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Past lives : unlocking the secrets of our ancestors
- Title
- Past lives : unlocking the secrets of our ancestors / Ian Wilson.
- Author
- Wilson, Ian, 1941-
- Publication
- London : Cassell, 2001.
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Details
- Description
- 216 p. : col. ill.; 26 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Part I : Before recorded history : Historical introduction : from earliest beginnings to the age of the first farmers -- Butcher from Beijing c.500,000 BC ; Aboriginal in Brazil c.9500 BC ; Oldest Texan c.8000 BC ; Cheddar caveman c.7150 BC ; Hunter who climbed too high c.3000 BC -- Part II : First civilisations : Historical introduction : from the earliest technologies to the era of the first money -- Sumer's fertility mistress c.2500 BC ; Priestess with blood on her hands c.1650 BC ; Priest of Amun c.1100 BC ; Horse-queen of the icy steppes c.500 BC ; Father of Alexander 336 BC -- Part III : Faces from the Roman era : Historical introduction : Rome from the republic's birth to the empire's fall -- Tuscan matriarch c.150 BC ; Severnside farmer c.150 BC ; Roman sailor c.7 BC ; Londinium pride c.AD 300 -- Part IV : Pre-modern age : Historical introduction : from plainchant to firepower -- Jorvick Viking c.AD 1000 ; King who tried again 1329 ; Unknown soldier in the Wars of the Roses 1461 ; Butcher of the Incas 1541 ; Tsar Ivan the Terrible 1584 ; Frenchman in the Americas 1686 -- Postscript : the future : what of the future?
- Call Number
- JFF 03-2031
- ISBN
- 0304354740
- LCCN
- 2001411451
- OCLC
- 45828420
- Author
- Wilson, Ian, 1941-
- Title
- Past lives : unlocking the secrets of our ancestors / Ian Wilson.
- Imprint
- London : Cassell, 2001.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 03-2031