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Cradle and Crucible : History and faith in the Middle East by David Fromkin, Zahi Hawass, Yossi Klein Halevi, Sandra Mackey, Charles M Sennott, Milton Viorst & Andrew Wheatcroft
Category: History
In Cradle and Crucible: History and Faith in the Middle East, National Geographic explains this multifaceted region in a single, comprehensive volume. You'll investigate the cultural, historical, political, and religious forces that have shaped the area. Learn why these lands are said to be the birthpla ...Show more
Infidels by Andrew Wheatcroft (Director of Publishing Studies, University of Stirling)
Category: Spirituality
A first class history of the troubled relationship between Christians and Muslims In the year 638, the Christian Patriarch of the holy city of Jerusalem called the Muslim Caliph
Infidels : A history of the conflict between Christendom and Islam by Andrew Wheatcroft
Category: Spirituality
How did we learn to hate or despise? Simply, because we were taught to. In 638, the Christian Patriarch of the holy city of Jerusalem called the Muslim Caliph's presence an abomination in the sight of God. Christians and Muslims have since regarded each other warily and have silently thought of each oth ...Show more
The Enemy at the Gate by Andrew Wheatcroft
Category: History
In 1683, two empires - the Ottoman, based in Constantinople, and the Habsburg dynasty in Vienna - came face to face in the culmination of a 250-year power struggle: the Great Siege of Vienna. Within the city walls the choice of resistance over surrender to the largest army ever assembled by the Turks cr ...Show more
The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe by Andrew Wheatcroft
Category: History
In 1683, two empires - the Ottoman, based in Constantinople, and the Habsburg dynasty in Vienna - came face to face in the culmination of a 250-year power struggle: the Great Siege of Vienna. Within the city walls the choice of resistance over surrender to the largest army ever assembled by the Turks cr ...Show more
The Enemy at the Gate - Habsburgs, Ottomans and the battle for Europe by Andrew Wheatcroft
Category: History
The Habsburgs - Embodying Empire by Andrew Wheatcroft
Category: History
The Habsburgs have been described at one extreme as demons - responsible for a 'long history of atrocities'; and, at the other, as dodos - living fossils unable to adapt to the modern world. In reality, the flamboyant royal family appear, in many ways, to have behaved much like most other monarchies. Th ...Show more
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