A study of the religious system of Mithraism, one of the 'mystery cults' popular in the Roman Empire contemporary with early Christianity. Roger Beck describes Mithraism from the point of view of the initiate engaging with the religion and its rich symbolic system in thought, word, ritual action, an[...]

The lively and accessible narrative and the hallmark focus on social and cultural history that has made "A History of World Societies" one of the most successful textbooks for the world history course is now available in a lower price format. The two-color Value Edition includes the full narrative, [...]

A newly revised and thoroughly updated version of a popular Greenwood publication, The History of South Africa: Second Edition provides readers with readable, accessible information on the nation's prehistory, early history and colonial past, its unfortunate apartheid era, as well as new coverage of[...]