Article: The Ambassadors: From Ancient Greece to the Nation State.(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: The Ambassadors: From Ancient Greece to the ...
History Today;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...The Ambassadors From Ancient Greece to the Nation State Jonathan Wright Harper Press 336pp 20 [pounds sterling] ISBN 0 00717343 1 WHEN CHAIRMAN MAO gave Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling ...

Article: Best of a bad bunch? Given that it failed in both ancient ...
Geographical;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... obstacles in the modern world. Possibly the gravest is the tension between democracy and that second pillar of the 'developed' nation state, market capitalism. As Dahl puts it: "Citizens who are economically unequal are unlikely to be politically equal. Consequently ...

Article: Compromise and contradiction in Jawaharlal Nehru's multicultural ...
CLIO;  March 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... enclave of advanced civilization, Nehru implicitly places India on an equal footing with western culture, the heir of ancient Greece and Rome, indicating from the outset that he intends to reclaim the history of the subcontinent. Much more is clearly ...

Article: Ancient Greece: An Explorer's Guide.(Brief ...
Internet Bookwatch;  January 1, 2008 ;     546 words ...Ancient Greece: An Explorer's Guide Robert Emmet ... 00 www.interlinkbooks.com "Ancient Greece: An Explorer's Guide" is the collaborative ... photographs, maps, site plans, "Ancient Greece: An Explorer's Guide" is the ideal ...

Article: EARLY CHINA/ANCIENT GREECE; THINKING THROUGH ...
Comparative Literature;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...EARLY CHINA/ANCIENT GREECE; THINKING THROUGH COMPARISONS ... pioneers to bring early China and ancient Greece into comparison, particularly ... surprising that early China and ancient Greece are mostly kept apart in much of ...

Article: Fragments of childhood growing up in ancient Greece
Humanities;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... knowledge of what childhood was like in ancient Greece has been sketchy, based on what can ... An exhibition, "Coming of Age in Ancient Greece: Images of Childhood from the Classical ... values. "The study of childhood in ancient Greece can illuminate both what is universal ...

Article: YOUTH IN ANCIENT GREECE\ MUSEUM EXHIBIT EXPLORES ...
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... When it comes to exhibitions about ancient Greece and especially with the new movie ... classical culture. "Coming of Age in Ancient Greece: Images of Childhood from the Classical ... Nearly all the scenes of birth in ancient Greece are related to mythology," said Markoe ...