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The Borgias: The Lives and Legacies of Rodrigo, Cesare, and Lucrezia Borgia
*Analyzes the Borgias' legacies and how it endured over the centuries.*Examines the legends and rumors surrounding the Borgias in an attempt to separate fact from fiction.*Includes pictures depicting the Borgias and important people and places in their lives.*Includes a Bibliography...
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Babe Ruth: The Life and Legacy of Major League Baseball's Most Famous Player
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“I only have one superstition: I make sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.” – Babe RuthAs one of America’s oldest and most beloved sports,...
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Ancient Alexandria: The History and Legacy of Egypt's Most Famous City
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts of the Library and Lighthouse of Alexandria, as well as the founding of the city*Highlights the city's cultural, economic, and religious influence upon the ancient world*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table...
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The Ancient Athenian Navy: The History and Legacy of Greece's Dominant Naval Force in Antiquity
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The Ancient Athenian Navy: The History and Legacy of Greece's Dominant Naval Force in Antiquity
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Forward, sons of the Greeks,Liberate the fatherland,Liberate your children, your women,The altars of the gods of your fathers,And the graves of your ancestors:Now is the...
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The Ancient Bosnian Pyramids: The History and Mystery Over the Controversial Pyramids in Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Includes pictures*Includes theories and explanations regarding the structures*Includes online resources for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Ten years from now nobody will remember my critics, and a million people will come to see what we have done.” - Semir OsmanagichThere...
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The Ancient Canaanites: The History of the Civilizations That Lived in Canaan Before the Israelites
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The Ancient Canaanites: The History of the Civilizations That Lived in Canaan Before the Israelites
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts of the Canaanites*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and...
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Ancient Cities: The History of Carthage
*Includes pictures depicting important people and places.*Comprehensively covers Carthage's rise and fall, including the Punic Wars.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“Ceterum autem censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.” (“Furthermore, I consider it imperative that Carthage be destroyed.”) -...
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Ancient Cities: The History of Pompeii
*Includes pictures of Pompeii, artifacts, and more.*Chronicles the history of Pompeii since the first settlements there nearly 3,000 years ago.*Includes quotes from Pliny the Younger about the eruption of Vesuvius. .*Includes a Bibliography for further reading..*Includes a Table of Contents.They...
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Ancient Cities: The History of Troy
*Includes pictures of important people and places.*Discusses the Iliad's depiction of the Trojan War and the way the Iliad was used to rediscover Troy*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“Rage — Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus’...
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The Ancient Egyptian City of Thebes: The History and Legacy of the Capital that Became Luxor
*Includes pictures*Describes the history of the city and the layout of its famous temple complexes*Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Let [Agamemnon] offer me the wealth…of Egyptian Thebes, the richest city in the...
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Ancient Egyptian Language and Writing: The History and Legacy of Hieroglyphs and Scripts in Ancient Egypt
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of ancient accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingPerhaps not surprisingly given how advanced they were in comparison to contemporaries, the Egyptians invented one of the first writing systems ever, and for centuries, people thought these ancient texts...
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Ancient Egypt's Most Famous Royal Family: The Lives and Deaths of Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Tutankhamun
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingAfrica 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...
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Ancient Ephesus: The History and Legacy of One of Antiquity's Greatest Cities
*Includes pictures *Chronicles the history of Ephesus and profiles its most famous buildings *Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “We shall never know what magnificence is, until this imperial city is...
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Ancient Gaul: The History and Legacy of the Gauls and the Region in Antiquity
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“Caesar, having stationed his army on both sides of the fortifications, in order that, if occasion should arise, each should hold and know his own post, orders the cavalry...
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Ancient Greek Technology: The History and Legacy of the Technological Advances Made in Greece During Antiquity
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“What I would prefer is that you should fix your eyes every day on the greatness of Athens as she really is, and should fall in love with her....
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The Ancient Indus Valley Civilization's Biggest Cities: The History and Legacy of Mohenjo-daro, Harappa, and Kalibangan
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of ancient accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsWhen 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...
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The Ancient Israelites and Egypt: The History of the Egyptian Enslavement of the Jews, the Exodus, and Relations With Israel
The story of the ancient Israelites in Egypt is one of the most famous stories in the world, and one of the most contentious from a historical standpoint. Today, most people know about the relationship between the ancient Israelites and...
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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 and Nubians: The History and Legacy of Ancient Egypt's Most Prominent Neighbors in Africa
*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsDuring the several centuries that ancient Egypt stood as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, civilizations of the ancient world, conflicts with its neighbors...
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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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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 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 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 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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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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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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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 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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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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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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