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[2016]
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Home of one of the world's most ancient and enduring civilizations, Iran has been at the nexus of world history for the past three thousand years. Situated at the crossroads between East and West, it has been marked by its encounters with other cultures and has influenced them with its own. From paradise gardens and Persian carpets to the mystical poetry of Rumi and Hafez, Iran's contributions have earned it a place among history's most refined and...
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2024
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1 online resource
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Information and knowledge were essential tools of early modern Europe's global ambitions. This volume addresses a key concern that emerged as the competition for geopolitical influence increased: how could information from afar be trusted when there was no obvious strategy for verification? How did notions of doubt develop in relation to intercultural encounters? Who were those in the position to use misinformation in their favour, and how did this...
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[2022]
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1 online resource.
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The present issue of the European History Yearbook showcases research initially presented at the annual Mainz-Oxford graduate workshop "European History Across Boundaries from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century". The essays shed the straightjacket of national history and cross boundaries and borders. They do so by discussing the transcultural, transnational, and transimperial scopes of their research. Methodologically speaking, the European history...
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An exploration of Nigeria's pre-colonial and colonial past, and its journey from independence to statehood. By examining key themes such as colonialism, religion, slavery, nationalism and the economy, the authors explain the context to Nigeria's recent ethnic and religious conflicts, political instability, official corruption and ailing economy.
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California world history library volume 16
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©2011
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1 online resource (xii, 274 pages) : illustrations, map
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This book is about history and the practical power of language to reveal historical change. Christopher Ehret offers a methodological guide to applying language evidence in historical studies. He demonstrates how these methods allow us not only to recover the histories of time periods and places poorly served by written documentation, but also to enrich our understanding of well-documented regions and eras. A leading historian as well as historical...
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The emergence of Japan as a political and economic global power has been one of the most remarkable success stories of modern history. This introduction offers an overview of two thousand years of Japanese history. This edition includes photographs and maps. Highlighting key historical events, the author also marks cultural, artistic, and religious milestones. Chronologies at the end of each chapter, as well as a detailed glossary, offer additional...
7) Locating the Global: Spaces, Networks and Interactions from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century
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[2020]
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1 online resource (IX, 493 pages).
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This volume adds to the plurality of global histories by locating the global through its articulation and manifestation within particular localities. It accomplishes this by bringing together interlinked case-studies that analyse various temporal and spatial dimensions of the global in the local and the interactions between the local and the global. The case-studies apply a spatial approach to analyse how global questions of space, movement, networks,...
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[2023]
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1 online resource.
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Dem facettenreichen Phänomen der antiken Gewalt nähern sich zehn Beiträge deutsch- und englischsprachiger Autoren aus verschiedenen Perspektiven an. Die Texte basieren auf Vorträgen einer interdisziplinären Tagung zur antiken Gewalt, die im Wintersemester 2020 an der Universität Hamburg stattfand. Die Einleitung gibt einen konzisen Überblick über die unterschiedlichen "turns" (emotional, sensory, temporal und spatial turn) mit gleichzeitiger...
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2018
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1 online resource (131 p.).
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Written with high school and undergraduate students as the target audience, this volume is ideal for anyone interested in Philippine history. It pieces together evidence from the precolonial era, illustrating the country's relationship with its neighboring Asian countries, its functioning social system, its widespread literacy, and developed system of writing. Its discussion of the precolonial era acknowledges the significant role women played in...
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[2020]
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1 online resource (xxviii, 218 pages) : illustrations, map.
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Updated and expanded since it first published in 2008, The History of the Philippines dives deeper into this island nation's history and explores the recent political, cultural, and environmental events of the last decade. Readers will find a wealth of information on pre-colonial and post-colonial historical periods, covering the Philippines' earliest inhabitants. Also covered are the modern tyrannical periods of the Marcos dictatorship and President...
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2009
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1 online resource (xii, 176 p.) : ill., maps.
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"Traces the interwoven changes that led from the world of Columbus, Luther, and the Mughal emperor Babur to the world of Locke, Louis XIV, and the Kangxi Emperor. Wills encourages his readers to acknowledge the special features of the European experience and achievement without presenting Europe as essentially the only source of the modern"--Provided by publisher.
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[2024]
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1 online resource (236 pages ): illustrations.
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This monograph presents a novel investigation of the magistri militum, the highest-ranking officers within the late Roman army. It posits that between 340 and 395 CE, specific magistri seized opportune moments, notably during the political voids following emperors' deaths, to reshape the character of their office and expand its pivotal role in the military-political sphere. This transformation played a decisive role in the eventual dissolution of...
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[2024]
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1 online resource (129 pages)
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"For more than four and a half centuries, the Jesuits in Hungary were forced to repeatedly recommence their activities due to wars, uprisings, and political conflicts. The Society of Jesus first settled in Hungary in 1561 during the period of Ottoman conquest. Despite their difficulties in a war-torn country, a network of Jesuit colleges was established as part of the Austrian Province, and the eighteenth century was a period of cultural and scientific...
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Japan: From Prehistory to Modern Times traces the principal threads of Japan's political and cultural life from early times through the mid-twentieth century... The importance of Japan's feudal political and social institutions, and the ways these have changed and diversified over 2,000 years, its maritime orientation and its strong sense of nationality are also examined in relation to the way in which the Japanese have assimilated elements from two...




