简介:Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,1997.ISBN0-19-815073-3.Pp.ix+514.$125.00.SincetheformationoftheinternationalPlutarchSocietyin1984therehasbeenadramaticincreaseinthenumberofpapers,conferences,articles,andbooksonPlutarch.Dr.Shipley'sthoroughandinsightfulstudyshouldbeassignedanhonoredplaceamongtherecentpublicationsonPlutarchanddeservestohaveawideinfluenceamongnotjustPlutarchscholarsbutalsoamonghistoriansofthefourthcenturyB.C.AgesilaosisoneofthemostcomplexandintriguingcharactersinGreekhistorysincehislifespansfromth...
简介:Tibetans,oneoftheoldestethnicminoritiesinChina,aremainlydistributedinthevastwesternregionsofmodernTibet,Sichuan,Qinghai,GansuandYunnan.StudentsandscholarsofthelonghistoryofTibetanculture,aswellasthebreadthandprofundityofTibetanBuddhism,havealwaysconcentratedtheirattentionontheroleofmeninthishistoryandlargelyignoredwomen.Actually,inthehistoryofthesocio-
简介:Cartimandua'srolehasbeenmuchdiscussedbymodernhistorians.1HerpositionasqueenoftheBrigantes,wifeofVenutiusandclientofRomehasbeendefinedbyscholarsinthepreviousfiftyyears.OneareanotthoroughlyexaminedisTacitus'portrayalofhercharacter,whichchangesdramaticallyfromthelengthypassageinAnnals12.32-40totheshortaccountofHistories3.45.Whileneithersectionflattersthemonarch,TacitusdestroyshercharacterintheHistories,equatingherwithfiguressuchasG...
简介:Thewholeprocessofeconomicdevelopmentthroughouttheworldhasshownthatthedevelopmentofeveryregionmustrelyoncorrelatedindustries.Re-gionaldistributionandrelativesizeofindustriesdif-feraccordingtodiverseeconomicconditions,socialresources,anddifferingdevelopingprocesses.Hence,allnationalgovernmentsformulateindustrialdevel-opmentpoliciesinaccordancewiththeirlocalcondi-tionsandgiveprioritytosomedominantindustriessoastospeeduptheoveralldevelopmentoftheireco-nomicsociety.
简介:KingHammurapiofBabylon(ca.1792-1750B.C.)iswell-knownasaleaderofraregiftsandboldstrategyintheOldBabylonianperiod,whilethedeedsofhisworthyofficialsandgreatgeneralsareovershadowedandlesswellknown.Infact,however,itisnexttoimpossibleforonetobecomeagreatleaderinagreatundertakingwithouttheassistanceofvariousablepersons.Thepresentarticleisanattempttopresentsomeinformationontheroleofoneoftheseofficials,whohelpedtoadministerthegreatempireassembledbyHammurapi.
简介:Overthepast15yearssinceChina'sTibet(Chineseedition)waslaunched,wehavereceivedmanylettersfromourenthusiasticreaders.Theyhavemadecommentsandgivenustheirconstructiveviews.Whilewehavereceivedbouquets,wehavealsoreceived“brickbats”,which,ofcourse,wedeemvaluablefortheimprovementofour