wired - World History 12

Zwischen 600 und 1350 bot die Erde noch so viel Platz, dass Individuen, Gruppen und ganze Gesellschaften isoliert voneinander existieren konnten. Australien und Ozeanien standen noch gar nicht, der ……続きを見る

Hartwin Brandt beschreibt in dem WISSEN-Band "Das Ende der Antike" in konziser, gut lesbarer und anregender Form die Geschichte der Spätantike von 284 bis 565 n. Chr. Neben der knappen und klaren Ve……続きを見る

Anna M. Cienciala Best Edited Book Award 2023 Ganador del premio Educación, investigación y tecnología 2023 de ED&TIC RESEARCH CENTER The volume contains some of the most incisive texts of the New S……続きを見る

The Earliest English Poetry (1971) offers a critical survey of Old English poetry, that is, of the vernacular verse composed in England from the seventh century to the Norman Conquest. It is a studi……続きを見る

King Alfred's West-Saxon Version of Gregory's Pastoral Care (1871) is a key Anglo-Saxon text. Preserved in two manuscripts written during Alfred’s lifetime, it affords data of the highest value for ……続きを見る

A Financial Times and Economist Best Book of the Year exploring world trade from Mesopotamia in 3,000 BC to modern globalization. How did trade evolve to the point where we don’t think twice about b……続きを見る

A centuries-spanning study of twenty-five pivotal wars that shaped world history, from the Greco-Persian War to the Soviet-Afghan War. Driving and dispersing peoples across the globe, giving birth t……続きを見る

From the battles of Ancient Greece and Rome to WWII and Vietnam, this volume uncovers the surprising truth behind the history of war. Many are familiar the first Civil War battle between the ironcla……続きを見る

An informative look at the military conflicts that most altered the course of history and civilization, from ancient times to the modern world. Rather than celebrating warfare, 50 Battles That Chang……続きを見る

Buccaneers, Explorers and Settlers studies how during 'the long 18th century' British incursions into the Pacific transformed Europe's knowledge of that great ocean. Buccaneers devastated Spanish se……続きを見る

'Fascinating and hugely entertaining' MARINA HYDE 'By turns surprising, funny, bleak, ridiculous, or all four of those at once' GIDEON DEFOE People have been drawing lines on maps for as long as the……続きを見る

An element common to all the articles collected here is the attempt to make parallel use of sources from different cultures - Biblical and Talmudic Hebrew, Greek and Latin, Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic ……続きを見る

From the prehistoric era to the present, food culture has helped to define civilizations. This reference surveys food culture and cooking from antiquity to the modern era, providing background infor……続きを見る

Following one woman’s voyage across the Antarctic, this elegant debut confronts the dark history of the whaling industry and the mystery of one young whaler’s death against the backdrop of the vast ……続きを見る

This book offers a new account of the connections between seventeenth century English history and the history of the rest of the world. Eschewing nationalist narratives, it demonstrates how greater ……続きを見る

THE earliest history is but a record of wars. Peace had no events stirring enough to call for record. It was the conflict of heroes which inspired the oldest and still greatest of poems. As the more……続きを見る

It began as a small, slow, and unadorned sailing vesselーin a word, ordinary. Later, it was a weary workhorse in the age of steam. But the story of the Edwin Fox reveals how an everyday merchant shi……続きを見る

Unleash the thundering hooves of racing's most captivating legends in "Shadows of Silver: Legends of the Track." Step into the world of horse racing where history, courage, and the allure of the tra……続きを見る

In this new book, celebrated historian Kate Williams leads us into the world of queens, empresses, princesses, mistresses and ladies-in-waiting, as she unveils their hidden stories and remarkable ac……続きを見る

This book focuses predominantly on the examination of Hindu temples that were destroyed, desecrated, and converted into mosques and khanqahs, shedding light on the underlying ideology of iconoclasm ……続きを見る

The Bitter Road to Freedom is a powerful, deeply moving account of an earth-shattering year in the history of the U.S. and Europe. Americans are justly proud of the role their country played in libe……続きを見る

31 Karlsruher Kinder, mittlerweile erwachsen und gestandene Persönlichkeiten, erzählen in diesem Buch von ihrer Kindheit und Jugend in der Fächerstadt. Lustige und traurige, heitere und wehmütige Er……続きを見る

Chris Wickham, profesor de la Universidad de Oxford y una de las guras más destacadas del medievalismo actual, nos ofrece una nueva visión del milenio que trascurrió entre la crisis del Imperio r……続きを見る

During the last decade of his life, the world historian William H. McNeill (1917-2016) wrote a series of essays and short accounts of his experiences with other prominent 20th-century figures: Morti……続きを見る

La guerra fría terminó hace mucho; pero las obras que se escriben hoy sobre la Rusia soviética siguen lastradas por la misma carga de prejuicios y deformaciones que en el pasado. Moshe Lewin emprend……続きを見る

This book is a study of selected texts of British writings on Indian wildlife published between 1860 and 1960. Set in the context of British colonial rule in India, this book also reflects on simila……続きを見る

A presentation of scholarly work that investigates Iran's experiences with colonialism and decolonization from a variety of perspectives. How did Iran’s unique position in the world affect and defin……続きを見る

This book is the first overall survey of the British West Indian press in the early nineteenth centuryーa critical period in the history of the region. Based on extensive and ground-breaking archiva……続きを見る

Are you ready to live a beautiful nostalgic adventure ? Here is the ebook who's everyone was looking for World History Questions Book, Perfect For people who are interested in historical events, the……続きを見る

»Ali Fathollah-Nejad legt den Finger in die Wunden der westlichen Iran-Politik!« Natalie Amiri Iran fordert die Weltpolitik heraus. Der Westen hat viel zu lange weggesehen und sich stattdessen für e……続きを見る