Historia Universal Contemporánea

Given P. Naster's numismatic, art historical, and archaeological background, and his expertise in Classical and Ancient Near Eastern subjects, the presentations to his 'Festschrift' cover a broad thematic and temporal span. The papers of volume II may be divided into the following general categories: philology (including general, Greek/Latin, Egyptian, South Arabian, Hebrew, Persian), Assyriology, Art History, Egyptology, and Anthropology, History, Hittite/Anatolian studies, Persian religion, and historical geography. Obviously, some studies will cover more than one definitive area.

Dicen que la historia nació en las riberas de los ríos. La historia que verdaderamente cuenta, la de los pueblos; no la de generales victoriosos y héroes de leyenda. En esa concepción de historia fluvial del mundo, el Níger discurre como rechazando el desierto que lo termina por caracterizar. Mientras las aguas del Nilo han buscado siempre el ombligo del mundo, la curva del Níger supone un afán de periferia. Todo ello forjó, a través de siglos de lejanía y ecos indefinidos, una palabra mágica: Tombuctú. En la actualidad la accesibilidad es completa. Ya hay un puente de hierro que...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...