The Andean civilisations grew in an isolated fashion, with almost no influence from the rest of the world or indeed from further north in the Americas. The various Andean states and empires all came t
This book catalogues an exhibition at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, of objects drawn from the collection of the Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait. Islamic calligraphic art on manuscripts, textil
A catalogue of the Hickey Collection, Singapore, which was donated to the Asian Civilisations Museum. Blanc de Chine became one of the most popular varieties of porcelain at home and abroad. This volu
Principal curator Heidi Tan and a team of scholars produced this profusely illustrated catalogue to accompany the exhibition on Thai Buddhist art at the Asian Civilisations Museum. The book contains h
This book publishes papers presented at a conference on the Kangxi Emperor held in conjunction with an exhibition at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore. Essays cover many aspects of art and cul
Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, in 2010, this book explores the art of Sumatra. It traces the major streams of influence on
Exhibition catalogue for the show held at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, in 2011, this catalogue sets the warriors in a wider context by examining art of the Qin state in the period that l
home and his clothes with paints and dyes, building better structures, and using fire and tools effectively. The great Chinese, Greek and Roman civilisations all added to the new use of materials, and
Volume 4 is a survey of every aspect of the civilisations which flourished in the Iranian region from the Arab conquests to the Saljuq expansion: in particular, it studies the gradual transition of Ir
Egypt, Carthage and other African civilisations are well documented but the land and people between them are less well known yet also worthy of consideration.
Expanding upon, and engaging with, the influential theories of Francis Fukuyama in The End of History and Samuel Huntington in The Clash of Civilisations, this book is a major, and controversial, cont
This publication documents the exhibition Viet Nam, From Myth to Modernity, which is organised by the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) in Singapore. It explores the ancient land diverse material cultu
South India is a land apart, at once the cradle of ancient Dravidian civilisations and a powerhouse of the new India, with the high-tech rubbing shoulders with ancient temples, all against a tropical
When maritime transport and communication depended on muscle and wind-power, the Mediterranean Sea functioned as a symbiotic force between the civilisations which surrounded it, at once the major divi
From ancient civilisations to the modern day, philosophers, writers, artists, religious leaders, and health practitioners – to name a few – have debated the questions: 'What is happine
What was the effect of the British Empire on the cultures and civilisations of the peoples over whom it ruled? This book takes a novel approach to this important and controversial subject by consideri
Ancient civilisations came into contact with one another through various channels, including trade and exchange, and warfare, which inevitably led to differentiation between `us' and `them'. The ways
The flourishing civilisations of Mesopotamia, nowadays Iraq and Syria, imported all kinds of materials from the surrounding regions. Iron oxide rock (hematite, goethite and magnetite) was very popular
Contemporary civilisational analysis has emerged in the post-Cold War period as a forming but already controversial field of scholarship. Debating civilisations seeks to evaluate the main currents of
