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Nepal emerged as a unified state over two hundred years ago, centred on the Kathmandu Valley with its two thousand years of urban civilisation. While John Whelpton's history focuses on the period since the overthrow of the Rana family autocracy in 19 ..

The story of philosophy is an epic tale: an exploration of the ideas, views and teachings of some of the most creative minds known to humanity. But there has been no comprehensive and entertaining, single-volume history of this great intellectual jou

Winning Mommsen a Nobel Prize, this classic work covers centuries of the history of ancient Rome.

‚A brilliant display of fireworks, attacking the widespread and banal notion that „in the beginning“ sexual activity was guilt-free and delicious, being repressed and blighted only by the gloom of Victorianism‘ Spectator We talk about sex more and m

Written by a British consul living in Thailand, this is the first book in a western language on the country's history, based, almost entirely, on ancient Thai documentation. It covers the subject from the earliest history until the democratic reforms of the early 1930s.

Kniha History of the 487th Bomb Group (H) autora Ivo De Jong,Turner Publishing,Turner Publishing vydaná v nakladatelství Turner Publishing Company v roce 2004, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 330, ISBN-13: 9781596520189, zařazení do kat

Subtitled, }From The Earliest Accounts To The Fall Of Rome{.

In a bestselling work of profound and lasting importance, the late Albert Hourani told the definitive history of the Arab people from the seventh century, when the new religion of Islam began to spread from the Arabian Peninsula westwards, to the pre ..

Eusebius' account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. Bishop Eusebius, a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, broke new ground in writing the History and provided a ..

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling its author's ambitious claim. Thucydides himself (c. 460– ..

This is the first ethnohistory of Siberia to appear in English, tracing the history of the native peoples from the Russian conquest onwards. James Forsyth compares the Siberian experience with that of the Indians and Eskimos in North America and the ..

Beginning in the days just after the First Crusade, this volume – the third in the series – chronicles the contradictions of a world in transition. Popes continue to preach crusade but the hope of a Christian empire comes to a bloody end on the walls ..

The Sasanian Empire or Neo-Persian Empire, was the last period of the Persian Empire before the rise of Islam. It was named after the House of Sasan who ruled from 224 to 651 AD. The Sasanian Empire, which succeeded the Parthian Empire, was recognized as o

Andrew Marr revisits some of the traditional epic stories, from classical Greece and Rome to the rise of Napoleon, but surrounds them with less familiar material, from Peru to the Ukraine, China to the Caribbean. He looks at cultures that have failed ..

Kniha History of the World in 500 Maps vydaná v nakladatelství Thames & Hudson Ltd v roce 2023, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 656, ISBN-13: 9780500252659, zařazení do kategorie: Všeobecné a světové dějiny.

Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. But far from being purely scientific objects, maps of the world are unavoidably ideological and subjective, intimately bound up with the systems of ..

Renowned historian, and author of „A Short History of Byzantium“, John Julius Norwich's classic history of Venice „A History of Venice“ tells the story of this most remarkable of cities from its founding in the fifth century, through its unrivalled s ..

At once the most comprehensive and the most engaging history of Venice available in English, this book will be treasured by all those who share the author's fascination with ‚the most beautiful and magical of cities.‘

History Of Western Philosophy was published in 1946. A dazzlingly ambitious project, it remains unchallenged to this day as the ultimate introduction to Western philosophy.

Excerpt from preface: This study of witchcraft has been limited to a period of about one hundred and sixty years in English history. The year 1558 has been chosen as the starting point because almost immediately after the accession of El ..

Ce nouvel album illustré de 176 pages nous présente dix témoignages de vétérans de la 12.SS-Panzer- Division « Hitlerjugend » ayant combattu en Normandie. Ces témoignages, communiqués à l’auteur, sont présentés chronologiquement, illustrés de près de ..