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Homer's Turk : how classics shaped ideas of the East
Spanning the Crusades, the Indian Raj, and the postwar decline of the British Empire, Homer's Turk illuminates how English writers of all eras have relied on Greek and Roman literature to help them understand the world once called \"the Orient.\" Even today, the Classics frame the West's relationship with the Islamic world, India, and China.
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Risk in the Roman world
\"How did the Romans handle risk, from uncertainty about food supply and dangerous travel to survival itself? Modern risk studies view the ancients as dominated by fate, but the reality was different. A range of techniques, from dream interpretation and oracles to logistics and law, all served to control risk\"-- Provided by publisher.
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