The history of religions and secret religious societies and folk customs of the ancient world. Persia
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Reprint from the publication. SPb., 1870. With 15 drawings in the text. Petr Petrovich Karatygin (1832–1888) - Russian writer, historian. In his main work “The History of Religions”, the author fascinates the reader into the depths of the eras, draws vast paintings of the birth and fall of civilizations, talks about the great rulers and their conquest campaigns, about scientists and philosophers of the past centuries, about the original cultures of various peoples. The uniqueness of this publication is that the religious views of the ancient peoples are represented in the context of the historical process as a way of knowing the world and themselves in this world. All books have already been published by our publishing house. The first volume is dedicated to India, the second - China and Japan, the third - Persia, the fourth - Egypt, the fifth and sixth - Greece and Rome. The volume of information presented in the publication is truly a grandiose. The reader learns about the geographical features of individual territories, the worldview of the ancients, about the acts of the rulers of various countries and the life of the common people (rites, customs, holidays, crafts), announced sources and sacred books, religions and pantheones of deities, temples and monasteries, philosophical teachings. The books have issues of state structure, legal proceedings, education, science, medicine, art and architecture. Astrology and the creation of a calendar, the first use of compass, the construction of fortune -telling to the religious dogma, sabeism and the origin of Buddhism, the missionary activities of the Jesuits, the first alchemists and mystical writers, executions and torture, wars and travel, outstanding architectural monuments are a single picture of the centuries -old history of mankind. Circulation 30 copies
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- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
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ISBN:978-5-4481-0632-3
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