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The Alphabet Effect: The Impact of the Phonetic Alphabet on the Development of Western Civilization

by Robert K. Logan
Paperback, 1987
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Alphabets and Decipherment, Magical Languages, Magic, Development of Writing, Writing Systems, Evolution of Writing
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The story of archaeological decipherment: From Egyptian hieroglyphs to Linear B (The World of archaeology)

by Maurice Pope
Paperback, 1975
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Alphabets and Decipherment, Magical Languages, Magic, Egyptian, Hieroglyphs, Linear B, Archaeology, Cuneiform, Rosetta Stone, Ugaritic Alphabet, Cypriot Syllabary
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Magic and the supernatural in fourth-century Syria

by Silke Trzcionka
Paper Book, 2007
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Nabataeans and Syriac, Islam, Syria, Magic
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Rome on the Euphrates: the story of a frontier

by Freya Stark
Paper Book, 1966
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Sabians, Islam, Harran, Edessa, Roman
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Secret sects of Syria and the Lebanon : a consideration of their origin, creeds and religious ceremonies, and their connection with and influence upon modern Freemasonry

by Bernard H. Springett
Paper Book, 1922
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Sabians, Islam, Harran, Edessa, Freemasonry, Magical Orders and Secret Societies, Syria, Lebanon
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Roman Edessa : politics and culture on the eastern fringes of the Roman Empire, 114-242 CE

by Steven K. Ross
Paper Book, 2001
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Sabians, Islam, Harran, Edessa, Roman
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The seventh century in the West-Syrian chronicles

by Andrew Palmer
Paper Book, 1993
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Nabataeans and Syriac, Islam, Syriac, Harran, Edessa, Julian
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Early philosophical Shiism : the Ismaili Neoplatonism of Abū Yaʻqūb al-Sijistānī

by Paul Ernest Walker
Paper Book, 1993
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Ismailis, Islam, Neoplatonism
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A short history of the Ismailis : traditions of a Muslim community

by Farhad Daftary
Paper Book, 1998
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Ismailis, Islam, Neoplatonism
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Islamic philosophy and theology: an extended survey

by W. Montgomery Watt
Paper Book, 1995
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Islam, Neoplatonism
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The formative period of Islamic thought

by W. Montgomery Watt
Paper Book, 1998
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Islam, Philosophy
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Science in medieval Islam : an illustrated introduction

by Howard R. Turner
Paper Book, 1997
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Islam, Science
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Studies in early mysticism in the Near and Middle East

by Margaret Smith
Paper Book, 1995
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Islam, Harran, Mysticism
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A history of medieval Islam

by J. J. Saunders
Paper Book, 1965
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Islam, Harran
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Philosophy and science in the Islamic world

by C. A. Qadir
Paper Book, 1990
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Islam, Science, Engineering
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A literary history of the Arabs

by Reynold Alleyne Nicholson
Paper Book, 1993
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Islam, Literature, Neoplatonism, Philosophy
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Islamic Science : An Illustrated Study

by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Paperback, 2007
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Islam, Science, Engineering, Harran, Hermes, Sabians, Ikhwan al-Safa, Ghayat al-Hakim
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Subterranean Rome: Catacombs, Baths, Temples (Art & Architecture)

by Ivana Della Portella
Hardcover, 2000
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Rome, Roman World Sites, Graeco-Roman Architecture, Graeco-Roman World, Architecture, Subterranean, Mithraism, Roman Cults, Graeco-Roman Religions, Tombs, Springs — 4 more, Sacred Places, Domus Aurea, Photographs, Graeco-Roman Sites
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When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty

by Hugh Kennedy
Paperback, 2006
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Islam, Harran
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Bury me standing: the gypsies and their journey

by Isabel Fonseca
Paper Book, 1996
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Gypsies / Roma / Travellers, Gypsies, Ethnography, Gypsy Religion, Demonology, Gypsy Magic, Travelers, Romany
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Rowan

Night and Horses and the Desert: An Anthology of Classical Arabic Literature

by Robert Irwin
Hardcover, 2000
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Islam, Literature
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The Venture of Islam, Volume 1: The Classical Age of Islam

by Marshall G. S. Hodgson
Paperback, 1977
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Islam, Harran, Neoplatonism, Sabians
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Greek thought, Arabic culture : the Graeco-Arabic translation movement in Baghdad and early ʻAbbāsid society (2nd-4th/8th-10th centuries)

by Dimitri Gutas
Paper Book, 1998
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Islam, Greece, Harran, Hermes, Sabians, Neoplatonism
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Al-Fārābi : founder of Islamic Neoplatonism : his life, works and influence

by Majid Fakhry
Paper Book, 2002
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Islam, Neoplatonism
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Sufi literature and the journey to immortality

by A. E. I. Falconar
Paper Book, 1991
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Sufism, Islam, Hermes
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A history of Islamic philosophy

by Majid Fakhry
Paper Book, 1983
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Islam, Philosophy, Harran, Hermes, Sabians
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Al-Kimia : the mystical Islamic essence of the sacred art of alchemy

by John Eberly
Paper Book, 2004
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Islam, Alchemy, Magic, Hermes
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Muslims in American history : a forgotten legacy

