Lessons From The Past Ancient Knowledge Contemporary Issues

Author : Kenneth L. Feder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781621312260
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lessons from the Past written by Kenneth L. Feder and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The anthology Lessons from the Past challenges the assumption that archaeology is little more than telling interesting storeis about the past. Instead, the book details a variety of ways in which archaeological data and analysis can provide important insights converning issues facing the world today. Lessons from the Past presents articles and case studies showing how archaeological methodology can serve communities of the descendants of excavated sites, and how the study of ancient ways of life can help reveal the origins of modern problems including climate change, hunger, and oppression and may even suggest some solutions. The book demonstrates how archaeology can contribute to solving historical mysteries, and the ways in which forensic archaeology can be used to help solve present-day crimes. Lessons from the Past is perhapshe first reader in the field to demonstrate the practical value of archaeology. By introducing readers to the diverse ways archaeology can be interesting, releveant, and even entertaining, the book serves as a valuable pedagogical tool for those teaching introductory courses in the discipline.

Author : Ken Feder
Publisher : Cognella Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781621312253
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lessons from the Past: Ancient Knowledge, Contemporary Issues written by Ken Feder and published by Cognella Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-05 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The anthology "Lessons from the Past" challenges the assumption that archaeology is little more than telling interesting stories about the past. Instead, the book details a variety of ways in which archaeological data and analysis can provide important insights concerning issues facing the world today. "Lessons from the Past" presents articles and case studies showing how archaeological methodology can serve communities of the descendants of excavated sites, and how the study of ancient ways of life can help reveal the origins of modern problems including climate change, hunger, and oppression and may even suggest some solutions. The book demonstrates how archaeology can contribute to solving historical mysteries, and the ways in which forensic archaeology can be used to help solve present-day crimes. "Lessons from the Past" is perhaps the first reader in the field to demonstrate the practical value of archaeology. By introducing readers to the diverse ways archaeology can be interesting, relevant, and even entertaining, the book serves as a valuable pedagogical tool for those teaching introductory courses in the discipline. Kenneth Feder holds a Ph.D. in anthropology, and is a professor of anthropology at Central Connecticut State University. He writes extensively in the field, and is noted for his criticism of pseudo-archaeology in the books "Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archeology" and "Encyclopedia of Dubious Archeology: From Atlantis to the Walam Olum." He has appeared on the National Geographic Channel and the BBC, and is a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Dr. Feder is also the founder and director of the Farmington River Archaeological Project.

Author : Eleanor Robson
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1787355942
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Knowledge Networks written by Eleanor Robson and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Knowledge Networks is a book about how knowledge travels, in minds and bodies as well as in writings. It explores the forms knowledge takes and the meanings it accrues, and how these meanings are shaped by the peoples who use it.Addressing the relationships between political power, family ties, religious commitments and literate scholarship in the ancient Middle East of the first millennium BC, Eleanor Robson focuses on two regions where cuneiform script was the predominant writing medium: Assyria in the north of modern-day Syria and Iraq, and Babylonia to the south of modern-day Baghdad. She investigates how networks of knowledge enabled cuneiform intellectual culture to endure and adapt over the course of five world empires until its eventual demise in the mid-first century BC. In doing so, she also studies Assyriological and historical method, both now and over the past two centuries, asking how the field has shaped and been shaped by the academic concerns and fashions of the day. Above all, Ancient Knowledge Networks is an experiment in writing about ‘Mesopotamian science’, as it has often been known, using geographical and social approaches to bring new insights into the intellectual history of the world’s first empires.

Author : George Curtis
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 024441453X
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient Knowledge written by George Curtis and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-03-08 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hard cover edition. An ideal gift for someone interested in mystery, archaeology, astronomy, aliens, and so on. This book details the search for ancient knowledge and reveals things not previously known to science or religion, proving it with mathematics.

Author : Jonathan T. Pennington
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 149342758X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jesus the Great Philosopher written by Jonathan T. Pennington and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of us tend to live as though Jesus represents the "spiritual part" of our lives. We don't clearly see how he relates to the rest of our experiences, desires, and habits. How can Jesus, the Bible, and Christianity become more than a compartmentalized part of our lives? Highly regarded New Testament scholar and popular teacher Jonathan Pennington argues that we need to recover the lost biblical image of Jesus as the one true philosopher who teaches us how to experience the fullness of our humanity in the kingdom of God. Jesus teaches us what is good, right, and beautiful and offers answers to life's big questions: what it means to be human, how to be happy, how to order our emotions, and how we should conduct our relationships. This book brings Jesus and Christianity into dialogue with the ancient philosophers who asked the same big questions about finding meaningful happiness. It helps us rediscover biblical Christianity as a whole-life philosophy, one that addresses our greatest human questions and helps us live meaningful and flourishing lives.

