What kind of ancient history are you most interested in? I enjoy Egyptian and Middle Eastern

posted by SageWoodWitch at 3:24 pm (EST) on Apr 20, 2008

Hi Rob, seeing you´ve enjoyed Gallipoli by Carlyon as well, I need to recommend John Hamilton´s book ´Goodbye cobber´ to you. It gives great insight on how ´our´ boys lived (and died) in those days. John is from Perth too, by the way.

posted by ranzigebunzing at 8:54 am (EST) on Dec 19, 2007

I saw your posting on the History Group site - thought I'd stop by and say hello. There aren't many of us who have a foot in both camps - I think Classics and Moderns often have a sworn hatred of one another. I have a double major from my BA, Ancient History and History. Does that mean you're doing Honours for the second time? Once was more than enough for me! You must be coming up on submission pretty soon, so good luck.

Jen (Mysterywatcher)

posted by MysteryWatcher at 12:07 am (EST) on Oct 19, 2007

I am flattered for being included among your "interesting libraries". Yours also seem to be coming along very nicely!

posted by Romanus at 12:21 pm (EST) on Jul 28, 2007

PhD in history, early modern is my general period, but I am writing about a particular perspective on world history that sees the modern world as one continually operating economic system since 1500, called world-system theory. My key interest is in the theory's attempt to explain early modern developments as a consequnce of a world capitlaist system before individual national capitalisms (sort of reversing the usual order). My apologies; I thought you were a fellow PhD student who is writing about coinage and Greek cities and who works out of the same post grad room. STill, very pleased to have met you. Are you planning on post grad after honours? With Whom did you do modern history? ANcient history was my minor sequence up to second year, back in the 1970s...

posted by cedric at 7:55 am (EST) on Nov 15, 2006

Well, evilrob31, is it not a small world? Working out of the same postgrad room and then discovering each other at Librarything! While see you in either the real or virtual worlds some time, I guess!

posted by cedric at 11:26 pm (EST) on Nov 9, 2006

Yes, I am primarily interested in Roman Republican history. I teach at the University of Western Ontario, in Canada.

posted by dnousek at 10:00 am (EST) on Aug 24, 2006

Thanks for the invite to the Ancient History group! Looks like fun :)

posted by dnousek at 10:18 am (EST) on Aug 21, 2006

We were only in Kusadasi/Ephesus for the day, but loved it. Houses are nice and cheap and it looked like not a bad spot. How long were you there for? I hadn't been to Turkey before, and only went to Istanbul and Eph, but loved them both. Have done lots of Roman architecture and stuff, so it was great to see the lib especially. Heard a funny story that it was connected surreptotiously to the brothel across the road - very naughty!

posted by notmyrealname at 12:41 am (EST) on Aug 18, 2006

Hi there - I'm in Melbourne. And I have just been, in July, to the Lib of Celsus in your photo. A good deal of my books are wishlist too!

posted by notmyrealname at 12:17 am (EST) on Aug 18, 2006

Isn't Hammond's The Genius of Alexander the Great a concise, well written account.

posted by berthirsch at 8:05 pm (EST) on Jul 31, 2006

I have not read Julian, Burr or Lincoln. Lincoln is on the soon to be read list. I recently finished Inventing a Nation and have almost completed United States Essays 1952-1992.
Biting sarcasm is his most endearing trait in my opinion. Yes, sometimes the tangents go down the rabbit hole but it remains entertaining. Julian and Burr will be added to the list. I will be keeping my eye on you and Tim for leads on history reading adventures.

posted by ponder at 4:44 pm (EST) on Jul 26, 2006

I saw your post on the History group and have to tell you that Creation by Gore Vidal undoubtably is a great read. I love to run across other people who enjoyed it as much as I did.

posted by ponder at 10:38 am (EST) on Jul 26, 2006

"there were no coins before c600bc at all."

Does this statement refer to metal coins?

I don't know if this would count in a modern definition of currency, but it's probably the closest definition from really early (3000BCE-ish) times. There are clay tokens found much earlier than 600BCE in many cultures, mostly in ancient Mesopotamia, which may have also been used like a form of currency. Strong evidence as counting aids, loose evidence as currency - there are several theories that many of the tokens could have been used as a kind of marker at the temple - i.e. tax paid, number and type of offerings made, that kind of thing.

Google Scholar search yielded:
"The Cradle of Cash" by Heather Pringle, originally published in Discover magazine, October 1998
http://www.dushkin.com/text-data/articles/23316/body.pdf

posted by purplestoregirl at 2:44 am (EST) on Jul 26, 2006