Age of Empires, Paperback - ***

The story of thirteen Empires, showing their key role in the foundation of today's global civilization.

Reducere. In the years following the Napoleonic Wars, a mysterious manuscript began to circulate among the dissatisfied noble elite of the Russian Empire. En...

The European age of empires launched a process of capitalist globalisation that continues to the present day. It is also inextricably linked with t...

Reducere. The Bible tells the stories of many empires, and many are still considered some of the largest of the ancient and classical world: the Assyrians, t...

The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking o...

The historical age of empires may be over, but empire, as an idea, continues to exercise a hold over our imaginations.Publisher: Bloomsbury Publish...

Reducere. Four sons. One throne. A world on the precipice.1315 BC: Tensions soar between the great powers of the Late Bronze Age. The Hittites stand toe-to-t...

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Reducere. From Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Hiltzik, the epic tale of the clash for supremacy between America's railroad titans In 1869, when the final spik...

Reducere. This is a story of tides and coastlines, winds and waves, islands and beaches. It is also a retelling of indigenous creativity, agency, and resista...

HEAVEN HELP US. Abdul Alhazred is an Arab-American folklore professor turned soldier whose fear of death stems from uncertainty about the existence...

Reducere. The forces of freedom are challenged everywhere by a newly energized spirit of tyranny, whether it is Jihadist terrorism, Putin's imperialism, or t...

Reducere. Jean Thiriart was a true prophet of the coming age of empires and continental multipolarity. He foreshadowed a conservative European Union by decad...

Reducere. Long ago the world fell into twilight, when the great empires of old consumed each other in sorcerous cataclysms. In the south the Star Towers fell...

Reducere. For over two millennia, the burial cloth of Jesus of Nazareth, has outlived empires, wars and fires. It is known as the Shroud of Turin. Then came ...

Reducere. From acclaimed archaeologist and bestselling author Eric Cline, a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilized world ushered in...

From the first empires and civilizations, through the Ancient world of the Middle East and Africa; the Parthian Empire; the Golden Age of India; th...

Reducere. THE LOST CONTINENT OF ATLANTIS Often dismissed as myth, Atlantis was a real place. It was an island rather than a continent. Contrary to legend it ...

Reducere. I he most authoritative history of piracy, Frank Sherry's rich and colorful account reveals the rise and fall of the real "raiders and rebels" who ...

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The extraordinary story of the intermingled civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, spanning more than six millennia from the late Bronze Age to ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: P. James OliverOliver's well-researched biography of Mansa Musa reads like an exotic tale of gold, glory, and adventure. Du...

*Includes pictures *Explains Inca mythology and religious practices, including human sacrifices *Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further ...

Reducere. In 1683, an Ottoman army that stretched from horizon to horizon set out to seize the "Golden Apple, " as Turks referred to Vienna. The ensuing sieg...

Reducere. Rome in the archaic age was a minor satellite between the Etruscan and Greek world. This book traces the expansion of Roman influence first within ...

Reducere. For 2, 000 years, Catholicism--the largest religion in the world and in the United States--has shaped global history on a scale unequaled by any ot...

Reducere. Available in paperback, this four-volume narrative world history tells the story of the entire globe, from the earliest nomadic humans all the way ...

Reducere. Lexicon Urthus is an alphabetical dictionary for the complete Urth Cycle by Gene Wolfe: The Shadow of the Torturer; The Claw of the Conciliator; Th...

Reducere. In this surprising new life of Victoria, Christopher Hibbert, master of the telling anecdote and peerless biographer of England's great leaders, pa...

Few milestones in human history are as momentous as the meeting of three great civilizations on American soil in the sixteenth century. The fully r...

During the plague of 1262, Minty Nothingmore contracts the Pox at her birth. Her mother dies from it only hours later, singing lullabies for Minty ...

Reducere. DescriptionWine is seen as the natural partner of many great cuisines, but few people associate it with Persian food, one of the world's most sophi...

The 1916 Revolt was a key event in the history of Central Asia, and of the Russian Empire in the First World War. This volume is the first comprehe...

DescriptionThis fully illustrated study tells the story the fighting men of the Russo-Japanese War and how these two empires clashed, heralding a n...

From the bestselling author of Daughters of the Dragon comes the story of one of the most extraordinary queens in history.As tensions rise on the K...

A global history of human rights in a world of nations that grant rights to some while denying them to others Once dominated by vast empires, the w...

Reducere. Two classic tales featuring Robert E Howard's legendary warrior hero: Conan, a savage hero in a fantasy world populated by sorcerers, warriors and ...

Reducere. Do we need to be free to be innovative, prosperous, or even happy? The lessons of the last five centuries were unequivocal--without freedom, there ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Nicole LaporteFormer Variety reporter Nicole LaPorte draws from years of inside-the-filmmakers-studio access to spin a smar...

Reducere. DescriptionRudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature, the fir...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes the business magnates' quotes about life and work *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Th...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes the business magnates' quotes about life and work *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Th...

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DescriptionArash lives in the city of Ray in ancient Persia. At the age of twelve he is a capable archer. His dream is to shoot an arrow far enough...

Description*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "It was the custom ...