedonians, again highlighting recent investigations. Stopping short of Alexander the Great, the final chapter in this book is dedicated to an overview of Alexander’s father, Philip II. Written and material sources likewise inform the reign of this essential character in Macedonian history. Essential reading for the novice historian of the Classics, this volume also offers considerable information for the specialist as well.

Compiled and edited by Carol G. Thomas for the Association of Ancient Historians, this collection of fifteen essays by Eugene Borza on Macedonia represents a cross-section of his thought on this historically important region. The volume begins with an essay on the history and archaeology of Macedonia, providing a broad introduction to the study. Topics covered in this useful collation include: observations on the natural resources and ecology of Macedonia, including the impact of malaria on the region, political aspects of Macedonia and Greece, the origins of the royal house of Macedonia, essays on Philip II and Alexander the Great, particularly several features of Alexander’s court, communication in Alexander’s empire, Agis’ revolt, Alexander at Persepolis, and the paraphernalia of Alexander. These essential aspects of the classical world and the sea change that was about to overcome the ancient world with the rising swell of Alexander’s conquests make this book essential reading for any who wish to understand the nation that gave rise to this iconic emperor.

Compiled and edited by Carol G. Thomas for the Association of Ancient Historians, this collection of fifteen essays by Eugene Borza on Macedonia represents a cross-section of his thought on this historically important region. The volume begins with an essay on the history and archaeology of Macedonia, providing a broad introduction to the study. Topics covered in this useful collation include: observations on the natural resources and ecology of Macedonia, including the impact of malaria on the region, political aspects of Macedonia and Greece, the origins of the royal house of Macedonia, essays on Philip II and Alexander the Great, particularly several features of Alexander’s court, communication in Alexander’s empire, Agis’ revolt, Alexander at Persepolis, and the paraphernalia of Alexander. These essential aspects of the classical world and the sea change that was about to overcome the ancient world with the rising swell of Alexander’s conquests make this book essential reading for any who wish to understand the nation that gave rise to this iconic emperor.

As an attempt to consider the causes, course, and consequences of particular conflicts that have plagued Europe throughout much of its history, historian Udo Heyn addresses several pertinent issues in his book. Following an introduction to the topic, the issues and definitions involved, the rise of the doctrine of “Just War” comprises an essay on the Western quest for peace. Clearly tied to this doctrine is the role of the medieval church in the quest for peace in Europe. This is explored through the concepts of the peace of God and the truce of God. Peace campaigns of the state are also considered in terms of the secular peace of the prince and the peace of the realm. The moves from private justice to public law and private combat to rules of war are explored. Various catalysts and additional factors in the pacification of Europe are also considered. The study ends with an extensive bibliography on the subjects under discussion, providing a gateway into further research on this important topic.

Delving into the troubled history of the Balkan Peninsula, this collection of essays does not shy away from the difficult issues. Seven papers by noted specialists in this region (Charles A. Frazee, Thomas A. Emmert, Snjezana Buzov, Veniamin Karakostanoglou, Basil Kondis, Spyridon Sfetas, and Stephen K. Batalden) ponder the larger implications of this fractured part of the European map. At the confluence of two continents and three major religions, the Balkans are often overlooked until the media calls attention to the troubles of the region. This book contains essays on the religious, ethnic, and political element in the conflict. Particularly timely, considerations of Kosovo’s status and the continuing crisis of what used to be called Yugoslavia are directly engaged in this study. This collection is must-read material for those interested in the history and culture of this troubled society.

A friendly introduction to the complexities of the Archiac period in Greece, Egypt, the kingdoms of Isreal and Judah, and the successive empires of Assyria and Babylonia, set within a "first person narrative" fleshed out with plausible personal details of one lifetime--the life of a Greek mercenary"borrowed" from a well-known inscription at Abu Simbel in Lower Nubia. The reader is prefectly free to treat this book as a "historical novel" simply by reading the text and ignoring the endnotes and other editorial material.

