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Mutual hostility inspired centuries of attacks, counter-attacks and Wall-building, until the northward spread of China in the 20th century made the Wa

6,000 life-size figures of warriors and horses were interred in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of China - each is individually carved, and they ar

Genghis Khan - creator of the greatest empire the world has ever seen - is one of history's immortals.

Outside Asia precious little is known of their rich history, but new evidence reframes our understanding of the indelible mark they left on a vast reg

Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals: a leader of genius, driven by an inspiring vision for peaceful world rule. Believing he was divinely prote

Drawing on his own journey, archaeology and archival study, John Man paints a vivid picture of the man behind the myth and the true story of the great

He launched two violent attacks against the eastern and western halves of the Roman empire, attacks which earned him his reputation for mindless devas

Since the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated by accounts of the Amazons, an elusive tribe of hard-fighting, horse-riding female warrio

Presents the local history of Berkshire, from 1800-1900.

Genghis Khan is history's greatest conqueror. As a teenager he was an outcast fleeing enemies on a mountain in northern Mongolia, an exile, a nobody.

An Illustrated Guide to One of the Greatest Events of World War IIThe Allied landing in German-occupied Normandy on June 6, 1944 was the greatest amph

Charting his rise to power, his struggle to unify the warring factions of his faith, and his battles to retake Jerusalem and expel Christian influen

From Kurosawa's epic Seven Samurai to the figure of Darth Vader in Star Wars, to Manga comics and video games, the figure of the fighting samurai stil

Using China's great wealth, coupled with his shrewd and subtle government, he created an empire that was the greatest since the fall of Rome, and shap

The Ninjas today are the stuff of myth and legend in comics, film and electronic games. In a journey to the heartland of the ninjas, he takes us from

In het Dublin van de jaren vijftig wordt de jonge historicus Rosa Jacobs dood aangetroffen in haar auto in een afgesloten garage. Rechercheur Straffor

The only student edition of Calhoun's writings available, this volume offers the Disquisition in its entirety along with two key selections from the D

Describes the intellectual impact that the study and consideration of the past has had in the western world over the past 2500 years, treating the pra

This accessible book provides a broad survey of key social and political questions in modern society, as well as clear discussions of the philosophica