Books in the Routledge Worlds series

The Hindu World is the most complete, authoritative and up-to-date one-volume guide to Hindu faith and culture available today.

An exceptionally detailed and comprehensive study of the Celts, drawing together material from all over pagan Celtic Europe, and including contributions from US, European and British scholars.

A collection of essays that deals with the world of the American West, and conveys the distinctiveness of this diverse region. It incorporates the research in the field to take the history of the American West out of its timeworn 'Cowboys and Indians' stereotype right up to the discussions of water rights and the presence of the defense industry.

Part of the "Routledge Worlds" series, this book offers a survey of Europe in the Renaissance, from the late thirteenth to early seventeenth centuries, and shows how the Renaissance laid foundations for many aspects of the world. It begins with a section on the antecedents of the Renaissance world, and ends with its lasting influence.

Explores Ancient Egyptian civilization. This book covers seven broad themes.

Offers a comprehensive analysis of the European Enlightenment (circa 1720-1800) as both an historical epoch and a cultural formation. This collection begins with the intellectual origins of the Enlightenment, and spans early formations up to both contemporary and modern critics of the Enlightenment.

The most ambitious one-volume survey of the Reformation yet attempted, this book is beautifully illustrated throughout. The strength of this work is its breadth and originality, covering the Church, art, Calvinism and Luther.

Now back in print with a new preface by the author and a new jacket, this book is still the most comprehensive survey of the Roman World available.

A survey of Pompeii, this book studies not only Pompeii, but also the buried surrounding cities of Campania. It includes the understanding of the region, based on the findings of archaeological work. It is accompanied by a CD with the detailed map of Pompeii.

This collection of essays presents a synthesis of current research on the Oxus Civilization, which rose and developed at the turn of the 3rd to 2nd millennia BC in Central Asia.

With over 60 contributions, The Tokugawa World presents the latest scholarship on early modern Japan from an international team of specialists in a volume that is unmatched in its breadth and scope.

The Safavid World brings together thirty essays on many aspects of the complex Safavid state, 1501-1722. With the latest insights and arguments, some offer overviews of the period or topic at hand, and others present new interpretations of old questions based on newly found sources.

Historicized by the New Testament as a centre of decadence and corruption, Babylon and its surrounding region was in fact a rich and complex civilization, responsible for the invention of the dictionary and laying the foundations of modern science. This book explores all key aspects of the development of this ancient culture.