Amazons The Real Warrior Women of the Ancient World
John Man
Amazons
The Real Warrior Women of the Ancient World
John Man
- Wydawnictwo: Corgi Books
- Rok wydania: 2018
- ISBN: 9780552173285
- Ilość stron: 320
- Format: 13.0x19.0cm
- Oprawa: Miękka
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Opis: Amazons - John Man
The first popular history of The Amazons, the real warrior women of Central Asia, based on groundbreaking new research.
Since the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated by accounts of the Amazons, an elusive tribe of hard-fighting, horse-riding female warriors. Equal to men in battle, legends claimed they cut off their right breasts to improve their archery skills and routinely killed their male children to purify their ranks.
For centuries people believed in their existence and attempted to trace their origins. Artists and poets celebrated their battles and wrote of Amazonia. Spanish explorers, carrying these tales to South America, thought they lived in the forests of the world’s greatest river, and named it after them.
In the absence of evidence, we eventually reasoned away their existence, concluding that these powerful, sexually liberated female soldiers must have been the fantastical invention of Greek myth and storytelling. Until now.
Following decades of new research and a series of groundbreaking archeological discoveries, we now know these powerful warrior queens did indeed exist. In Amazons, John Man travels to the grasslands of Central Asia, from the edge of the ancient Greek world to the borderlands of China, to discover the truth about the warrior women mythologized as Amazons.
In this deeply researched, sweeping historical epic, Man redefines our understanding of the Amazons and their culture, tracking the ancient legend into the modern world and examining its significance today.
Szczegóły: Amazons - John Man
Tytuł: Amazons
Podtytuł: The Real Warrior Women of the Ancient World
Autor: John Man
Wydawnictwo: Corgi Books
ISBN: 9780552173285
Języki: angielski
Rok wydania: 2018
Ilość stron: 320
Format: 13.0x19.0cm
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.28 kg
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