History of Europe in the Modern World, Paperback

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A comprehensive account of knowledge of the natural world in Europe, c.1500-1700. Articles by leading specialists describe how new ideas, discoveri...

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Across early modern Europe, men and women from all ranks gathered medical, culinary, and food preservation recipes from family and friends, experts...

The eighteenth century was the Jews' first modern century. The deep changes that took place during its course shaped the following generations, and...

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This heavily revised third edition of an award-winning text offers a keen insight into the development of scientific thought in early modern Europe...

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Offering insight and equal consideration into the societies of the "civilized" and "uncivilized" world, Europe and the People Without History deftl...

Roman law has had a huge impact on European legal and political thought. Peter Stein, one of the world's leading legal historians, explains in this...

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The imperial expansion of Europe across the globe was one of the most significant events to shape the modern world. Among the many effects of this ...

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One thousand years ago, a traveler to Baghdad or the Chinese capital Kaifeng would have discovered a vast and flourishing city of broad streets, sp...

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This revised edition builds upon and updates its twin themes of Turkey's continuing incorporation into the capitalist world and the modernization o...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Richard E. RubensteinEurope was in the long slumber of the Middle Ages, the Roman Empire was in tatters, and the Greek lang...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sir Norman AngellThat American interest in the problems here discussed is hardly less vital than that of Europe I am even m...