Stanley M. Burstein

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Stanley M. Burstein is Professor Emeritus of History at California State University, Los Angeles. His field of research is Greek history with emphasis on relations between Greeks and non-Greeks. He is the author of numerous books, including Ancient African Civilizations: Kush and Axuni and The show more Reign of Cleopatra, and co-author of Ancient Greece: A Political, Social and Cultural History. show less

Includes the names: S.M. Burstein, Stanley Burstein, Stanley Mayer Burstein, editor Stanley Burstein

Works by Stanley M. Burstein

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Ancient African Civilizations: Kush and Axum (1997) 41 copies, 1 review

The Hellenistic Age from the Battle of Ipsos to the Death of Kleopatra VII (1985) 37 copies

The Reign of Cleopatra (2004) 32 copies

The World from 1000 BCE to 300 CE (2017) 16 copies, 1 review

World History: Medieval to Early Modern Times (California Social Studies) (2006) 14 copies

Current Issues and the Study of Ancient History (Publications of the Association of Ancient Historians, 7) (2002) 8 copies

The Essential Greek Historians (2022) 5 copies

Graeco-Africana: Studies in the History of Greek Relations With Egypt and Nubia (Hellenism--ancient, mediaeval, modern) (1995) 4 copies

The Hellenistic Period in World History (1995) 4 copies

Antike global. Die Welt von 1000 v. Chr. bis 300 n. Chr. Die Entstehung der Imperien von China, Persien und Rom. Die Auswirkungen globaler Handelsströme und antiker… (2022) 3 copies

The Babyloniaca of Berossus (1978) 3 copies

The Lords of Kush (Ancient Egyptian Mysteries Book 3) (2004) 2 copies

Ancient History (1986) 2 copies

Kleopatra i jej rządy (2008) 2 copies

World History Teacher's Edition (2006) 2 copies

Outpost of Hellenism: Emergence of Heraclea on the Black Sea (University of California publications : Classical studies ; v. 14) (1976) 2 copies

Current Issues and the Study of Ancient History 1 copy

Panhellenica; Essays in Ancient History and Historiography in Honor of Truesdell S. Brown (1980) — Editor — 1 copy

When Greek was an African language (2008) 1 copy

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Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History (1998) — Author — 588 copies, 4 reviews

A Companion to the Classical Greek World (2006) — Contributor — 65 copies

Hellenistic History and Culture (1993) — Contributor — 50 copies, 1 review

Alexander the Great: Ancient and Modern Perspectives (1995) — Contributor — 34 copies

On the Erythraean Sea (1999) — Translator, some editions — 20 copies, 1 review

Ancient History: Recent Work and New Directions (1997) — Contributor — 12 copies

Africa and Africans in Antiquity (2001) — Contributor — 11 copies

Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his World (2008) — Contributor — 11 copies

Greece, Macedon and Persia (2015) — Contributor — 11 copies

The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Nubia (2021) — Contributor — 10 copies

Hellenisms: Culture, Identity, and Ethnicity from Antiquity to Modernity (2008) — Contributor — 7 copies

The Eye Expanded: Life and the Arts in Greco-Roman Antiquity (1999) — Contributor — 6 copies

Macedonian Legacies: Studies in Ancient Macedonian History and Culture in Honor of Eugene N. Borza (2008) — Contributor — 5 copies

Were the achievements of ancient Greece borrowed from Africa? : proceedings from a seminar sponsored by the Society for the Preservation of the Greek Heritage and co-sponsored by… — Contributor — 5 copies

Ancient Coins of the Graeco-Roman World: The Nickle Numismatic Papers (1985) — Contributor — 4 copies

ALEXANDER'S EMPIRE: Formulation to Decay (2007) — Contributor — 3 copies

Paths from Ancient Greece (1988) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Canonical name: Burstein, Stanley M.
Legal name: Burstein, Stanley Mayer
Birthdate: 1941
Gender: male
Education: University of California, Los Angeles
Occupations: historian
Organizations: California State University, Los Angeles
Association of Ancient Historians
Awards and honors: Woodrow Wilson Fellowship (1963-1964)
Wang Family Excellence Award (2004)
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
Places of residence: Los Alamitos, California, USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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bookomaniac 3,647 reviews

The World from 1000 BCE to 300 CE (New Oxford World History) by Stanley M. Burstein

Concise world history of what in the West is broadly called Antiquity. Burstein focuses on the Near East, South and East Asia, supplemented by continental Europe and Africa. The two Americas remain out of the picture, so this is not really global (unlike "The World" in the title). He certainly has an eye for connections between regions and cultures, but according to him there is only really an early form of globalization from the 2nd century CE. For my taste this is just a bit too show more superficial, but as a first introduction it is meritorious. show less

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Oct 15, 2024

antiquary 3,543 reviews

Ancient African Civilizations: Kush and Axum by Stanley Mayer Burstein