This book sheds light on the first three Crusades (1097-1191) by introducing material from several medieval Syriac and Arabic sources and reconciling their accounts with those provided by Western sources. It presents the Crusades as an extension of the conflict between Christianity and Islam, which began with the Arabs’ first incursions into Christian territory in the seventh century and continued with their conquest of the Iberian peninsula.

Steinschneider’s first section is a dictionary of Jewish Arabic authors. This includes a careful study of Jewish names. The Second section is a study of the lives and literatures of Jews, and Christians, within Muslim society.

Characteristic of the aims and goals of the Association of Ancient Historians, this volume focuses on the new and developing arenas of study of the Classical world. Included in this volume are informed considerations of recent work done in four major fields of Classics scholarship: Greece (beginning in the late Dark Ages), by Kurt A. Raaflaub, the Hellenistic Age (including Macedon), by Stanley M. Burstein, the Roman Republic, by Allen M. Ward, and the Roman Empire, by Ramsay MacMullen. Designed to give both the specialist and the novice in the field an overview of trends in present-day scholarship focused on the ancient world, each contributor is allowed his own voice and viewpoint.

The arrival of new disciplinary approaches to ancient fields of study is embraced in this volume of Publications of the Association of Ancient Historians. This volume considers the world of the Classic civilizations viewed through the lenses of recent approaches to historical material. Stanley M. Burstein considers Egypt and Greece in the light of Afrocentrism as a means of exploring ethnicity in the study of antiquity. Nancy Demand applies the outlook of gender studies to ancient history with the resultant concepts of participation and power. Ian Morris delves into the role archaeology takes in the understanding of ancient Greece, and Lawrence Tritle explores psychology and history in an analysis of Thucydides, a foundational writer of Classical history. These cross-disciplinary studies demonstrate the flexibility and breadth of the historical undertaking in an environment of continual growth and change.

Noting the standard reservations of Classicists regarding the Greek Bronze and Dark Ages, Carol Thomas declares the Pre-Classical period of ancient Greece to be the locus of much historical information. Both the metaphor and the fact of Troy serve as emblems of this historical enterprise as Thomas organizes her work around the subjects encountered by those approaching this time-frame: the tools (method and dating) and the evidence (writing and oral tradition). A brief account of the war is given in the context of both an actual war and a metaphor. These tools allow her to reconstruct the Mycenaean Age and the Dark Age prior to Classical Greece. A necessary requisite for consideration of the history of Classical Greece, this volume is accessible to scholars and interested laity alike.

Beginning with the earliest civilizations known, this book begins with an essay by Gonzalo Rubio exploring the field of Sumerian and Babylonian studies, the realm of southern Mesopotamia. Following a northern arc, the next essay, by Steven J. Garfinkle, considers the Assyrians as they are currently being viewed. Gary Beckman then addresses the present trends in the study of the Hittites in Anatolia. The final essay brings the discussion to the familiar realms of the biblical world directly with a contribution by Daniel C. Snell considering Syria-Palestine in present-day research.

Conceived of as a companion volume to Crossroads of History: The Age of Alexander, this collection of papers stems from the second international symposium on the topic of Alexander the Great and his era. The papers by respected Classicists in this volume cover the time frame from the formation of the empire through the period of the Diadochoi. Sixteen essays on a variety of specific aspects of the empire are included. Within the range of the period of Alexander, the papers include topics as diverse as early Hellenistic chronology, the games of Alexander, problems in early Diadoch sources, and Alexander’s sexuality. Essential reading for any lover of Classical history or the ancient world, this set of materials will enhance the library of Alexander specialists and laity alike.

Audo’s Syriac dictionary is a reference tool coveted by all students of the Syriac language. As a language tool it represents the Syriac known and used in the nineteenth century in the Middle East. Now available with an English introduction, Gorgias Press is making this historic contribution to the understanding of the Syriac language.

This two-volume set of St. Ephraim’s refutations of Mani, Marcion, and Bardaisan is presented in a bilingual edition with the Syriac original and English translation. The prose refutations are an important component to the understanding of one of the most important patriarchs of Eastern Christianity.

