This series delves into the pivotal events and civilizations that have shaped our world. It offers an engaging and accessible exploration of global history, spanning from ancient empires to the modern era. Each volume provides detailed insights, placing historical facts within a broader context. It's an ideal resource for students and curious readers seeking a deeper understanding of the past.
Focuses on a mysterious and grand civilization, from its beginnings to the Spanish Conquest in the 16th century. Each chapter of this book, is supplemented by a bibliography and photographs, original line drawings, and maps. It includes civilization and archaeology, evolution, geography, society and government, astronomy and more.
Examines the people, places, events, and crucial issues of German history, and includes a narrative history and a chronology of significant events.
Updated and expanded, this dictionary is an authoritative source on the global conflicts, civil wars, mutinies, punitive expeditions, undeclared wars, rebellions, and revolutions that have occurred throughout the world, spanning more than 4,000 years. This edition contains new and updated entries, new illustrations, and new front and back matter. Approximately 1,850 entries are extensively cross-referenced, dealing exclusively with military information.
Offers more than three hundred alphabetically arranged entries covering the people, organizations, events, and places associated with international terrorism and terrorist activities.
This book is an introduction the Japanese history, culture, and society from 1185 - the beginning of the Kamakura period - through the end of the Edo period in 1868.
Contains summaries of all notable wars from earliest recorded history to the present day, spanning some 4,000 years