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Addressing the complex social fabric of Indian society, this book explores its history, marked by enduring conflicts between Brahmanic and Un-Brahmanic forces that have shaped its ideological and ph……続きを見る

What happens to a nation when its dignity is bartered for power? Building on the award-winning foundation of Lost Decencyーwinner of the Benjamin Franklin First Yearbook Awardーthis advanced, signif……続きを見る

Prison construction was among the most important infrastructural changes brought about by British rule in India. It introduced India to a radically new system of punishment based on the spatial expe……続きを見る

Modern Europe: Europe in History, PART ONE, is my attempt to guide readers through the dramatic transformation of France from a Bourbon monarchy into a revolutionary republic. I begin with Henry IV ……続きを見る

Chinese Explored Asia Long Before the Europeans: An Ancient World Map Tells All is the fruit of the author's research into the history of exploration prior to the European Age of Discovery. This boo……続きを見る

Early Modern Europe: Europe in History, PART ONE, throws open a door to a continent where old kingdoms begin to crack and new powers push through the fissures. I lead you into the age of Mehmed II (……続きを見る

From Shah to Revolution: The Middle East in History, is my attempt to tell the modern Middle East as it actually unfolded ー not as tidy abstractions, but through the messy, human forces of people, ……続きを見る

Bien plus qu’un livre retraçant l’histoire et les origines d’une terre qui est chère à son auteur, Palmyre pour toujours est un hommage vibrant à une civilisation disparue, qu’il ne faut pas oublier……続きを見る

لماذا حضارات العصر المحوري وعظماؤه؟يُقدِّم هذا الكتاب لمحة معمّقة عن واحد مِن أهم العصور الذهبية الإنسانية التي أحدثَت ما يمكن وصْفه بنقلة فكرية تنويرية سادت في خمسٍ مِن أعرق المناطق الجغرافية في ال……続きを見る

Late Medieval Europe: Europe in History, PART ONE, tells the story I wanted to tell ー a world carved by bold rulers and relentless reformers. Picture Gregory VII at the heart of the Investiture str……続きを見る

Wars, Oil, and Power: The Middle East in History, is my attempt to tell the story behind the headlines ー the people, the pressures, and those hinge moments when history might still have gone a diff……続きを見る

The Holocaust and the Birth of Israel: The Middle East in History, is the book I wrote after realizing how often this history is told in fragments. We hear the namesーStanley Milgram, Auschwitz, Kri……続きを見る

Redrawing the map and resetting the clock of the Age of Revolutions In 2015, Bryan Banks and Cindy Ermus launched Age of Revolutions, a website offering critical reconsideration of the foundational ……続きを見る

Israel and the Arab States: The Middle East in History, is the book I wrote to tell this story through people, not slogans. It begins on November 29, 1947 ー the day the UN vote upended the region o……続きを見る

Turkey and the Arab World Reborn: The Middle East in History, pulls you into that moment when an old order imploded and a new map of power was hammered into being. I wrote this book to trace how per……続きを見る

War, Violence, and Collapse: The Middle East in History, opens with a simple question that kept pushing me back to the archives and the map: what actually happened when the global war crashed into t……続きを見る

Persia: Civilizations of the Middle East, PART TWO, I sweeps across centuries of Iranian history, beginning with the legendary Khosrow I ー Anushirvan ー the ruler who revitalized the Sasanian state……続きを見る

L’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, née il y a plus de cinquante ans, rassemble aujourd’hui 88 États et gouvernements représentant plus de 300 millions de francophones répartis sur cin……続きを見る

What if one of the world's most beloved legends began long before the world, we imagine it in? We've heard countless stories of Lord Shri Krishna, the divine hero, the wise teacher, the eternal symb……続きを見る

Genghis Khan: A History of China, PART TWO, sweeps you across the windswept steppe into the heart of one of history's most relentless lives. From a boy named Temüjin ー hunted, exiled, and hardened ……続きを見る

The Liao Dynasty: A History of China, PART TWO, plunges you into the lives of the people who built ー and eventually lost ー one of China's most remarkable empires. I wrote this book to breathe life……続きを見る

The Western Xia Dynasty: A History of China takes you on a journey through the lost empire of the Tanguts ー a people who carved out a kingdom amid the deserts and mountain passes of northwest China……続きを見る

A warlord builds an empire in the emperor's name… only to discover the emperor may be plotting his death. A general rides straight through an army to kill its commander in a single strike. And a kin……続きを見る

The Northern and Southern Jin Dynasties: A History of China, PART ONE, sweeps you into the rise and collapse of empiresーan era where ambition ruled, loyalties splintered, and survival became a craf……続きを見る

The Northern Song Dynasty: A History of China, PART TWO, plunges you into a world of emperors, reformers, and powerful women who shaped the destiny of an empire. From the early years of Emperor Zhen……続きを見る

The Northern Song Dynasty: A History of China, PART ONE, transports you back to an era when a fragmented land was being stitched together ー when battlefield commanders could become emperors, when p……続きを見る

The Southern Song Dynasty: A History of China, PART TWO, takes you on a journey through one of the most turbulent and emotionally charged eras in Chinese history. The book opens with the bitter feud……続きを見る

Formal categorization of people presents significant challenges. When politics and law become ethnicized, the pivotal question arises: who is who? This problem surfaced in Moravia after the 1905 Set……続きを見る

A corrupt emperor rides through his palace in a donkey cart while officials buy their jobs like market goods. A dog is dressed as a minister and paraded in court. Meanwhile, outside the palace walls……続きを見る

An aging emperor sells government offices like market goods. A desperate father is murdered for his treasure. A warlord burns his own escape routeーonly to walk straight into a trap. This is how an ……続きを見る