Written by recognized authorities in the study of Classics, this Festschrift for Mortimer Chambers contains 20 substantial essays on Greek history and historiography. After a biography and bibliography of Chambers’ works, the essays are arranged in the two broad divisions of Text and Tradition and cover a broad range of topics. These essays are the works of E. Badian, John Barron, Alan Boegehold, John Buckler, Stanley M. Burstein, Luciano Canfora, Michael Clark, Daren Engen, Charles Fornara, Valerie French, Ralph Gallucci, Frank Kolb, Eberhard Ruschenbusch, Robert Wallace, W. Ward Briggs, William M. Calder III, John Langdon, John Nicols, George Szemler, W. J. Cherf, and Lawrence Tritle. Representing material that Classicists seldom find gathered in one monumental volume, this collection will be welcomed by libraries and individual scholars alike.

Written by recognized authorities in the study of Classics, this Festschrift for Mortimer Chambers contains 20 substantial essays on Greek history and historiography. After a biography and bibliography of Chambers’ works, the essays are arranged in the two broad divisions of Text and Tradition and cover a broad range of topics. These essays are the works of E. Badian, John Barron, Alan Boegehold, John Buckler, Stanley M. Burstein, Luciano Canfora, Michael Clark, Daren Engen, Charles Fornara, Valerie French, Ralph Gallucci, Frank Kolb, Eberhard Ruschenbusch, Robert Wallace, W. Ward Briggs, William M. Calder III, John Langdon, John Nicols, George Szemler, W. J. Cherf, and Lawrence Tritle. Representing material that Classicists seldom find gathered in one monumental volume, this collection will be welcomed by libraries and individual scholars alike.

A cornucopia of essays on ancient Greece, this Festschrift for Donald Kagan contains 16 substantial essays on politics, war, and history. The collection is divided into two main foci: essays on Thucycdides and the Peloponnesian War and those on the period following the Peloponnesian War. Within the contexts of these two historic eras, the papers represent a variety of topics. Several essays explore the war itself, including the outbreak of the war and how warfare was conducted, alliances, honor, and strategy. Thucycdides and his outlook on constitutionalism and the end of the war are noted. The essays following the war period analyze Sparta and issues associated with its decline, Alexander’s battle at Granicus, and classical Athens in hindsight. A colorful collection of several aspects of ancient history, this publication will be much appreciated by Classicists and students of military history in the ancient world.

Originating from a conference bearing the same name as the volume, these nine papers were originally presented at California State University, Los Angeles in 1990. They address the rather specific question of the Arabic manuscript resources available in the eighteenth century to document the history of Egypt during the Ottoman Period. Based on the premise that Abd al-Rahman ibn Hasan al-Jabarti’s work had been unduly monolithic in the field, the conference participants addressed the other manuscript sources that were available to compose such a history. For researchers into the Ottoman Period of Egyptian history, this study will prove an invaluable tool.

Conceived of as a companion volume to Crossroads of History: The Age of Alexander, this collection of papers stems from the second international symposium on the topic of Alexander the Great and his era. The papers by respected Classicists in this volume cover the time frame from the formation of the empire through the period of the Diadochoi. Sixteen essays on a variety of specific aspects of the empire are included. Within the range of the period of Alexander, the papers include topics as diverse as early Hellenistic chronology, the games of Alexander, problems in early Diadoch sources, and Alexander’s sexuality. Essential reading for any lover of Classical history or the ancient world, this set of materials will enhance the library of Alexander specialists and laity alike.

