Tag: Origins

The Origins of Hertfordshire


Free Download The Origins of Hertfordshire By Tom Williamson
2010 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 1905313950 | PDF | 16 MB
With new archeological and historical evidence, this remarkable record examines the history of Hertfordshire from late prehistoric times through the 13th century. Detailed and extensively researched, this history examines the origins of the county and the early evolution of its landscape and explores the subtle and complex relationship between early territorial organization and natural topography. Proving that Hertfordshire has a long and complex history and a rich archaeological heritage, this account emphasizes that developments in the remote past-especially from the Roman period through the time of the Norman Conquest-continue to shape its character and appearance.

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Courting India England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire


Free Download Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire by Nandini Das
English | March 16th, 2023 | ISBN: 1526615649, 1526615657 | 480 pages | True EPUB | 55.32 MB
A profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the British arrival in India in the early seventeenth century.

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Discovering the Vedas Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insights [Audiobook]


Free Download Discovering the Vedas: Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insights (Audiobook)
English | August 16, 2019 | ASIN: B07WGWD5VW | [email protected] kbps | 10h 11m | 560 MB
Author: Frits Staal | Narrator: B Andrew
"This is a remarkable book. It untangles the many complexities of the Vedas and combines Staal’s scholarly respect for the texts, with explanations that are lucid and occasionally witty. His insights are thoughtful and perceptive." (Romila Thapar)
In this unprecedented guide to the Vedas, Frits Staal, the celebrated author of Agni: The Vedic Ritual of the Fire Altar and Universals: Studies in Indian Logic and Linguistics examines almost every aspect of these ancient sources of indic civilisation. Staal extracts concrete information from the oral tradition and archaeology about Vedic people and their language, what they thought and did, and where they went and when. He provides essential information about the Vedas and includes selections and translations. Staal sheds light on mantras and rituals that contributed to what came to be known as Hinduism.

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How it all Began origins of the modern economy


Free Download W. W. Rostow, "How it all Began: origins of the modern economy"
English | 2013 | pages: 279 | ISBN: 0415742277, 0415742307 | PDF | 4,0 mb
First published in 1975, this book traces the origins of our modern economy, showing the routes by which nations have either achieved wealth or have been impoverished. W. W. Rostow brings together issues of public policy, international trade and the world of science and technology, arguing that conventional economic thought has failed to relate scientific innovation to the economic process. Chapters consider the politics of modernization, the Commercial Revolution and the development of the world economy between 1783 and 1820.

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Blood Rites Origins and History of the Passions of War [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B083QSJ6YL | 2020 | 9 hours and 56 minutes | [email protected] kbps | 284 MB
Author: Barbara Ehrenreich
Narrator: Amy Landon

What draws our species to war? What makes us see violence as a kind of sacred duty, or a ritual that boys must undergo to "become" men? Newly reissued, Blood Rites takes listeners on an original journey from the elaborate human sacrifices of the ancient world to the carnage and holocaust of 20th-century "total war." Ehrenreich sifts deftly through the fragile records of prehistory and discovers the wellspring of war in an unexpected place – not in a "killer instinct" unique to the males of our species, but in the blood rites early humans performed to reenact their terrifying experiences of predation by stronger carnivores. Brilliant in conception and rich in scope, Blood Rites is a monumental work that continues to transform our understanding of the greatest single threat to human life.

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