検索キーワード： 古代

西ローマ帝国が崩壊する中、なぜ東半分はさらに1000年もの間、激動の世界史を生き抜くことができたのか。本作は、国家の存続を賭けた驚異的な生存戦略をドラマチックに解き明かす歴史入門の傑作です。毎日の通勤時...

巨大なピラミッドの威容を捨て、古代エジプトのファラオたちはなぜ岩山の奥深くへとひそやかな眠りの地を求めたのか。王家の谷が抱える壮大な死生観と、権力や盗掘が交錯する歴史のパズルを解き明かす魅惑の考古学...

勝者である古代ギリシアの視点に偏りがちな過去を塗り替え、アケメネス朝ペルシア帝国の壮大な興亡を内側から紐解く歴史ノンフィクション。地中海からインドに至る多民族国家は、いかにして統一を成し遂げ、約二百...

過酷な自然環境と対峙した人類がいかにして古代メソポタミアで文明という壮大なシステムを築き上げたのか、現代社会のルーツを鮮やかに描き出す没入型ドキュメンタリー。毎日の通勤時間や知的好奇心を満たしたい夜...

In Homer, Barbara Graziosi considers Homer's famous works and their impact on readers throughout the centuries. She shows how The Iliad and The Odyssey benefit from a tradition of reading that spans well over two millennia, stemming from ancient scholars at the library of Alexandria, in the third and second centuries BCE, who wrote some of the first commentaries on the Homeric epics. Summaries of these scholars' notes made their way into the margins of Byzantine manuscripts; from Byzantium the annotated manuscripts traveled to Italy.

In this sequel to the bestselling Mythos, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry moves from the exploits of the Olympian gods to the deeds of mortal heroes. Perseus. Jason. Atalanta. Theseus. Heracles. Rediscover the thrills, grandeur, and unabashed fun of the Greek myths. Whether recounting a...

エジプト史の影に隠された古代アフリカ帝国の興亡をたどり、覇権が逆転する壮大な歴史体験を、毎日の通勤時間で楽しめる濃密な音声ドキュメンタリーとしてお届けします。ナイル川中流域の過酷な砂漠に生きる人々の...

三千年もの間ナイル川流域で繁栄を極めた古代エジプト文明の誕生から崩壊まで、ファラオの絶対的権力に隠された栄光と残酷な限界を、没入感あふれる歴史ノンフィクションとして鮮やかに蘇らせます。満員電車での慌...

断片的な記録の影に潜む古代ケルトの忘れられた神々と、神秘のベールに包まれたドルイドの実像を鮮やかに蘇らせる知的な歴史探求です。古代ヨーロッパの森や河川に息づいていた豊穣や戦いの信仰が、現代の私たちに...

古代エジプトの王墓を覆う「呪い」の伝説は真実の恐怖か、それとも人々の心理が生み出した壮大な幻影か。歴史のロマンとミステリーが交錯するこの知的な探求は、日常から離れて思考を深めたい夜のひとときや、好奇...

紀元前1200年の青銅器時代の崩壊は単なる破滅ではなく、世界史を塗り替える壮大な転換の始まりでした。豊かな国際交易網に支えられた諸王国の連鎖的な没落と、そこから芽吹く新たな時代の胎動を、生々しくも精緻な...

古代ギリシア世界の覇権を懸けた陸の軍事国家と海の民主国家の壮絶なライバル関係を通し、強大な権力が自壊していく歴史のダイナミズムを鮮やかに解き明かします。毎日の通勤時間や知的な刺激を求める夜のひととき...

忘れ去られた古代カナンの神話と怪物退治の英雄譚を紐解き、過酷な自然に対する人々の畏れと現代にも通じる普遍的な希望の源流を繋ぎ合わせる、知的探求のオーディオ体験。毎日の通勤時間や夜の静かなリラックスタ...

From Graham Hancock, best-selling author of Fingerprints of the Gods, comes a mesmerizing book that takes us on a captivating underwater voyage to find the ruins of a lost civilization that's been hidden for thousands of years beneath the world's oceans. While Graham Hancock is no stranger to stirring up heated controversy among scientific experts, his books and television documentaries have intrigued millions of people around the world and influenced many to rethink their views about the origins of human civilization. 

秦朝末年，奸佞当朝，秦二世残暴，各路英豪揭竿而起，逐鹿中原。其中尤以项羽，刘邦领导的起义军影响力最大……秦朝末年，奸佞當朝，秦二世殘暴，各路英豪揭竿而起，逐鹿中原。其中尤以項羽，劉邦領導的起義軍影響力最大……

For most of its 5,000-year existence, China has been the largest, most populous, wealthiest, and mightiest nation on Earth. And for us as Westerners, it is essential to understand where China has been in order to anticipate its future. These 36 eye-opening lectures deliver a comprehensive political and historical overview of one of the most fascinating and complex countries in world history.You'll learn about the powerful dynasties that ruled China for centuries; the philosophical and religious foundations-particularly Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism-that have influenced every iteration of Chinese thought, and the larger-than-life personalities, from both inside and outside its borders, of those who have shaped China's history. As you listen to these lectures, you'll see how China's politics, economics, and art reflect the forces of its past.From the "Mandate of Heaven," a theory of social contract in place by 1500 B.C.E., 3,000 years before Western philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, to the development of agriculture and writing independent of outside influence to the technologically-advanced Han Dynasty during the time of the Roman Empire, this course takes you on a journey across ground that has been largely unexplored in the history courses most of us in the West have taken.In guiding you through the five millennia of China's history, Professor Hammond tells a fascinating story with an immense scope, a welcome reminder that China is no stranger to that stage and, indeed, has more often than not been the most extraordinary player on it.

*A GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, PROSPECT AND WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2025* 'The fascinating story of ancient words … new revelations await' The Guardian 'A magisterial feat' New Scientist ________________________________ One ancient language transformed our world. This is its story. Star. Stjarna...

This famous work by Lucretius is a masterpiece of didactic poetry, and it still stands today as the finest exposition of Epicurean philosophy ever written. The poem was produced in the middle of first century B.C., a period that was to witness a flowering of Latin literature unequaled for beauty and intellectual power in subsequent ages. The Latin title, De Rerum Natura, translates literally to On the Nature of Things and is meant to impress the reader with the breadth and depth of Epicurean philosophy.

Clearly, the Greeks are a source of much that we esteem in our own culture: democracy, philosophy, tragedy, epic and lyric poetry, history-writing, our aesthetic sensibilities, ideals of athletic competition, and more. But what is it about Hellenic culture that has made generations of influential scholars and writers view it as the essential starting point for understanding the art and reflection that define the West?

Mankind has a distinct advantage over other terrestrial species: we talk to one another. But how did we acquire the most advanced form of communication on Earth? Daniel L. Everett, a "bombshell" linguist and "instant folk hero" (Tom Wolfe, Harper's), provides in this sweeping history a comprehensive examination of the evolutionary story of language, from the earliest speaking attempts by hominids to the more than 7,000 languages that exist today.