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Pages: 176
Authors: Barry Cunliffe
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-06-26 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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Savage and bloodthirsty, or civilized and peaceable? The Celts have long been a subject of enormous fascination, speculation, and misunderstanding. From the anc
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Language: en
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Authors: Barry W. Cunliffe
Categories: Celts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher:

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In this guide Barry Cunliffe sheds light on the Celtic race using a range of evidence and explores subjects such as trade migration and the evolution of Celtic
Druids: A Very Short Introduction
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Pages: 160
Authors: Barry Cunliffe
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-05-27 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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Who were the Druids? What do we know about them? Do they still exist today? The Druids first came into focus in Western Europe - Gaul, Britain, and Ireland - in
Writing and Script: A Very Short Introduction
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Authors: Andrew Robinson
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-08-27 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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"Starting with the origins of writing five thousand years ago, with cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs, Andrew Robinson explains how these early forms of writin
Late Antiquity: A Very Short Introduction
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Authors: Gillian Clark
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Sheds light on the concept of late antiquity and the events of its time, showing that this was in fact a period of great transformation