Far more than a history of the Silk Roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world, promising to destabilize notions of where we come from and where we are headed next. From the Middle East and its political instability to China and its ec

Known as the „Land of Fire,“ Azerbaijan is a country located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. While it has accumulated riches from being a trading post along the Silk Road, the country has been devastated by invading hordes charging from the four card

Ancient Rome was an imposing city even by modern standards, a sprawling imperial metropolis of more than a million inhabitants, a „mixture of luxury and filth, liberty and exploitation, civic pride and murderous civil war“ that served as the seat of pow

Europe: An Obituary is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of self-destruction. Declining birth rates, mass immigration and cultivated self-distrust have come together to make Europeans unable to argue for themselve ..

In this celebrated, landmark history of the Balkans, Misha Glenny investigates the roots of the bloodshed, invasions and nationalist fervour that have come to define our understanding of the south-eastern edge of Europe. In doing so, he reveals tha ..

The Emerald Tablet of HermesAlso known as The Smaragdine Table, or Tabula Smaragdinaby Hermes TrismegistusThe Emerald Tablet, also known as the Smaragdine Table, or Tabula Smaragdina, is a compact and cryptic piece of the Her

Kniha The Medici autora Paul Strathern vydaná v nakladatelství Pegasus Books v roce 2017, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, počet stran: 464, ISBN-13: 9781681774084, zařazení do kategorie: Evropa.

2017 Reprint of 1856 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. In this work de Tocqueville analyzes French society before the French Revolution–the so-called „Ancien Regime“–and investigates the

A bestselling military historian provides a comprehensive account of how World War II was fought, showing how disparate conflicts waged across the globe in the air, on land, and at sea coalesced into a single war-and how the Allied powers won it

Created in association with the Smithsonian Institution, this authoritative guide chronicles America's fight against Communism in southeast Asia during the 1960s and 1970s, and comprehensively explores the people, politics, events, and lasting effects o

This comprehensive edition brings together three seminal collections by legendary essayist and journalist Joan Didion: Slouching toward Bethlehem, White Album and Sentimental Journeys.

*Includes pictures *Highlights the reigns of each emperor and how Nero's reign set the chain of events in motion *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents The 12 months known in history as the Year of t