Hakutulokset: empire of the world
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The Origin of Empire
In 264 BC, a Roman army was poised to cross from southern Italy into Sicily. They couldn't know that this crossing would be Rome's first step on its journey from local republic to …
THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published between 1776 and 1788, is the undisputed masterpiece of English historical writing which can only perish with the language …
Japan's Total Empire
This examination of Japanese imperialism focuses on the domestic impact of Japan's activities in Northeast China between 1931 and 1945, to consider the "metropolitan effects" of …
Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire
A "sweeping, delightfully readable" (Wall Street Journal) new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires At its height in 660 BCE, the …
Making the Voyageur World
French Canadian workers who paddled canoes, transported goods, and staffed the interior posts of the northern North American fur trade became popularly known as voyageurs. Scholars …
The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180-395
The Roman Empire at Bay is the only one volume history of the critical years 180-395 AD, which saw the transformation of the Roman Empire from a unitary state centred on Rome, into …
Genghis Khan: The Ruthless Legacy, Great Mongol Empire, and the Making of the Modern World
It is rare for an individual in history to have successfully made such a mark on their world that people are still talking about them centuries after their death. When you consider …
The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel: Romanovs, Revolutionaries, and the Forgotten Titan Who Fueled the World
From the author of the New York Times bestselling The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel comes the enthralling hidden history of one of the world's most successful business titans, a …
The Cults of the Roman Empire
This book is about the multiplicity of gods and religions that characterized the Roman world before Constantine. It was not the noble gods such as Jove, Apollo and Diana, who were …
The Inhuman Empire
This book is a study of selected texts of British writings on Indian wildlife published between 1860 and 1960.Set in the context of British colonial rule in India, this book also …