Written by recognized authorities in the study of Classics, this Festschrift for Mortimer Chambers contains 20 substantial essays on Greek history and historiography. After a biography and bibliography of Chambers’ works, the essays are arranged in the two broad divisions of Text and Tradition and cover a broad range of topics. These essays are the works of E. Badian, John Barron, Alan Boegehold, John Buckler, Stanley M. Burstein, Luciano Canfora, Michael Clark, Daren Engen, Charles Fornara, Valerie French, Ralph Gallucci, Frank Kolb, Eberhard Ruschenbusch, Robert Wallace, W. Ward Briggs, William M. Calder III, John Langdon, John Nicols, George Szemler, W. J. Cherf, and Lawrence Tritle. Representing material that Classicists seldom find gathered in one monumental volume, this collection will be welcomed by libraries and individual scholars alike.

Beginning with sources and interpretations, this monograph presents the ancient written evidence, including inscriptions, as well as archaeological findings in the region of Macedonia. After looking at modern historical narratives, the study turns to the origins, ethnicity, and institutions of the Macedonians, again highlighting recent investigations. Stopping short of Alexander the Great, the final chapter in this book is dedicated to an overview of Alexander’s father, Philip II. Written and material sources likewise inform the reign of this essential character in Macedonian history. Essential reading for the novice historian of the Classics, this volume also offers considerable information for the specialist as well.

Compiled and edited by Carol G. Thomas for the Association of Ancient Historians, this collection of fifteen essays by Eugene Borza on Macedonia represents a cross-section of his thought on this historically important region. The volume begins with an essay on the history and archaeology of Macedonia, providing a broad introduction to the study. Topics covered in this useful collation include: observations on the natural resources and ecology of Macedonia, including the impact of malaria on the region, political aspects of Macedonia and Greece, the origins of the royal house of Macedonia, essays on Philip II and Alexander the Great, particularly several features of Alexander’s court, communication in Alexander’s empire, Agis’ revolt, Alexander at Persepolis, and the paraphernalia of Alexander. These essential aspects of the classical world and the sea change that was about to overcome the ancient world with the rising swell of Alexander’s conquests make this book essential reading for any who wish to understand the nation that gave rise to this iconic emperor.

As an attempt to consider the causes, course, and consequences of particular conflicts that have plagued Europe throughout much of its history, historian Udo Heyn addresses several pertinent issues in his book. Following an introduction to the topic, the issues and definitions involved, the rise of the doctrine of “Just War” comprises an essay on the Western quest for peace. Clearly tied to this doctrine is the role of the medieval church in the quest for peace in Europe. This is explored through the concepts of the peace of God and the truce of God. Peace campaigns of the state are also considered in terms of the secular peace of the prince and the peace of the realm. The moves from private justice to public law and private combat to rules of war are explored. Various catalysts and additional factors in the pacification of Europe are also considered. The study ends with an extensive bibliography on the subjects under discussion, providing a gateway into further research on this important topic.

A cornucopia of essays on ancient Greece, this Festschrift for Donald Kagan contains 16 substantial essays on politics, war, and history. The collection is divided into two main foci: essays on Thucycdides and the Peloponnesian War and those on the period following the Peloponnesian War. Within the contexts of these two historic eras, the papers represent a variety of topics. Several essays explore the war itself, including the outbreak of the war and how warfare was conducted, alliances, honor, and strategy. Thucycdides and his outlook on constitutionalism and the end of the war are noted. The essays following the war period analyze Sparta and issues associated with its decline, Alexander’s battle at Granicus, and classical Athens in hindsight. A colorful collection of several aspects of ancient history, this publication will be much appreciated by Classicists and students of military history in the ancient world.

Noting the standard reservations of Classicists regarding the Greek Bronze and Dark Ages, Carol Thomas declares the Pre-Classical period of ancient Greece to be the locus of much historical information. Both the metaphor and the fact of Troy serve as emblems of this historical enterprise as Thomas organizes her work around the subjects encountered by those approaching this time-frame: the tools (method and dating) and the evidence (writing and oral tradition). A brief account of the war is given in the context of both an actual war and a metaphor. These tools allow her to reconstruct the Mycenaean Age and the Dark Age prior to Classical Greece. A necessary requisite for consideration of the history of Classical Greece, this volume is accessible to scholars and interested laity alike.

