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In this magisterial work the history of the peoples of Palestine from the earliest times to Alexander's conquest is thoroughly sifted and interpreted. All available source material-textural, epigraphic, and archeological-is considered, and the approach tak

Denmark is a vibrant country with a history that stretches back thousands of years. From its ancient history and first inhabitants to the Vikings, late Middle Ages, and the journey to its place in the modern world, Denmark has a legacy imbued with mi ..

Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote his Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain) in about 1136 AD. His book includes the first account of the Arthurian legend that survives, apart from very brief mentions of Arthur in earlier chronicles.

„The History of Salt“ from Evan Marlett Boddy. Anatomist (- 1934 ).

Kniha The Immortality Key vydaná v nakladatelství Macmillan USA v roce 2023, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, počet stran: 496, ISBN-13: 9781250803986, zařazení do kategorie: Starověké dějiny.

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingWhen one thinks of the world's first cities, Sumer, Memphis, and Babylon are some of the first to come to mind, but if the focus then shifts to India, then Harappa and Mohenjo-daro will

William of Rubruck (circa 1220 – 1293) was a Flemish Franciscan missionary and explorer. His account is one of the masterpieces of medieval geographical literature comparable to that of Marco Polo. Born in Rubrouck, Flanders, he is known also as William of

*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading"Few people in 1830 believed that an Italian nation might exist. There were eight states in the peninsula, each with distinct laws and traditions. No o

*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"I weary of writing more about these buildings, because it seems to me that I shall not be believed if I write more…I swear by God, in Whose power I am, that all I have written is the

This revised edition of Richard Crawley's classic 1874 translation is enhanced with more than 100 maps, extensive annotations, brief biographies of important figures, and invaluable historical, political, and cultural background.

Kniha The Last Great War of Antiquity autora James Howard-Johnston vydaná v nakladatelství Oxford University Press v roce 2021, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 480, ISBN-13: 9780198830191, zařazení do kategorie: Perská říše.

In this illuminating and thoughtful book, Will and Ariel Durant have succeeded in distilling for the reader the accumulated store of knowledge and experience from their five decades of work on the eleven monumental volumes of The Story of Civilizatio ..

The story of how a Pan American Airways B-314 flying boat, caught in the South Pacific, made an unplanned flight around the world following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Flying in total secrecy and radio blackout, Captain Ford an

The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy: Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton and translated into English by Andrew Motte. Philosophi Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Latin for Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosoph

Kniha The Middle Kingdoms vydaná v nakladatelství Penguin Books v roce 2024, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, počet stran: 480, ISBN-13: 9780141996271, zařazení do kategorie: Evropské dějiny.

F.C. Woodhouse's The Military Religious Orders of the Middle Ages: The Hospitallers, The Templars, The Teutonic Knights and Others is a lengthy history that looks at the medieval history of the most famous Christian military orders, groups that continue to

Kniha The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America vydaná v nakladatelství KNOPF v roce 2023, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 592, ISBN-13: 9780451493545, zařazení do kat

Kniha The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill autora Josh Mensch vydaná v nakladatelství Flatiron Books v roce 2023, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 400, ISBN-13: 9781250777263, zařazení do kategori

The essential resource on military and political strategy and the making of the modern worldThe New Makers of Modern Strategy is the next generation of the definitive work on strategy and the key figures who have shaped the theory and practice of w ..

The Nihon Shoki, translated as The Chronicles of Japan, is the second oldest book of classical Japanese history. The book is also called the Nihongi (The Japanese Chronicles). It is more elaborate and detailed than the Kojiki, the oldest book, and has prov

2017 Reprint of 1856 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. In this work de Tocqueville analyzes French society before the French Revolution–the so-called „Ancien Regime“–and investigates the

*Includes pictures *Includes ancient descriptions of the oracle *Includes a bibliography for further reading "Not often nor regularly, but occasionally and fortuitously, the room in which they seat the god's consultants is filled with a

The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt uniquely covers 700,000 years of ancient Egypt from the stone age to the Roman conquest.The story of the ancient Egyptians, from their prehistoric origins to their conquest by the Persians, Greeks, and Romans mak ..

The Panama route as a line of transit across the isthmus was established, as near as can be determined, between 1517 and 1520. The first settlement, at the site of the town of old Panama, six or seven miles easterly of the present city of that name, was be