El mundo antiguo

Los romanos llamaron Hispania a la Península Ibérica, nombre derivado del topónimo I-sepha-im con el que la identificaron los fenicios; los bizantinos usarán Spania para referirse a ella, y con el tiempo acabará originándose el término moderno España. Esta prolongación toponímica es un ejemplo sutil del profundo arraigo de los patrones de toda clase que los casi siete siglos de presencia romana en la Península proporcionaron. Aunando el análisis del procedimiento de conquista e incorporación de Hispania en el amplio marco político y territorial dominado por Roma con el diseño...

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La obsesion por la brujeria que asolo Europa durante los siglos XVI y XVII costo la vida a mas de cien mil personas y aun hoy conserva intacta la inquietante imagen de ciertos hechiceros y brujas famosos por sus magicos poderes. Sin embargo, y a pesar de la importancia de este extrano episodio de la historia humana, se trata de un tema que hasta el momento ha sido objeto de muy pocos estudios y comentarios, sobre todo teniendo en cuenta sus innumerables ramificaciones historicas, antropologicas y religiosas, entre otras muchas. Pues bien, en este libro lucido y provocador, el profesor Russell ...

The director of the Jose Marti Institute in Havana describes his close ideological identification with Che Guevara and here considers the relevance of Marxism today.