“stephanie dalley”

The Tibetan government-in-exile, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) is the focus of this book. This exile government is set up in northern India, and it is lead by the 14th Dalai Lama, who since 1959 has been struggling to regain the Tibetan homeland. Based on a theoretical on exile organizati... More

Why are the names of the chief characters in the biblical Book of Esther those of Mesopotamian deities? Stephanie Dalley argues that the narrative reflects real happenings in seventh-century Assyria, where the widespread belief that revenge belongs to the gods explains why Assyrian kings described p... More

This book presents life in 19th century BC Mari and Karana, based on Babylonian records from Syria and Iraq. The private lives and all the social and religious aspects of the society are considered.... More

This book describes the discovery of Assyrian sites in Nineveh, Iraq. It intersperses journeys and descriptions of people and places with accounts of archaeological discoveries.This book describes the discovery of Assyrian sites in Nineveh, Iraq. It intersperses journeys and descriptions of people a... More

This book describes the discovery of Assyrian sites in Nineveh, Iraq. It intersperses journeys and descriptions of people and places with accounts of archaeological discoveries. Layard's romantic view of the countryside and local people blended with his rediscovery of Assyria.... More

The story of the Black Hole of Calcutta was once drilled into every British schoolchild: how in 1756 the Nawab of Bengal attacked Fort William and locked the survivors in a tiny cell, where over a hundred souls died in insufferable heat. British retribution was swift and merciless, and led to much o... More

With more parents of disabled children seeking a mainstream place for their child, educational professionals are increasingly being faced with the task of making these placements successful. For many this can be their first experience of including a child with significant difficulties. This book is ... More

This volume completes the publication of all identified Old Babylonian tablets in the Ashmolean Museum accessed before 1966. Although many of them were acquired from dealers in the 1920s and 1930s, most can be assigned to sites and connected with similar holdings in other museums. The combination of... More