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1 online resource (xi, 232 pages) |
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monochrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Contents |
Cover; Acknowledgments; Contents; Foreword ; Preface ; Introduction ; Glossary ; Espionage-General; Road Building, Communications, Tradecraft; The Ancient Near East ; Mesopotamia and Palestine ; Egypt; Assyria and Babylonia ; Persia; Greece ; General; The Skytale ; Tachygraphy ; The Spartan Krypteia ; Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age; The Roman Republic General ; General; Tironian Notes ; The Roman Empire ; General; Signalling; The Byzantine Empire ; General; Greek Fire ; Medieval World ; General; Dubthach Cipher & the Bamberg Cryptogram; Oghams ; Bacon Cipher; Runes |
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The Voynich Manuscript The Islamic World ; General; Yezidis ; Russia, China, India, Africa ; Russia; China and Southeast Asia ; India; Africa; An Unsolved Cryptogram: The Sator Rebus ; Index |
Summary |
""Splendid...excellent indexes...a wealth of information...recommended""--Booklist; ""well researched, organized and indexed...an excellent work...highly recommended""--Choice; ""very valuable""--The NYMAS Review; ""delightful...impressive...highly informative""--Reference & User Services Quarterly; ""essential""--CIA Website; ""very valuable""--www.strategypage.com; ""immensely useful""--Military History; ""comprehensive...worthwhile""--Cryptologia. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive guide to the literature of ancient intelligence. The entries present books and periodical article. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Intelligence service -- History -- To 1500 -- Bibliography.
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Intelligence service. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
Subject |
Espionage -- History -- To 1500 -- Bibliography.
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Espionage. |
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Bibliographies.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Bibliographies.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Sheldon, R.M., 1948- Espionage in the ancient world. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2003 (DLC) 2002012224 (OCoLC)50316287 |
ISBN |
9781476610993 (electronic book) |
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1476610991 (electronic book) |
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0786413654 (library binding ; alkaline paper) |
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9780786413652 (library binding ; alkaline paper) |
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0786437685 |
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9780786437689 |
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