Tag Archives: ancient history

Book Review: Xenophon’s Retreat

Posted on March 11, 2024 by nathanalbright

Xenophon’s Retreat: Greece, Persia, And The End Of The Golden Age, by Robin Waterfield What is the value of a book like this, which seeks to summarize Anabasis by Xenophon, a classic work that had world-historical importance in showing to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Empires Of Ancient Persia

Posted on March 1, 2024 by nathanalbright

Empires Of Ancient Persia (Great Empires Of The Past), by Michael Burgan Whether or not this is the author’s intention, this book is basically a juvenile version of the excellent work Shadows In The Desert, a book which this one … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Short History Of Humanity

Posted on February 5, 2024 by nathanalbright

A Short History Of Humanity: A New History Of Old Europe, by Johannes Krause and Thomas Trappe, translated by Caroline Waight About the only thing to fault this book on, and that probably isn’t the fault of the authors, who appear … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Ice Ages

Posted on February 2, 2024 by nathanalbright

Ice Ages: Thier Social And Natural History, by Allan Mazur This book is not nearly the sort of book that I thought it would be. My hope, in reading this slim volume, was that the author would be able to speak intelligently … Continue reading →

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Book Review: From Antioch To Babylon

Posted on January 3, 2024 by nathanalbright

From Antioch To Babylon: The First Two Centuries Of Christianity In The Middle East, by Jon Davies [Note: This book was provided free of charge by the author in exchange for an honest review.] On its face, the idea of this book … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Against The Grain

Posted on September 13, 2023 by nathanalbright

Against The Grain: A Deep History Of The Earliest States, by James C. Scott Those who are familiar, as I am, with some of the author’s other works, will find in this book that the author makes a lot of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Sardinia In Ancient Times

Posted on June 20, 2023 by nathanalbright

Sardinia In Ancient Times, by Edmund Bouchier Sardinia is one of those quirky places that exist around the world that have not been truly under their own indigenous rulership for a long time. This is not to say that the … Continue reading →

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Taking Pascal’s Wager

Posted on March 2, 2023 by nathanalbright

Many Western thinkers have been awfully hard on Blaise Pascal’s wager, which makes a modest claim that it pays to bet on the accuracy and legitimacy of biblical faith. Let us put ourselves in Blaise Pascal’s position, though. He was … Continue reading →

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So Often, We See What We Are

Posted on October 12, 2021 by nathanalbright

One of my more esoteric interests is the decipherment of ancient and unknown scripts. As someone who has spent an excessive amount of my own life writing, giving a voice to an intellectual and emotional and spiritual life that is … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A History Of Ancient Egypt: Volume 2

Posted on May 17, 2021 by nathanalbright

A History Of Ancient Egypt: Volume 2: From The Great Pyramid To The Fall Of The Middle Kingdom, by John Romer This book follows from the author’s previous volume and contains many of the same flaws. The author makes his … Continue reading →

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