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The Cyrus Cylinder is one of the most famous objects to have survived from the ancient world. The Cylinder was inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on the orders of the Persian King Cyrus the Great (559ae'530BC) after he captured Babylon in 539BC.

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This study of the German Revolution of 1848-9 examines the 'failure' of the revolution, its repression and the attempts to come to terms with this repression.

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Drawing from Smiths own personal journals, this biography paints a rich and detailed portrait of one of Americas most intriguing founding fathers.

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In THE MAKING OF MODERN AUSTRALIA, bestselling writer William McInnes brings together stories from regular Australians to create a personal view of our country since WWII.

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The Mediterranean has been for millennia one of the global cockpits of human endeavour. This book provides interpretive synthesis for a generation on the rise of the Mediterranean world from its beginning, before the emergence of our own species, up to the threshold of Classical times.

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The Making of the Modern English State traces the changes in politics and religion over the two hundred years that helped to form a new English identity. It is both an up-to-date narrative of the growth of the English state and a guide to recent historiography.

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The gripping story of a small force of Australian Special Forces commandos that launched relentless hit and run raids on far superior Japanese forces in East Timor for most of 1942. Now part of the HACHETTE MILITARY COLLECTION.

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A profusely illustrated historical survey of a fascinating region, now available in a new format.

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Evokes the world of Renaissance medicine to tell the tale of surgeon Leonardo Fioravanti.

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Victoria was the first Australian colony to open a steam railway, in 1854. Railway history both reflected and made Victorian history as a whole, especially during the boom and bust of the 1880s and 1890s. This book tells the story of the early railways opened in the wake of the gold rush to Ballarat and Bendigo.

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This book is an up-to-date analysis and review of the trends and events which marked the slow and uncertain progress of Britain towards representative parliamentary democracy from 1830 to 1918.

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The Secret War is the latest salvo in the History Wars that sees historians, politicians and writers arguing over the extent of Indigenous deaths in frontier clashes. It is an authoritative and groundbreaking contribution to Australia's white settlement history. Australian author.

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How were the ancient wonders of the world built This text examines spectacular feats of engineering and celebrates the achievements of the builders who worked without the aid of modern technology. It includes 70 wonders, from the Great Wall of China to Inca bridges.

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The amazing tale and unfortunate life of James Porter - Australian convict, pirate and master mariner.

Through reference entries, primary documents, and argumentative essays, this book surveys a wide range of topics related to the history of the Spanish Empire, including past events and individuals as well as the Iberian kingdom's imperial legacy.

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This introduction to England's past by Christopher Hibbert goes from the first encounter with England's Neolithic inhabitants, through the entire course of the country's political, economic and cultural history, to an expression of faith in the qualities of the English today.

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Is there any tale more thrilling than a shipwreck

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Discover the epic naval story of the war that threatened to undo our nation in 1812.

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The story of the settlement of Australia and how our culture has been shaped by the scarcity of water and by the need to fill the imagined silence of the continent with the sounds of civilisation. It's the story of who we are today as much as a history of how the country grew. It's an important work of environmental and cultural history.

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An encyclopaedic, eye-catching tribute to one of the world's most popular foods - the humble hamburger