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The Ancient Kingdoms of Africa: The History and Legacy of the African Continent's Most Prominent Kingdoms in Antiquity
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsAfrica may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern...
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The Ancient Libyans: The Mysterious History of Egypt's Neighbors to the West during Antiquity
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary Egyptian accounts of the Libyans and the wars against them *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The ancient Egyptians are well known today for the enemies they kept. In their texts, the Egyptians...
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Ancient Macedonia: The History and Legacy of Alexander the Great and the Macedonians in Antiquity
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Ancient Macedonia: The History and Legacy of Alexander the Great and the Macedonians in Antiquity
“There is nothing impossible to him that will but try.” - Alexander the Great The role of Macedonia and the Macedonians in the ancient world is apparent to those with even a cursory knowledge of the period. After all, Alexander...
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The Ancient Lydians: The History and Legacy of the Iron Age Kingdom of Lydia
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the Lydians from ancient historians and contemporary records *Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “When all these nations had been added to the Lydian empire, and...
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Ancient Palmyra: The History and Legacy of One of Antiquity's Greatest Cities
*Includes pictures*Profiles Palmyra's origins, its relationship with Rome, its culture, and more*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the Lord and his...
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The Ancient Olympic Games: The History and Legacy of Ancient Greece's Most Famous Sports Event
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The Ancient Olympic Games: The History and Legacy of Ancient Greece's Most Famous Sports Event
"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well." (Epictetus) "Many are the sights to be seen in Greece, and many are the wonders...
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Ancient Pergamon: The History and Legacy of Asia Minor's Most Influential Greek Cultural Center in Antiquity
The Library of Alexandria was one of the few libraries in the ancient Greek world, which helped ensure that mathematicians, scientists, and other scholars from across the Mediterranean traveled to Egypt to study there, and it was so impressive in...
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The Ancient Roman Sieges of Jerusalem and Masada: The History of the First Jewish-Roman War's Most Famous Battles
*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts of the battles *Includes a bibliography for further reading The Siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE is arguably the most important event in Jewish history. First, it was the central battle in the First Jewish-Roman...
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Ancient Rhodes: The History and Legacy of the Famous Greek Island in Antiquity
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts of Rhodes*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsModern perceptions of Classical Greece are almost invariably based on Athens and Sparta, but there are perhaps few areas as consistently undervalued as...
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Ancient Sicily: The History and Legacy of the Mediterranean's Largest Island in Antiquity
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingIt is hard to find an island on the map more central than Sicily. Located at the crossroads between Europe and Africa, and between the Eastern and Western Mediterranean,...
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Ancient Rome's Provinces: The History of the Foreign Lands Ruled by the Roman Empire in Antiquity
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Ancient Rome's Provinces: The History of the Foreign Lands Ruled by the Roman Empire in Antiquity
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingIronically, the Roman Republic’s development from a city state into a world power that controlled large swathes of modern Italy, Gaul and Spain, as well as other parts of...
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The Ancient World's Most Influential Philosophers: The Lives and Works of Confucius, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero
*Includes pictures*Includes a table of contentsMany people argue that Confucius is the most influential person of all time, and if having a significant effect on the greatest number of people is the criterion, he may very well be. China is...
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Andersonville and Camp Douglas: The History of the Civil War's Deadliest Prison Camps
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Wuld that I was an artist & had the material to paint this camp & all its horors or the tounge of some eloquent Statesman and...
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The Ancient World's Most Mysterious Religious Cults: The History of the Cult of the Apis Bull, the Eleusinian Mysteries, and the Mysteries of Mithras
Africa may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe nearly 5,000 years later. From the Library and Lighthouse of Alexandria...
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Andersonville Prison: The History of the Civil War's Most Notorious Prison Camp
Notorious, a hell on earth, a cesspool, a death camp, and infamous have all been used by prisoners and critics to describe Andersonville Prison, constructed to house Union prisoners of war in 1864, and all descriptions apply. Located in Andersonville,...
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Angel Island: The History and Legacy of the Immigration Center in San Francisco Bay
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“The boat was launched and I set out to search for better anchorage for the ship. I went out toward the island I named de los Angeles [Angel Island], which...
