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The prototypical 'Roman Legionnaire' often seen on television and in movies is actually the product of nearly a millennium of military development. This book covers the evolution of the earliest Roman warriors and their development into an army that would eventually conquer the known world.

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The fully illustrated history of America's very first armored vehicles and their development up to the outbreak of World War II.

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In this fascinating and well researched work of the history of the heyday of Victorian British society, Harrison seamlessly weaves together the overlapping developments in politics, economy, social and culture.

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A major work setting out the inextricable link between politics and religion over the past two centuries, from the French Revolution to the present days War on Terror.

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Germany is the most powerful country in Europe, yet remains little understood - by itself, as much as by the rest of the world. It is in a state of remarkable flux, confronting the demons of the past, even as it gropes its way towards a new almost-normality.

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East Coast Country evokes the landscape, history and culture of the sugarcane region of Queensland; the adjacent islands and the Great Barrier Reef, showing the region's distinctiveness within Australia.

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An archaeometric study of iron ore and slag from Przeworsk Culture, employing the most up-to-date archaeological and statistical approaches.

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On Easter Monday 1916, a rebellion was launched from the steps of the Dublin General Post Office and Patrick Pearse proclaimed the existence of an Irish Republic and the establishment of a Provisional Government. Covering this important milestone in the ongoing Anglo-Irish struggle, this work examines the roots and outcome of this conflict.

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This text surveys Russia's advances into - and retreats from - Central Asia, Siberia and North America. It spans the period from the Mongol conquest in the 13th century to the Cold War in the 20th century. Despite losses, the expanse of the Russian Federation is a result of the Asian conquests.

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This text surveys Russia's advances into - and retreats from - Central Asia, Siberia and North America. It spans the period from the Mongol conquest in the 13th century to the Cold War in the 20th century. Despite losses, the expanse of the Russian Federation is a result of the Asian conquests.

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Integrating fresh research, Eastern Europe examines the nature and impact of socialist dictatorships on society, and reveals the extent to which phenomena that emerged during the dictatorships are shaping today's society.

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This book examines the post-war history of Eastern Europe from the perspective of social history. It examines the nature and impact of socialist dictatorships on life in the region, and reveals the extent to which phenomena that emerged during the dictatorships are shaping society in the region today.

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An enlightening collection of essays by a distinguished list of contributors on travel and travellers from Europe to the Middle East in the medieval period, covering the Crusades, pilgrimage, mission, trade, scholarship, and exploration, as well as expectations and experiences. A valuable work for students of medieval history. -- .

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This provocative book explores how ancient notions about the fat body and the glutton in western culture both challenge and confirm ideas about what it means to be overweight and gluttonous today.

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A collection of personal letters to friends from a foreign correspondent who is trying to understand what she witnessed during the iconic human disasters of our time - in Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and New York City on September 11th, among the other places.

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An eye-opening look at the displacement of Sunni power and culture throughout the Middle East by an award-winning NPR reporter

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Did bilateral and regional bargaining choke off international commerce and finance in the 1930s and prolong the Great Depression This title shows how economic discrimination can foster international economic openness by facilitating political exchange.

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Bridbury suggests that historians, who have been preoccupied with absolute levels of output to the detriment of more important questions of output per head, have ignored the disasterous fall of living standards that occurred in the thirteenth century, and the astonishing rise in living standards that came later.