Author : Prateek Maheshwari
Publisher : Sristhi Publishers & Distributors
ISBN 13 : 9395192232
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Marketing Gita: Ancient wisdom for modern business success ǀ Lessons in modern day marketing from ancient Hindu epics written by Prateek Maheshwari and published by Sristhi Publishers & Distributors. This book was released on 2023-07-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the rapidly changing world that we live in, a new business or brand is introduced to us each day. Every brand needs a unique marketing strategy to make it big! This easy and compact manual sets out to decode the essential questions about marketing, using wisdom from ancient Indian scriptures to tackle modern marketing challenges. You can learn more about: - the importance of marketing in modern business - transforming your challenges into opportunities - marketing mistakes to avoid while starting a new business - navigating your brand journey to reach the maximum potential - understanding the right marketing context to scale new heights The Marketing Gita draws an analogy between the worlds of marketing and stories from ancient Indian scriptures, to trace the journey of a brand from its birth to the end, as also its trials and triumphs.

Author : Will Durant
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439170193
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lessons of History written by Will Durant and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise survey of the culture and civilization of mankind, The Lessons of History is the result of a lifetime of research from Pulitzer Prize–winning historians Will and Ariel Durant. With their accessible compendium of philosophy and social progress, the Durants take us on a journey through history, exploring the possibilities and limitations of humanity over time. Juxtaposing the great lives, ideas, and accomplishments with cycles of war and conquest, the Durants reveal the towering themes of history and give meaning to our own.

Author : Ray Pritchard
Publisher : Primedia E-launch LLC
ISBN 13 : 1619791803
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Something New Under the Sun: Ancient Wisdom for Contemporary Living written by Ray Pritchard and published by Primedia E-launch LLC. This book was released on with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can we learn from looking at the world around us?According to King Solomon, quite a lot. Solomon was a man of faith who took his readers on a voyage through some of the backwater regions of life that we all think about but rarely discuss in public. He wasn't afraid to ask the hard questions or to admit when there were no easy answers.In Something New Under the Sun, Pastor Ray Pritchard walks readers through Ecclesiastes, a book written by King Solomon from an earthly perspective. Solomon examines those things available to us in this life and invites us on a search for ultimate truth. Pastor Pritchard adds poignant and revealing stories to the words of this great king of old to bring this book crashing into our reality as we approach the 21st century.In short, bite-sized devotionals, Ray Pritchard brings us face to face with such topics as:the meaning of lifethe reality of deaththe instability of powerthe futility of richesFor a generation desperately searching for reality - and not knowing where to find it - God wrote a book that sets our feet in the right direction. Join Ray Pritchard as he follows Solomon on his journey to truth through the book of Ecclesiastes.

Author : Ehaab Abdou
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040095917
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ancient and Indigenous Wisdom Traditions in the Americas written by Ehaab Abdou and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-08-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings attention to the understudied and often overlooked question of how curricula and classroom practices might inadvertently reproduce exclusionary discourses and narratives that omit or negate particular cultures, histories, and wisdom traditions. With a focus on representations and classroom practices related especially to ancient and Indigenous wisdom traditions and cultures, it includes unique contributions from scholars studying these questions in various contexts. The book offers a range of important studies from various contexts across the Americas, including Canada, the various member nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Puerto Rico, and the United States. The various chapter contributions address and discuss nuances of each of the contexts under study. The contributions also help highlight some key commonalities across these contexts, including how dominant discourses and various forces have historically shaped—and continue to shape and reproduce— such omissions, misrepresentations, and marginalization. In addition to seeking to reconcile with some of these ancient and Indigenous wisdom traditions and cultures, the book charts a path forward toward more holistic analytical frameworks as well as more inclusive and balanced representations and classroom practices in these aforementioned geographic contexts and beyond. It will appeal to scholars, researchers, undergraduate, and graduate students with interests in Indigenous education, curriculum studies, citizenship education, history of education, religion, and educational policy.

Author : Nancy Sherman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197501834
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stoic Wisdom written by Nancy Sherman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deeply informed exploration of what Stoic ideas have to offer us today Stoicism is the ideal philosophy of life for those seeking calm in times of stress and uncertainty. For many, it has become the new Zen, with meditation techniques that help us face whatever life throws our way. Indeed, the Stoics address a key question of our time: how can we be masters of our fate when the outside world threatens to unmoor our well-being? In Stoic Wisdom, Georgetown philosophy professor Nancy Sherman, an expert in ancient and modern ethics, shows what a practical modern Stoicism really looks like. Drawing on the wisdom of Stoic thinkers Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and others, Sherman paints a portrait that uncovers the true subtlety and power of Stoic ideas. That portrait reveals a truth often ignored: that the Stoics never thought self-sufficiency was only about rugged self-reliance and mental discipline. We are at home in the world, they taught, when we are connected to each other in cooperative efforts. While mastery of one's self is essential, we also must draw on our deepest relationships for true strength and resilience. Bringing these ancient ideas to bear on 21st century environments-from Silicon Valley to first responders in a pandemic, to soldiers on the battlefield-Sherman shows how Stoicism can both prepare us for an uncertain future and help us cope with traumatic events. Stoic Wisdom will appeal to anyone feeling helpless or looking for deeper, meaningful strength and goodness in addressing life's biggest and smallest challenges.