Los autores de esta obra se valen de la historiografía moderna que, en torno a los pueblos de indios, ha cuestionado las tácitas reminiscencias prehispánicas como herencia en los pueblos.
The new edition of Alvin Jackson s highly influential survey of 200 years of Irish history In Ireland, 1798-1998: War, Peace, and Beyond, award-winning historian Alvin Jackson provides a well-balanced and authoritative account of modern Irish political history.
Im Herzen des mittelalterlichen Skandinaviens erhebt sich eine Familie, die das Schicksal Dänemarks über Jahrhunderte hinweg prägen sollte: das Haus Estridsson.
The definitive history of the Middle East, now updated in its fifth edition'The best overall survey of the politics, regional rivalries and economics of the contemporary Arab world' Washington PostOver the centuries the Middle East has confounded the dreams of conquerors and peacemakers alike.
This book includes a collection of anecdotes about events that actually occurred with exciting titles: A postage stamp sparks a war - A minister eats his son - He is hanged after his death - The King of England does not know English - An emperor stands barefoot at the Pope's door for three days - An army of boys - An Egyptian woman gives birth to an elephant - A war plan in the Torah that is repeated in the First Great War - Malik rules for one minute - The broom is the emblem of the Dutch Navy and the kerbage is the emblem of the English Navy - A king is crowned with his mother's bracelet - A city is established to commemorate a dog.