by Jerald Dirks
Paper Book, 2006
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Islam, History
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Wahhabi Islam : from revival and reform to global Jihad

by Natana J. DeLong-Bas
Paper Book, 2004
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Islam, Politics
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A short introduction to Islamic philosophy, theology and mysticism

by Majid Fakhry
Paper Book, 1997
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Islam, Philosophy, Theology, Mysticism
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Sibyls and sibylline prophecy in classical antiquity

by H. W. Parke
Paper Book, 1988
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Graeco-Roman Religions, Graeco-Roman World, Sibyls, Prophecy, Oracles, Cumae, Christianity
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The World of The Past, Volume 1

by Jacquetta Hawkes Editor
Paperback, 1975
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Archaeology, Anthologies
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Don, In Storage

Religious toleration and persecution in ancient Rome

by Simeon L. Guterman
Paper Book, 1951
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Graeco-Roman Religions, Graeco-Roman World, Roman Religious Policy, Judaism, Synagogues
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Magical jewels of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, particularly in England

by Joan Evans
Paper Book, 1976
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Stones and Jewels, Magic, Magical Jewels, Magical Gems, Medieval Lapidaries, Renaissance Lapidaries, Ancient World, Medieval Astrology, Inscribed Jewels, Magical Inscriptions, Christian Symbolic Lapidaries — 2 more, Medieval Scientific Lapidaries, Engraved Gems
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A History of the English Church and People

by Venerable Bede
Paperback, 1976
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Anglo-Saxons, Norse and Germanic Studies, Europe, Anglo-Saxon History, English Church, English People, Venerable Bede (673-735)
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The archaeology of ritual and magic

by Ralph Merrifield
Paper Book, 1988
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History of Magic, Ritual Magic, Alchemy, Magic, Archaeology, Rituals, Charms, Funerary Rituals
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Ancient fragments of the Phoenician, Chaldaean, Egyptian, Tyrian, Carthaginian, Indian, Persian, and other writers : with an introductory dissertation and an inquiry into the philosophy and trinity of the ancients

by Isaac Preston Cory Editor
Paper Book, 1975
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Classics, Anthologies, Phoenicians, Chaldeans, Persians, Egyptians, Carthaginians, Hindus
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Readings in late antiquity : a sourcebook

by Michael Maas Editor
Paper Book, 2000
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Classics, Anthologies, Ancient Roman Religion, Imperial Cult, Christians
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The ancient mysteries : a sourcebook : sacred texts of the mystery religions of the ancient mediterranean world

by Marvin W. Meyer Editor
Paper Book, 1987
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Classics, Anthologies, Mystery Religions, Eleusinian Mysteries, Eleusis, Greek Cults, Graeco-Roman Religions, Graeco-Roman World, Dionysus, Great Mother, Magna Mater — 5 more, Isis, Osiris, Mithras, Judaism, Christianity
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The philosopher and the Druids : a journey among the ancient Celts

by Philip Freeman
Paper Book, 2006
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Druids and Ogham, Celtic Studies, Posidonius, Roman Empire, Gaul, History
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Ancient Roman Gardens

by Linda Farrar
Hardcover, 2000
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Graeco-Roman Architecture, Graeco-Roman World, Interior Design, Roman Garden Design, Egyptian Gardens, Persian Gardens, Hellenistic Gardens, Garden Design, Garden Features, Fountains, Pools — 2 more, Water Features, Sculpture
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Carthage : a history

by Serge Lancel
Paper Book, 1995
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Ancient Mediterranean
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Glenn

The ancient mariners: seafarers and sea fighters of the Mediterranean in ancient times

by Lionel Casson
Paper Book, 1959
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Ancient Mediterranean and Fertile Crescent, Mediterranean, Egyptian, Phoenicia, Fleets
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Glenn

The Etruscans (A Pelican Book)

by M. Pallottino (Author); J. Cremona (Translator)
Paperback, 1956
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Etruscans, Graeco-Roman World
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Glenn

Phoenicia and Western Asia to the Macedonian Conquest

by Raymond Weill
Paper Book, 1940
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Ancient Mediterranean and Fertile Crescent, Phoenicia, Aegean Sea Region, Ancient Mediterranean
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Glenn

The first merchant venturers: the ancient Levant in history and commerce

by William Culican
Paper Book, 1966
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Ancient Mediterranean and Fertile Crescent, History, Mediterranean
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Glenn

Venus and Sothis : how the ancient Near East was rediscovered

by Wilbur Devereux Jones
Paper Book, 1982
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Ancient Mediterranean and Fertile Crescent, History, Mesopotamia
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Glenn

The Ancient World (Pelican books, [A120])

by T. R Glover
Paperback, 1944
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Graeco-Roman World, Graeco-Roman, History
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Glenn

Ancient Iraq (Pelican books)

by Georges Roux
Paperback, 1976
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Mesopotamia, History, Archaeology, Assyria, Sumeria
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Glenn

The early history of the ancient Near East, 9000-2000 B.C.

by Hans Jörg Nissen
Paper Book, 1988
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Mesopotamia, Archaeology, Uruk, Sumer, Akkad
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Glenn
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