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1) Las 7 maravillas del mundo antiguo: Una guía fascinante de la Gran Pirámide de Guiza, los Jardine
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Probablemente haya oído hablar de «las siete maravillas del mundo antiguo». Pero, ¿cuánto sabe realmente?El mundo antiguo albergó algunas de las mayores civilizaciones de la historia. Los egipcios, los griegos, los babilonios y otros pueblos quisieron dejar su huella en la historia para que otros recordaran su grandeza. ¿Y qué mejor manera de explorar esa grandeza que examinar algunas de las mayores maravillas que el mundo ha conocido?La mayoría...
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This essay, the second in Jack Kelly's series of modern treatments of Hawaiian history, frames a historic alliance that would shape the future of Hawaii – between the famed British explorer Captain George Vancouver, and King Kamehameha of the Big Island. Arriving in Kealakekua Bay 15 years after Captain Cook's bloody death, Vancouver was intent on the mission of the British Empire, to foster order and trade. But in dismissing the Hawaiians as uneducated...
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Condemned and yet feared by emperors, almost certain to be slaughtered and yet adored by the masses, the gladiator was the superstar of his day. His existence was invariably short and violent, improved only faintly by the prospect of honor, wealth, and public attention. Yet men gave up their freedom to become gladiators, noblewomen gave up their positions to elope with them, and Emperors risked death to fight them. This thrilling popular history of...
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"You don't know how close war is."
Radomir Bogdanov, Deputy Director, Institute of the USA and Canada, 1983
"It was a matter of rather--I would say-greater danger than almost any other period in the Cold War, if only because the most-shall we say extreme-or hardline elements in the Soviet intelligence and military leadership might have at some point either misconstrued some
developments in the West or chosen to act on the basis of
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Prologue. Dutch historian Johan Huizinga (1872-1945) released \"The Autumn of the Middle Ages\" in 1919, offering profound insights into the medieval era and shedding light on its dark times. With a deep understanding of language, Huizinga becomes captivated by play and devotes himself to the study of games within the course of history. The medieval period is a beautiful sunset that occurs as darkness descends, symbolized by sunsets and moonlight....
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¿Existen límites a la omnipotencia del Partido Comunista? ¿Es irremediable su problema medioambiental? ¿Qué consecuencias tiene la tensión con Taiwán? ¿Cuál es la realidad de la interdependencia económica entre China y Estados Unidos?
En apenas unas décadas, China se ha convertido en la segunda potencia mundial. Su mercado, su estrategia y también sus deficiencias influyen en el futuro de todo el planeta, como lo demuestra la pandemia...
11) The Assassins
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From a master historian, the definitive account of history's first terrorists
An offshoot of the Ismaili Shi'ite sect of Islam, the Assassins were the first group to make systematic use of murder as a political weapon. Established in Iran and Syria in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, they aimed to overthrow the existing Sunni order in Islam and replace it with their own. They terrorized their foes with a series of dramatic murders of Islamic...
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Advertencia: Mucha cautela al leer este libro. Es probable que no guste a muchos su contenido. No obstante este es el resultado de muchos años de investigación y lo que aqui se expone es totalmente veridico y contrastable con diferentes fuentes accesibles a cualquiera. No pretende este ser un libro polemico pero si un libro que diga la verdad "La verdad es la que es, y sigue siendo verdad."El silencio es el que corrompe a la verdad por ello este...
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on April 4, 1949. The treaty was signed by Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, France, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. Today there are a total of 26 countries that belong to NATO. “The A to Z of NATO and Other International Security Organizations” covers the Atlantic...
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The world has seen the rise of seven remarkable ancient civilizations over the last ten thousand years.Some of these have run their full course and fallen off by the wayside, some of them are still going strong in the modern world. Nonetheless, all of them have contributed much to the remarkable history of human civilization through the ages.And it all started with the human species of Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo neanderthalsis, and Homo...
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Journey into the depths of history and uncover the enigmatic tale of the lost city of Mu. For centuries, whispers of an advanced and mysterious civilization have tantalized historians, explorers, and seekers of ancient wisdom. Now, in this captivating exploration, the secrets of Mu are unveiled.In "The Lost City of Mu," embark on an expedition through time, traversing the annals of an ancient civilization that once flourished in a land now lost to...
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Un relato histórico que nos asoma a los acontecimientos más relevantes de la historia de la humanidad.
Desde la revolución cognitiva hasta Silicon Valley, este libro ameno condensa en menos de 300 páginas la historia de la humanidad, despertando nuestra curiosidad por nuestro pasado, presente y futuro y haciéndonos reflexionar sobre la unicidad de la especie humana.
Los inicios de nuestra especie, los grandes acontecimientos históricos, las...
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The Rise of the West, winner of the National Book Award for history in 1964, is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In it, McNeill challenges the Spengler-Toynbee view that a number of separate civilizations pursued essentially independent careers, and argues instead that human cultures interacted at every stage of their history. The author suggests that from the Neolithic beginnings of grain agriculture to the present major social...
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"The Dollar's Decline" delves into the intricate relationship between the U.S. dollar, global oil transactions, and the broader health of the American economy. For decades, the dollar's status as the world's reserve currency, especially in oil trade, has been a cornerstone of its global economic influence. This comprehensive exploration examines the ramifications of a shift away from the dollar in oil transactions and what it portends for the future...
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Dating back millennia, antisemitism has been called "the longest hatred." Thought to be vanquished after the horrors of the Holocaust, in recent decades it has once again become a disturbing presence in many parts of the world. Resurgent Antisemitism presents original research that elucidates the social, intellectual, and ideological roots of the "new" antisemitism and the place it has come to occupy in the public sphere. By exploring the sources,...
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In WW2 information leaflets and posters proliferated. Soldiers were bombarded with Field Regulations, airmen with the latest updates about airborne early warning, bomb sights and radio navigation and sailors with material that helped them identify enemy aircraft and submarines and told them how to operate the new ship board weapons to destroy them. An abundance of familiar slogans exhorted the population to do the utmost: 'Go To IT!', 'Come Into The...
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