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Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick: The History of the Gilded Age's Most Controversial Business Partnership
The term robber baron has largely fallen into disuse in the 21st century but there was a time when it was a popular epithet that described the kind of man who, it was believed, built his fortune by taking things...
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Angkor Wat: The History and Legacy of the World's Largest Hindu Temple
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsHinduism is one of the world’s great religions, dominating the Indian subcontinent for most of the last millennium, and its largest temple is an unbelievably magnificent structure...
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Anne Bonny & Mary Read: The Golden Age of Piracy's Most Famous Women
*Includes historic illustrations depicting Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and important people in their lives.*Includes a profile of Anne and Mary from the famous English pirate history "A General History of the Pyrates".*Discusses common legends about Anne and Mary, separating fact...
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The Anglo-Zulu War: The History and Legacy of the British Empire's Conflict with the Zulu Kingdom in South Africa
“He is Shaka the unshakeable, Thunderer-while-sitting, son of Menzi He is the bird that preys on other birds, The battle-axe that excels over other battle-axes in sharpness, He is the long-strided pursuer, son of Ndaba, Who pursued the sun and...
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Anne Bradstreet: The Life and Legacy of the Famous Puritan Poet in the American Colonies
"And when I could no longer look, I blest His grace that gave and took, That laid my goods now in the dust. Yea, so it was, and so 'twas just. It was his own; it was not mine. Far...
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The Antikythera Mechanism: The History and Mystery of the Ancient World's Most Famous Astronomical Device
*Includes pictures *Chronicles the discovery and theories over the mechanism's origins and capabilities *Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading. *Includes a table of contents "It multiplies, divides and subtracts, but you can't program it." - Michael...
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Antigua Sicilia: La Historia Y El Legado De La Isla Más Grande Del Mediterráneo En La Antigüedad
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Antigua Sicilia: La Historia Y El Legado De La Isla Más Grande Del Mediterráneo En La Antigüedad
Es difícil encontrar una isla en el mapa más central que Sicilia. Situada en la encrucijada entre Europa y África, y entre el Mediterráneo oriental y occidental, Sicilia rara vez ha sido gobernada como un Estado independiente y unificado. Sin...
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Antioch: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Syrian City Established by the Seleucid Empire
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsOn his deathbed, some historians claim that when he was pressed to name a successor, Alexander the Great muttered that his empire should go “to...
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Antoine-Henri Jomini: The Life and Legacy of the Swiss General and His Famous Military Treatises about the Napoleonic Wars
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of Jomini's work*Includes a bibliography for further reading“War in its ensemble is NOT a science, but an art. Strategy, particularly, may indeed be regulated by fixed laws resembling those of the positive sciences, but this is not...
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Antiquity's Greatest Philosophers: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
*Analyzes the controversies and mysteries surrounding Socrates' life and death, including the debate over his portrayal in Plato's Socratic dialogues.*Discusses the philosophers' writings about knowledge, logic, metaphysics, science, reason, Forms, political science, rhetoric and more.*Includes busts and other art depicting...
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Antoni Gaudí: La vida y el legado del arquitecto del modernismo catalán
“Los que buscan las leyes de la Naturaleza como soporte para sus nuevas obras colaboran con el creador "- Antoni Gaudí.A mediados del siglo XIX, la Cataluña española experimentó una profunda transformación cuando fue empujada no en una, sino en...
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Antoni Gaudi and Frank Lloyd Wright: The Lives and Works of the Most Influential Modern Architects
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Antoni Gaudi and Frank Lloyd Wright: The Lives and Works of the Most Influential Modern Architects
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator.” – Antoni GaudiHalfway into the 19th century, Spain's Catalonia underwent a...
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Antoni Gaudí: The Life and Legacy of the Architect of Catalan Modernism
"Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator." (Antoni Gaudí) Halfway into the 19th century, Spain's Catalonia underwent a sweeping transformation when it was thrust into not one, but...
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Antony & Cleopatra: History's Most Famous Romance
*Includes famous art depicting Antony, Cleopatra, and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Discusses the mysteries still surrounding the suicides of Antony & Cleopatra*Includes a Table of ContentsHe was one of the most unique and best known figures of...
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