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  1. Ian Morris | Department of Classics

    Ian Morris is a historian and archaeologist and holds Stanford's Jean and Rebecca Willard Professorship in Classics.

  2. The Measure of Civilization: How Social Development Decides the …

    Using a groundbreaking numerical index of social development that compares societies in different times and places, award-winning author Ian Morris sets forth a sweeping examination …

  3. Geography Is Destiny - Britain and the World: A 10,000-Year History

    In the wake of Brexit, Ian Morris chronicles the eight-thousand-year history of Britain's relationship to Europe as it has changed in the context of a globalizing world.

  4. Why the West Rules--for Now: The Patterns of History, and What …

    Describing the patterns of human history, the archaeologist and historian Ian Morris offers surprising new answers to both questions. It is not, he reveals, differences of race or culture, …

  5. War! What Is It Good For? | Department of Classics

    What Is It Good For?, the renowned historian and archaeologist Ian Morris tells the gruesome, gripping story of fifteen thousand years of war, going beyond the battles and brutality to reveal …

  6. Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels: How Human Values Evolve

    Fundamental long-term changes in values, Morris argues, are driven by the most basic force of all: energy. Humans have found three main ways to get the energy they need—from foraging, …

  7. Professor Ian Morris interviewed on forthcoming book on new …

    Mar 25, 2019 · Stanford News conducted an interview with Professor Ian Morris, in which he explains how the issues that led to Brexit, Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, have …

  8. Classical Archaeology | Department of Classics

    Several archaeologists who played a leading role in this paradigm shift joined Stanford's faculty in the 1990's (including Michael Shanks and Ian Morris in Classics, and Ian Hodder in …

  9. The Greeks: History, Culture, and Society (2nd Edition)

    Organized chronologically, this book presents a complete picture of Greek civilization as a history. It features sections on the art, architecture, literature, and thought of each period. Names and …

  10. The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World

    In this, the first comprehensive one-volume survey of the economies of classical antiquity, twenty-eight chapters summarise the current state of scholarship in their specialised fields and sketch …