Roman Provinces: the Levant and North Africa

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Essential Reading Package-EXNAF78 Jane Burbank, Frederick Cooper Empires in World History, Power and the Politics ROMAN PROVINCES: THE LEVANT AND NORTH Buy Package of Difference AFRICA. Buy these 4 items as a set for $77 WAR150 | 2011 | 400 pages | PAPER including shipping, 15% off the retail price. With free shipping on anything else you order. Beginning with ancient Rome and China and continuing across Asia, Europe, the Americas and Barnaby Rogerson Africa, Burbank and Cooper examine the rise and fall A Traveller's History of North Africa of diverse empires. NAF01 | 2000 | 408 pages | PAPER $29.95 Wide-ranging, accessible and effectively condensed, Karen Armstrong this brief history marches confidently through the centuries, covering key events and personalities in Islam, A Short History Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria to 1999. ISL15 | 2002 | 230 pages | PAPER $15.95 Armstrong brings authority and experience to this vivid, clear-headed survey of the history and impact of Christopher Scarre Islam, from the birth of Mohammad to present-day Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome challenges. ITL29 | 1995 | 144 pages | PAPER $17.00 A vivid overview of the rise and fall of the Roman Phillip C. Naylor Empire and its expansion throughout North Africa and the Mediterranean, illustrated with ingenious color North Africa, A History from Antiquity to the maps on many topics (political borders, trade, Present defense, religion) and 80 color photographs. NAF67 | 2015 | 384 pages | PAPER $21.00 A detailed, scholarly history of Northern Africa and its role as a crossroads between Europe, Asia and Africa, Michael Grant from the Paleolithic period and early Egyptian cultures The Ancient Mediterranean through the rise of Islam and the growth of the Ottoman Empire to modern postcolonial history. MED10 | 1990 | 374 pages | PAPER $29.95 Grant, a well-known classical scholar, provides this comprehensive history of the peoples and cultures of Susan Raven the Mediterranean, including Egypt, Israel, Crete, Greece, the Roman states and many others. A very Rome in Africa well-researched account of Western history's roots. NAF04 | 1993 | 254 pages | PAPER $20.00 Long the standard history of Roman influence in Northern Africa, this book is scholarly and Ethel Davis comprehensive. It is a wonderfully written, illustrated Bradt Guide North Africa introduction to the geographic setting, the rise of Carthage, historical personalities, individual trading NAF68 | 2009 | 336 pages | PAPER centers and archaeological sites. This practical, informative guide brings to life the $53.95 ancient Roman heritage of modern-day Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. John Boardman $25.99 The Greeks Overseas, The Early Colonies and Trade Buy Package GRE150 | 2011 | 304 pages | PAPER An authoritative, illustrated survey of Greek civilization throughout the Mediterranean, revised and updated Also Recommended for this fourth edition. $25.95 Michelin Africa North and West Map Paul Lachlan MacKendrick AFR34 | 2011 | 1 pages | MAP The North African Stones Speak A fine regional map covering Senegal, The Gambia, NAF51 | 2000 | 246 pages | PAPER Ghana, Mali, Mauritania and their neighbors as well as MacKendrick's lively history explores the life and all the Mediterranean-bordering countries (Morocco, culture of the North African provinces of Rome as Algeria, Tunisia and Libya) at a scale of 1:4,000,000. revealed by its archaeology. With 60 pages on $12.95 settlements and cities in ancient Cyrenaica and Tripolitania, including site plans and black-and-white photographs of Shahat, Apollonia, Leptis Magna and Fezzan. $63.00

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Aicha Ben Abed Ben Khader Arturo Perez-Reverte Tunisian Mosaics, Treasures from Roman Africa Pirates of the Levant TUN27 | 2006 | 140 pages | PAPER SPN450 | 2011 | 304 pages | PAPER Accompanied by 134 glorious color illustrations, this In the sixth installment of Perez-Reverte's book includes a history of Roman Africa and the rise swashbuckling series, Captain Alatriste and his of Mediterranean mosaics, an overview of mosaic protege Inigo set sail for the most remote and sites and museums and a chapter on preservation wretched outposts of the Empire: Morocco, Algeria methods. and Malta -- a dramatic voyage that leads to a bloody $29.95 battle on the high seas. $17.00 Alberto di Pirajno A Cure for Serpents To Order NAF49 | 2006 | 272 pages | PAPER The Duke of Pirajno, who served as Italian ambassador in North Africa in the 1920s and 1930s, writes with candor and grace about everyday life and culture in the region, including the chieftains and courtesans, Berber princes and Tuareg entertainers. 2838 Vicksburg Lane Plymouth, MN 55447 USA. $35.00 www.longitudebooks.com Peter Robert Lamont Brown Shipping charges via UPS or Priority Mail: $5.95 for Augustine of Hippo, A Biography first item, $1 per additional item up to a maximum of ITL799 | 2013 | 568 pages | PAPER $10.95 Item prices and availability subject to change As an account of St. Augustine's life this biography is Call (+1) 800 342 2164 or go to second only to The Confessions. Brown's impressive research and readable style combine in a fascinating http://www.longitudebooks.com/roman-provinces-the- portrait of the 4th century bishop. levant-and-north-africa-22441-183?affiliate=3Q $29.95 Pat Southern Empress Zenobia, Palmyra's Rebel Queen SYR19 | 2009 | 216 pages | HARD COVER The subject of fantasy and fiction, Pat Southern's lively portrait of Empress Zenobia, the celebrated 3rd- century Queen of Palmyra (present-day Syria) hews carefully to what is known of her life and times. $40.00 Serge Lancel Hannibal TUN06 | 1999 | 256 pages | PAPER A biography of Hannibal by the well-regarded French historian Serge Lancel. $54.95 Tony Perrottet Pagan Holiday, On the Trail of Ancient Roman Tourists MED72 | 2003 | 320 pages | PAPER Our modern travelers, Tony nad his pregnant wife, armed with a backpack, sense of humor, guide to Greece (written for the Romans by Pausanias in the 2nd century), and an ancient Roman map transcribed onto a 20-foot-roll. Perrottet's travelogue mixes up hi $18.00 Amin Maalouf Leo Africanus MED55 | 1998 | 368 pages | PAPER A fictional memoir of the first 40 years in the life of Leo Africanus, a Muslim whose travels led him throughout the Mediterranean and North Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries. $16.95

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