Historia del mundo antiguo

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

"Olegario Montemayor, hijo del productor de henequâen mâas poderoso de Yucatâan, se traslada a la Inglaterra victoriana de principios del siglo XX para estudiar en Oxford. Marion Scott, una de las pocas mujeres estudiantes en esa universidad, lo deslumbra y contagia con sus preocupaciones sociales. Juntos, viajan a Yucatâan para descubrir una brutal realidad imposible de combatir desde las aulas: la obscena codicia del patriarca de la familia Montemayor y de sus socios ignora cualquier lâimite en su ambiciâon por dominar el mercado del "oro verde." Victimas de una alianza trabada entre...

Este libro revive los principales sucesos de los últimos tres milenios de la historia económica, política, religiosa y cultural judía, a partir del hilo conductor de la Biblia. Los cinco primeros libros del Antiguo Testamento obran como metáforas premonitorias de las etapas de la historia del pueblo judío. Así, el autor sigue la trayectoria y las epopeyas individuales y colectivas de los descubridores del monoteísmo que, obligados a financiar el nacimiento del capitalismo, se convirtieron en su principal agente, su primer banquero y su adversario más implacable.