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The Magyars: The History and Legacy of the Medieval Tribes that Established the Kingdom of Hungary*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading"Having crossed the Danube, they encamped beside the Danube as far as Budafelh v z. Hearing this, all the Romans living throughout the land of Pannonia, saved their lives by flight. Next day, Prince...
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Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton: The Lives and Careers of History's Most Influential Nurses*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading"I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results." - Florence Nightingale"I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while...
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Medieval Ukraine: The History of the Region and the Civilizations that Fought to Control It Before the Advent of the Russian Empire*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading "Had I just 10,000 Cossacks, I would have conquered the whole world." - Napoleon BonaparteThe history of Ukraine is a fascinating story of how cultures, political systems, religions, and power have met, intersected, morphed, and expanded. The...
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The Etruscans and the First Romans: The History and Legacy of the Civilizations that Fought for Control of Italy*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading "These people of Greek descent were called Etruscans, and it has been discovered that they had advanced so far in civilization, that they afterwards gave many of their customs to the city of Rome when it came...
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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 war. Second, the failure...
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The Long Range Desert Group: The History of the Elite British Army Unit during World War II*Includes pictures *Includes accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "The desert was quivering with heat. The gun detachments and the platoons squatted in their pits and trenches, the sweat running in rivers down their dust-caked faces. There was a terrible...
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Native American Tribes: The History and Culture of the Nez Perce*Includes pictures of important people and places. *Explains the origins, history, religion, and social structure of the tribe. *Discusses the tribe's involvement in the Lewis & Clark expedition. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. From the "Trail of Tears" to Wounded Knee and Little...
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The Fetterman Massacre and the Battle of the Little Bighorn: The History and Legacy of the U.S. Army's Worst Defeats against the Native Americans*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading In the summer of 1866, Colonel Henry B. Carrington set out from Fort Laramie to establish a series of forts along the Bozeman Trail with the goal of...
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Suleiman the Magnificent: The Life and Legacy of the Ottoman Empire's Most Famous Sultan*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingIn terms of geopolitics, perhaps the most seminal event of the Middle Ages was the successful Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453. The city had been an imperial capital as far back as the 4th...
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The Five Good Emperors: The History of the Roman Empire During the Reigns of Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading"From the study of this history we may also learn how a good government is to be established; for while all the emperors who succeeded to the throne by birth, except Titus, were bad, all...
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Tulip Mania: The History and Legacy of the World's First Speculative Bubble during the Dutch Golden Age*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading If one were to glide over the Dutch countryside via helicopter in the springtime, the beauty below them would seem almost surreal. The rolling rectangular fields are composed of immaculately...
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The Dutch East India Company: The History of the World's First Multinational Corporation*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of the VOC's expeditions and conflicts *Includes a bibliography for further reading "Whereas pepper has nothing in it that can plead as a recommendation to fruit or berry, its only desirable quality being a certain pungency; and yet it...
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Native American Tribes: The History and Culture of the Sioux*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events. *Explains the origins and legends of the various Sioux tribes *Comprehensively covers Red Cloud's War, the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and the Wounded Knee Massacre. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. "They made us many...
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Countess Elizabeth Bathory: The Life and Legacy of History's Most Prolific Female Serial Killer*Includes pictures *Includes historic accounts of the Countess' life and crimes *Includes footnotes, online resources, and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "She didn't fear death because inside herself, she didn't conceive it as a common destiny, although she had...
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The Antikythera Mechanism: The History and Mystery of the Ancient World's Most Famous Astronomical Device*Includes pictures *Chronicles the discovery and theories over the mechanism's origins and capabilities *Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading. *Includes a table of contents "It multiplies, divides and subtracts, but you can't program it." - Michael Edmunds Discovering ancient shipwrecks...
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Ur: La Historia y el Legado de la Antigua Capital SumeriaCuando los arque logos americanos descubrieron la colecci n de tablas cuneiformes en Iraq a finales del siglo XIX, se encontraron con una lengua y un pueblo que en aquel tiempo eran apenas conocidos incluso por los escolares m s expertos en la antigua...
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Uruk: The History and Legacy of the Ancient World's First Major City*Includes pictures *Describes the history, architecture, and layout of Uruk *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading In southern Iraq, a crushing silence hangs over the dunes. For nearly 5,000 years, the sands of the Iraqi desert have held the remains of...
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Jumbo the Elephant: The Life and Legacy of History's Most Famous Circus Animal*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of Jumbo's life written by his trainer, P.T. Barnum, and contemporary newspapers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "I had often looked wistfully on Jumbo, but with no hope of ever getting...
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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 laid bare to the...
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New Amsterdam: The History of the Dutch Settlement Before It Became New York City*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of Henry Hudson's expedition around Manhattan and relations with the Lenape natives *Includes accounts of trade and warfare between the Europeans and natives around New Amsterdam *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents...
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