In dit handboek over de oudheid wordt de geschiedenis van de Griekse en Romeinse wereld op een nieuwe wijze gepresenteerd: ingebed in naar tijd en ruimte uitgebreide kaders – chronologisch van de vroege prehistorie tot ver in de Middeleeuwen en geografisch over het hele gebied van Europa, Azië en Noord-Afrika.

Binnen deze kaders ligt de nadruk steeds op de Grieks-Romeinse wereld van de periode 1000 v.C. tot 500 n.C. Die periode wordt in vier naar opzet gelijkwaardige delen gesplitst, waarbi...

Upon its first publication, A Different Mirror was hailed by critics and academics as a dramatic retelling of America's past. Beginning with the colonisation of the New World, it recounted the history of America in the voice of the non-Anglo peoples of the United States - Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and others - groups who helped create this country's rich mosaic culture. Now, Ronald Takaki has revised his landmark work and made it even...

Ever since the attacks of 11th September, western leaders have described a world engaged in 'a fight for civilization'. But what do we mean by civilization? We believe in a western tradition of openness and freedom that has produced a good life for many millions of people and a culture of enormous depth and creative power. But the history of our civilisation is also filled with unspeakable brutality - for every Leonardo there is a Mussolini, for every Beethoven symphony a concentration camp, ...