Characteristic of the aims and goals of the Association of Ancient Historians, this volume focuses on the new and developing arenas of study of the Classical world. Included in this volume are informed considerations of recent work done in four major fields of Classics scholarship: Greece (beginning in the late Dark Ages), by Kurt A. Raaflaub, the Hellenistic Age (including Macedon), by Stanley M. Burstein, the Roman Republic, by Allen M. Ward, and the Roman Empire, by Ramsay MacMullen. Designed to give both the specialist and the novice in the field an overview of trends in present-day scholarship focused on the ancient world, each contributor is allowed his own voice and viewpoint.

The arrival of new disciplinary approaches to ancient fields of study is embraced in this volume of Publications of the Association of Ancient Historians. This volume considers the world of the Classic civilizations viewed through the lenses of recent approaches to historical material. Stanley M. Burstein considers Egypt and Greece in the light of Afrocentrism as a means of exploring ethnicity in the study of antiquity. Nancy Demand applies the outlook of gender studies to ancient history with the resultant concepts of participation and power. Ian Morris delves into the role archaeology takes in the understanding of ancient Greece, and Lawrence Tritle explores psychology and history in an analysis of Thucydides, a foundational writer of Classical history. These cross-disciplinary studies demonstrate the flexibility and breadth of the historical undertaking in an environment of continual growth and change.

Beginning with the earliest civilizations known, this book begins with an essay by Gonzalo Rubio exploring the field of Sumerian and Babylonian studies, the realm of southern Mesopotamia. Following a northern arc, the next essay, by Steven J. Garfinkle, considers the Assyrians as they are currently being viewed. Gary Beckman then addresses the present trends in the study of the Hittites in Anatolia. The final essay brings the discussion to the familiar realms of the biblical world directly with a contribution by Daniel C. Snell considering Syria-Palestine in present-day research.

A friendly introduction to the complexities of the Archiac period in Greece, Egypt, the kingdoms of Isreal and Judah, and the successive empires of Assyria and Babylonia, set within a "first person narrative" fleshed out with plausible personal details of one lifetime--the life of a Greek mercenary"borrowed" from a well-known inscription at Abu Simbel in Lower Nubia. The reader is prefectly free to treat this book as a "historical novel" simply by reading the text and ignoring the endnotes and other editorial material.

In 1212 A.D., boy preachers arose and led literally thousands of children to the east in what has been called “The Children’s Crusade where all disappeared with hardly a trace. This historical romance novel, written a century ago, reconstructs this bizarre event. In dealing with medieval religion, it describes the nature of Islam with a great deal of sensitivity.

Born as a Greek Ottoman in Istanbul, Demetra Vaka Brown (1877-1946) moved to America where she became a journalist and novelist, revisiting Turkey to write several books about the twilight of the Ottoman Empire and the emergence of the Turkish Republic. She based this, her first book, on experiences from 1901, when modernization had made inroads into Ottoman domestic life and the harem was becoming a thing of the past. Her reflections on life in the harem suggest the conflicted nature of her allegiances: Vaka is nostalgic for the Ottoman life that was rapidly disappearing, but she also enjoys the freedoms of a professional American woman.

The Unveiled Ladies of Istanbul (Stamboul) is a picturesque description of women's life in post-World War I Turkey during a period of social and political turmoil. Here Demetra Vaka (1877-1946), an expatriate of Ottoman Turkey, established American journalist and acquaintance of Prince Sabaheddin, returns to her native Istanbul after a 20-year absence. Describing women's lives in post-World War I Turkey, she reports on the successful project of female emancipation pursued by Mustafa Kemal as part of the nationalist agenda. Noting how much this project had benefited upper- and middle-class Turkish women, Vaka nonetheless regrets that the gradual emergence of the monocultural, modern Republic was bringing an end to the multiethnic character of the Ottoman State.

This book attempts to understand the miscommunications between Greeks and westerners in the fifteenth century by concentrating on the work of George Gennadios Scholarios who under the name of Gennadios II became the first Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church during Ottoman Rule.