| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 232 pages) |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Espionage -- History -- To 1500 -- Bibliography.
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Intelligence service -- History -- To 1500 -- Bibliography.
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| Genre/Form |
Bibliography.
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History.
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Bibliographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1476610991 (electronic bk.) |
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9781476610993 (electronic bk.) |
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(lib. bdg. ; alk. paper) |
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(lib. bdg. ; alk. paper) |
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