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Assur: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Assyrian Empire's Capital City
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts describing Assur and the Assyrians*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“All who hear the news of your destruction clap their hands for joy. Did no one escape your endless cruelty?” - Nahum 3:19In...
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The Assyrian Empire's Capitals: The History and Legacy of Nineveh, Assur, and Nimrud
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of ancient accountsWhen scholars study the history of the ancient Near East, several wars that had extremely brutal consequences (at least by modern standards) often stand out. Forced removal of entire populations, sieges that decimated entire cities,...
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The Assyrians: The History of the Most Prominent Empire of the Ancient Near East
Discusses Assyrian military tactics, religious practices, and more Includes ancient Assyrian accounts documenting their military campaigns and more "I fought daily, without interruption, against Taharqa, king of Egypt and Ethiopia, the one accursed by all the great gods. Five times...
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The Astors: The History and Legacy of One of the World's Wealthiest Families
The Astor surname, one of New York’s most important family names for over a century, is synonymous with American aristocracy, a term that defies simple definition. Unlike Britain, where the term aristocrat had a definite meaning, the New York aristocracy...
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Athena: The Origins and History of the Greek Goddess
*Includes pictures of important places and historic art depicting Athena and other Greek gods and goddesses.*Explains the historical origins of the goddess and the mythological tales about her.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.“I begin to sing of Pallas Athene, the...
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The Athenian Agora and Roman Forum: The Beating Hearts of the Ancient World's Most Famous Cities
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The Athenian Agora and Roman Forum: The Beating Hearts of the Ancient World's Most Famous Cities
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsThe center of political and commercial interaction in the Ancient Greek polis was the agora. The word essentially means a gathering place or an open space, and...
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Athenian Democracy: The History of the World's First Democracy in Ancient Athens
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts of Athenian democracy by Aristotle, Plutarch, and others*Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsIn today’s modern world every political regime, even the most authoritarian or repressive, describes itself as...
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The Athenian Navy and Spartan Army: The History and Legacy of Ancient Greece's Most Famous Military Forces
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading“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 fight for everything.” – The Greek...
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Athens & Sparta: Ancient Greece's Famous City-States
For 2500 years, the Ancient Greeks have fascinated the West, who look to Greece as the creators of Western culture. Indeed, the Greeks revolutionized warfare, art, architecture, government, philosophy, and more. Of all the Greeks' accomplishments, many can be credited...
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Atlantis: The History and Legacy of the Ancient World's Fabled Lost Island and Modern Searches for It
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts describing Atlantis and the search for it*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“And the island of Atalantes, which was greater than Africa and Asia, as Plato says in the Timaeus, in one day and...
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The Attica Prison Riot: The History and Legacy of America's Most Famous Prison Uprising
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the riot by inmates, hostages, and state officials*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents"If we can't live as men, we sure as hell can die as men.” – A prisoner...
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Attica: The History and Legacy of the Most Important Region in Ancient Greece
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient descriptions of Attica and Athens*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsAccording to Herodotus, the Persians offered the Athenians an alliance in 480 BCE. The other Greek city-states (polei) were understandably concerned...
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Audrey Hepburn and Katharine Hepburn: Hollywood's Most Iconic Starlets
*Includes pictures of the actresses and important people, places, and scenes.*Includes the actresses' own quotes about their lives and careers. .*Includes a Bibliography of each actress for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.Early in her career, there was no actress...
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The Austro-Prussian War and Franco-Prussian War: The History of the Wars that Led to Prussia's Unification of Germany
Locked in a balance of power since the 1815 Congress of Vienna, the world was dominated by the great European powers of Britain, France, Russia, and Austria, and at the Congress of Vienna itself, Prussia had been a minor concern....
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The Austro-Prussian War: The History and Legacy of the Conflict that Resulted in Prussian Dominance over Germany
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingThe most famous battle of the 19th century was undoubtedly Waterloo, and the biggest battle of the Napoleonic Wars was Leipzig, but neither one of those legendary battles was the biggest...
