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Gender in Medieval Culture by Michelle M. Sauer
Call Number: HQ1147.E6 S28 2015
Provides a detailed examination of medieval society's views on both gender and sexuality, and shows how they are inextricably linked. Sex roles were clearly defined in the medieval world and this book examines both the commonplace world view and the exceptions to it. The volume looks not only at the social and economic considerations of gender but also the religious and legal implications, arguing that both ecclesiastical and secular laws governed behaviour.

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The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean
Call Number: DE71 .A25 2011
Presents a history of human interaction and cultural relations in the Mediterranean Sea region, from prehistoric times to the present day.
The Chrysanthemum Throne: The History of the Emporors of Japan
Call Number: DS834.1 .M45 1997
In this first general study of the Japanese imperial institution throughout its history, Peter Martin brings together inaccessible material, much of it available only in Japanese. He surveys the history and political and religious status of the monarchy of Japan from its mythological origins to our own times.
Africa in World History: From Prehistory to Present
Call Number: DT20 .R49 2012
This is the first comprehensive survey to illustrate how Africans have influenced regions beyond their continent’s borders, how they have been influenced from the outside and how internal African developments can be compared to those elsewhere in the world. By identifying and presenting key debates within the field of African history, this volume encourages students to confront the many oversimplified myths regarding Africa and its people.
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson
Call Number: DT83 .W658 2013
In this magnificent history, Toby Wilkinson combines grand narrative sweep with detailed knowledge of hieroglyphs and the iconography of power, to reveal Ancient Egypt in all its complexity--from the brutality and repression that lay behind the appearance of its unchanging monarchy to its extraordinary architectural and cultural achievements.
Tutankhamen: The Search for an Egyptian King
Call Number: DT87.5 .T95 2012
The discovery of King Tutankhamen’s tomb in 1922 was perhaps the world’s most important archaeological find. In Tutankhamen, acclaimed Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley unshrouds the enigmatic king. She explores his life and legacy as never before, and offers a compelling new window onto the world in which he lived.
Cleopatra: A Life
Call Number: DT92.7 .S35 2010
Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. Her supple personality and the drama of her circumstances have been lost. In a masterly return to the classical sources, the author boldly separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order.
Pacific Worlds: A History of Seas, Peoples, and Cultures
Call Number: DU28.3 .M34 2012 Hawaii Pacific
This essential single-volume history of the Pacific traces the global interactions and remarkable peoples that have connected these regions with each other and with Europe and the Indian Ocean, for millennia. From ancient canoe navigators, monumental civilizations, pirates and seaborne empires, to the rise of nuclear testing and global warming, the author ranges across the frontiers of colonial history, anthropology and Pacific Rim economics and politics, piecing together a history of the region.
Polynesians in America: Pre-Columbian Contacts with the New World
Call Number: E109.P65 P66 2011
Written by leading experts in their fields, this is a must-have volume for archaeologists, historians, anthropologists and anyone else interested in the remarkable long-distance voyages made by Polynesians.
Women in the Ancient World
Call Number: HQ1127 .N45 2011
In this book, the author offers an overview of the roles of women in the ancient societies of Greece, Rome, Egypt, and the Near East. Sifting through a range of evidence from written and material culture, and focusing in particular on visual imagery, she traces the parameters of women's real lives, as distinct from the stereotypical ways in which they were often portrayed.
A Brief History of Disease, Science and Medicine: From the Ice Age to the Genome Project
Call Number: R131 .K44 2010
This introduction to the history of medicine begins with the evolution of infectious diseases at the end of the last ice age. It describes the origin of science and medicine in ancient civilizations, including China and India.

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Emotion and Devotion: The Meaning of Mary in Medieval Religious Cultures
Call Number: E-BOOK
Three studies on medieval religion with the following themes: a historiographical frame for the study of religious cultures; the polemical situations around Mary; devotional encounters with the figure of the Virgin Mary in the sentimental education experienced by Europeans.
Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations
Call Number: E-BOOK
In 1999, few people had thought to examine the effects of climate on civilization. Now, due in part to the groundbreaking work of archaeologist Brian Fagan, climate change is a central issue. This remains the definitive account of how the world’s best-known climate event had an indelible impact on history.
Gold and Gilt, Pots and Pins: Possessions and People in Medieval Britain
Call Number: E-BOOK
In this highly illustrated book, David Hinton looks at what possessions meant to people at every level of society in Britain in the middle ages, from elaborate gold jewellery to clay pots, and provides a fascinating window into the society of the middle ages.
Hammurabi of Babylon
Call Number: E-BOOK
Hammurabi was the sixth king of ancient Babylon and also its greatest. Renowned for his visionary Code of Laws, Hammurabi's famous codex - written on a stele in Akkadian, and publicly displayed so that all citizens could read it - pioneered a new kind of lawmaking.
Islamic History: A Very Short Introduction
Call Number: E-BOOK
The book examines how Islam rose from the obscurity of seventh-century Arabia to the forefront of modern global concerns, and it highlights how we know what we claim to know about Islam's rise and development.
Medicine & Health Care in Early Christianity
Call Number: E-BOOK
Methods and approaches -- The Christian reception of Greek medicine -- Early Christian views of the etiology of disease -- Christianity as a religion of healing -- The basis of Christian medical philanthropy -- Health care in the early church -- Some concluding observations

Helpful Subject Terms

History, ancient

Civilization, ancient

Prehistoric peoples

Middle Ages

Civilization, medieval

Renaissance

Rome, civilization

Greece, civilization

China + dynasty

Japan + emperors

History "to 1500"

Crusades

Ancient Egypt

Byzantine empire

Mayas (The Maya)

Incas

Alexander the Great

Julius Caesar

Nefertiti

Buddha

Genghis Khan

Joan of Arc

Asoka

Charlemagne

Pharaohs

HISTORY CALL NUMBERS

If you like to browse the bookshelves, the following are some general call numbers to help you locate history books:

"C" - Auxiliary Sciences of History

CB - History of civilization
CC - Archaeology

"D" - World History

D1-2027 History (General)
D51-90 Ancient History
D100-200 Medieval History
- DA Great Britain
- DAW Central Europe
- DB Austria/Czech
- DC France, Monaco
- DD Germany
- DE Greco-Roman
- DF Greece
- DG Italy
- DJK Eastern Europe
- DL Northern Europe
- DS Asia
- DT Africa