This history sheds new light on Egypt's involvement in World War I by telling the story of the Egyptian Labor Corps and how the treatment of these primarily rural workers influenced the 1919 Egyptian Revolution.
Examining patterns of urban settlement and abandonment across several centuries, this book offers the first comprehensive overview of Sicily's strategic importance to ancient Rome and broader Mediterranean-wide networks.
Taking a holistic approach to performances of the Iliad and the Odyssey, this multidisciplinary volume examines both the rhapsodes who performed the poems and the narrators and characters within them.
An exploration of the political thriller genre and its context in Latin American politics and entertainment.