World History category: 14642 books
The Future Of The Past
Big Questions in History
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
At the beginning of the new millennium, The Future of the Past offers a fresh interpretation of the issues and developments that have shaped our world over the last thousand years. By bringing together the expertise of members of the History Faculty at Cambridge University, all of them leaders in...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
Practices of Diplomacy in the Early Modern World offers a new contribution to the ongoing reassessment of early modern international relations and diplomatic history. Divided into three parts, it provides an examination of diplomatic culture from the Renaissance into the eighteenth century and presents...
An Encyclopedia of Battles
Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
"A badly needed addition to public and military libraries and to the shelves of every military writer … a definitive job." — Army TimesMegiddo, Thermopylae, Waterloo, Stalingrad, Vietnam … nothing has dominated man's attention, challenged his energy, produced more heroes — and destruction —...
Reel History
The World According to the Movies
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
From ancient Egypt to the Tudors to the Nazis, the film industry has often defined how we think of the past. But how much of what you see on the screen is true? Picking her way through Hollywood's version of events, an acclaimed historian sorts fact from fiction. Based on the long-running column in...
Nephilim Apocalypse
Rise Of The Nephilim New World Order
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
Is humanity being steered towards an Apocalypse?
What events triggered the worldwide flood in the days of Noah, what has Atlantis or the Nephilim got to do with this and are these things happening again?
Ever wondered what happened to the fallen angels mentioned in the bible, their giant...
The Country of Football
Soccer and the Making of Modern Brazil
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
Soccer is the world’s most popular sport, and the Brazilian national team is beloved around the planet for its beautiful playing style, the jogo bonito. With the most successful national soccer team in the history of the World Cup, Brazil is the only country to have played in every competition and...
by Gale Eaton, Phillip Hoose
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
*2016 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Silver Award Winner*
The earth shakes and cracks open. Volcanoes erupt. Continents freeze, bake, and flood. Droughts parch the land. Wildfires and hundred-year storms consume anything in their paths. Invisible clouds of disease and pestilence probe for victims....
by James Walvin
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
The modern successor to Sweetness and Power, James Walvin’s Sugar is a rich and engaging work on a topic that continues to change our world.
How did a simple commodity, once the prized monopoly of kings and princes, become an essential ingredient in the lives of millions, before mutating...
Holy War
How Vasco da Gama's Epic Voyages Turned the Tide in a Centuries-Old Clash of Civilizations
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
A sweeping historical epic and a radical new interpretation of Vasco da Gama’s groundbreaking voyages, seen as a turning point in the struggle between Christianity and Islam
In 1498 a young captain sailed from Portugal, circumnavigated Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean, and discovered the...
The Middle Ages
Dictionary of World Biography, Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Each volume of the Dictionary of World Biography contains 250 entries on the lives of the individuals who shaped their times and left their mark on world history. This is not a who's who. Instead, each entry provides an in-depth essay on the life and career of the individual concerned. Essays commence...
Peace
A World History
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
How peace has been made and maintained, experienced and imagined is not only a matter of historical interest, but also of pressing concern. Peace: A World History is the first study to explore the full spectrum of peace and peacemaking from prehistoric to contemporary times in a single volume aimed...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The ancient world was a time when advanced edged weapons made of metal, sophisticated bows and siege engines replaced the basic weaponry of the prehistoric era, and great generals such as Alexander the Great developed battle tactics and strategies that are still studied today. This volume looks at the...
The Age of Trade
The Manila Galleons and the Dawn of the Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
This groundbreaking book presents the first full history of the Manila galleons, which marked the true beginning of a global economy. Arturo Giraldez, the world’s leading scholar of the galleons, traces the rise of the maritime route, which began with the founding of the city of Manila in 1571 and...
100 Mistakes that Changed History
Backfires and Blunders That Collapsed Empires, Crashed Economies, and Altered the Course of Our World
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Collected in one volume, here are backfires and blunders that collapsed empires, crashed economies, and altered the course of the world.
From the Maginot Line to the Cuban Missile Crisis, history is filled with bad moves and not-so-bright ideas that snowballed into disasters and unintended...