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Axum: The History and Legacy of the Kingdom of Aksum's Capital and One of the Oldest Continuously Inhabited Cities in Africa
In the year 570 CE, a child by the name of Muhammad is born in the Arabian city of Mecca. Sixty-two years later, he dies, and upon his death, the faith that he founded, Islam ("obedience to the one God"),...
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Babilonia: El Ascenso y la Caída de la Grandiosa Ciudad de la Antigua Mesopotamia
* Incluye fotos* Incluye recursos en línea y una bibliografía para leer másEl mundo antiguo estaba repleto de ciudades y lugares fantásticos, y al igual que las grandes ciudades de hoy, las antiguas metrópolis eran centros de comercio, religión y...
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Babylon: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Mesopotamia's Greatest City
*Includes pictures.*Includes historic accounts about the city and its history.*Profiles Hammurabi, Nebuchadnezzar and the Hanging Gardens.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.The ancient world was full of many fantastic cities and places, and like today’s major cities,...
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Baldr: The Origins and History of the Famous Norse God Whose Death Leads to Ragnarok
*Includes pictures*Includes medieval accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingMuch of what is known of the Norse myths comes from the 10th century onwards. Until this time and, indeed, for centuries afterwards, Norse culture (particularly that of Iceland,...
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Baron Johann de Kalb: The Life and Legacy of the German Major General Who Fought in the American Revolution
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“So, there lies the brave de Kalb. The generous stranger, who came from a distant land to fight our battles and to water with his blood the tree of...
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Baron Von Steuben: The Life and Legacy of the Prussian General Who Drilled the Continental Army at Valley Forge During the Revolutionary
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“You say to your soldier, 'Do this' and he does it. But I am obliged to say to the American, 'This is why you ought...
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The Basilica of the Sacréd Heart of Paris: The History and Legacy of the Sacré-Coeur
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading“Glorious servant of God, St. Denis, with intense love did you devote yourself to Christ after learning to know Him through the apostle St. Paul. Preaching His saving name to the nations, and bringing...
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Basque Country: The Turbulent History and Legacy of the Basque Autonomous Community in Spain
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingIt would not be a stretch to say that for a very tiny geographical territory (just 20,747 square kilometers), the Basque Country has inspired a plethora of intense stereotypes. Some of these stereotypes have...
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The Bataan Death March: Life and Death in the Philippines During World War II
*Includes pictures*Includes prisoners' accounts of the death march and prisoner camps*Includes a bibliography for further reading "They went down by twos and threes. Usually, they made an effort to rise. I never can forget their groans and strangled breathing as...
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The Battle of Ain Jalut: The History and Legacy of the Decisive Mamluk Victory that Halted the Mongol Empire's Expansion across the Middle East
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsEgypt in the 13th century was a glorious kingdom to behold. Spice merchants from Europe, Asia and Africa sailed up the Nile River to the great port city of Alexandria,...
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The Battle of Aleppo: The History of the Ongoing Siege at the Center of the Syrian Civil War
*Includes pictures*Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“I'm not a puppet. I wasn't made by the west to go to the west or any other country. I'm Syrian. I'm made in Syria. I...
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The Battle of Baltimore and Battle of New Orleans: The History of the War of 1812's Most Famous Battles
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of accounts of the battles written by soldiers*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsSandwiched between the Revolution and the Civil War, the War of 1812 is one of America’s forgotten conflicts,...
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The Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812: The History of the Battle that Inspired the National Anthem
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the fighting written by generals on both sides*Explains how Francis Scott Key witnessed the battle and wrote the national anthem*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“And the rockets' red glare,...
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The Battle of Bosworth Field: The History of the Battle that Ended the Wars of the Roses
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents"Near this spot, on August 22nd 1485, at the age of 32, King Richard III fell fighting gallantly in defence of his realm & his crown against...
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The Battle of Brandy Station: The History of the Biggest Cavalry Battle of the Civil War
"One result of incalculable importance certainly did follow this battle, - it made the Federal cavalry. Up to that time confessedly inferior to the Southern horsemen, they gained on this day that confidence in themselves and in their commanders which...
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