Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece -- And Western Civilization, Paperback - Barry Strauss

Reducere. On a late September day in 480 B.C., Greek warships faced an invading Persian armada in the narrow Salamis Straits in the most important naval batt...

Reducere. Western Civilization: Beyond Boundaries, Volume II: Since 1560, International Edition WESTERN CIVILIZATION: BEYOND BOUNDARIES, Volume II: Since 156...

Reducere. Did you know that the classical Greek philosophers were the earliest people to believe that the earth was a sphere? Among them was Aristotle, the p...

Reducere. Medicine and Western Civilization, Paperback

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Philip J. SampsonIn this book Philip J. Sampson dispels six myths about Christianity and Western civilization and results i...

Reducere. In the classics departments of today's universities, Bruce Thornton says, the Greeks are accused of stealing their achievements from black Egyptian...

Reducere. The Greeks of the classical age invented not only the central idea of Western politics--that the power of state should be guided by a majority of i...

The year 2022 marks 2, 500 years since Athens, the birthplace of democracy, fought off the mighty Persian empire. Kershaw tells the story of the th...

Reducere. The Death of Caesar. The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate on March 15, 44 BC-the...

Publisher: Helion & CompanyAuthor(s): Quintin BarryIllustration(s): c 20 ills, 3 mapsNumber of pages: 232Collection: From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914...

Reducere. DescriptionBritish and German troops ran into stubborn rebel resistance at Hubbardton, Vermont, on July 7, 1777. The day would ultimately turn the ...

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Ever since the attacks of 11th September, western leaders have described a world engaged in 'a fight for civilization'. Sweeping in its scope and c...

Cultural Memory and Western Civilization: Functions, Media, Archives - Aleida Assmann

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Battle of Verdun, then keep reading...Today, the landscape is marked by shell craters, pillb...

Reducere. The Story of Civilization, Volume II: A history of Greek civilization from the beginnings, and of civilization in the Near East from the Death of A...

Reducere. Povestea lui Spartacus este in primul rand o poveste de razboi: un clasic studiu de caz al unei insurectii conduse de un geniu al tacticilor de ghe...

The Trojan War may have been the inevitable consequence of expanding Greek maritime commerce.Written by a leading expert on ancient military histor...

Reducere. Zece cezari.Imparatii romani de la Augustus la Constantin cel Mare Paginile ce urmeaza spun povestea a zece dintre conducatorii romani. Au fost cei...

Reducere. Timp de aproape trei milenii, povestea Razboiului Troian a stat la temelia imaginarului occidental si i-a inspirat deopotriva pe eroi, pe cuceritor...

Reducere. What was the "Classical Revolution" in Greek art? What were its contexts, aims, achievements, and impact? This book introduces students to these qu...

On 20 October 1944, the U.S. Sixth Army began landing on Leyte's eastern coast, supported by the U.S. Navy's 3rd and 7th fleets, which were assiste...

Reducere. Razboiul care a creat Imperiul Roman.Antonius, Cleopatra si Octavian la Actium Dupa asasinarea lui Iulius Caesar, de Idele lui Marte, in 44 i.Hr., ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Winston Churchill was no stranger to storms. They had engulfed him in various ways throughout his long career and he had always turned to face them...

Reducere. "The Awakening of the West" is an insightful and elegantly written history chronicling the developing relationship between Buddhism and Western cul...

The story of the most famous revolt of the ancient world, and its legendary leader, Spartacus the Gladiator.

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Reducere. For our entire history, humans have always searched for new ways to share information. This innate compulsion led to the origin of writing on the r...

Reducere. Desi tacticile de lupta si armele s-au schimbat de-a lungul secolelor, razboaiele din prezent nu difera foarte mult de cele din trecut - aceasta es...

Reducere. The Battle of Midway, commemorated annually in the U.S. Navy, warrants close attention. This Naval Institute guide includes some of the most vibran...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of The Battle of the Somme, then keep reading...The First World War was made up of many different b...

Reducere. Everything you should know--but PC professors won't teach--about our Western heritageWestern civilization is the envy of the globe. It has given to...

Reducere. The Battle of Tassafaronga, November 30, 1942, was the fifth and last major night surface action fought off Savo Island during World War II's Guada...

Classical civilisation, Martin Bernal argues, has deep roots in Afro-Asiatic cultures.

Offers a concise introduction to political, cultural, and intellectual history. This eleventh edition retains many popular features, including comp...

Reducere. "The unsung hero of human history was, of course, the Brain of Drains, the Hub of Tubs, the Power of Showers, the Brewer of Sewers...the humble plu...

Reducere. In recent years, the justices of the Supreme Court have ruled definitively on such issues as abortion, school prayer, and military tribunals in the...

DescriptionThe purpose of our story is to understand the roots of our subconscious programming regarding gender, race, class, religion, and nationa...

Reducere. America's Art of War -- this book should be taught in every business school in America. Its awesome! - George Lang, Ohio Senator and Founder of the...

This book is a re-introduction to psychology. It focuses on great scholarly thinkers, beginning with Plato, Marcus Aurelius and St Augustine, who g...

Reducere. By documenting the entanglement of the ecological crisis with modern addictions, My Name is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization g...