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A History of Ancient Egypt by Marc Van De Mieroop
Category: History | Series: Blackwell History of the Ancient World Ser.
Explore the entire history of the ancient Egyptian state from 3000 B.C. to 400 A.D. with this authoritative volume The newly revised Second Edition of A History of Ancient Egypt delivers an up-to-date survey of ancient Egypt's history from its origins to the Roman Empire's banning of hieroglyphics in th ...Show more
A History of Ancient Egypt: From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid by John ROMER
Category: Non Fiction | Series: History of Ancient Egypt 1
The ancient world comes to life in the first volume in a two book series on the history of Egypt, spanning the first farmers to the construction of the pyramids. Famed archaeologist John Romer draws on a lifetime of research to tell one history's greatest stories; how, over more than a thousand years, a ...Show more
A History of Ancient Egypt (Vol 2) From the Great Pyramid to the Fall of the Middle Kingdom by John Romer
Category: History | Series: A\History of Ancient Egypt Ser.
"Another solid work of history from an author and historian who truly grasps the mysteries of ancient Egypt." - Kirkus Reviews Drawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great Pyramid through the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom: a ...Show more
A History of Australia by C. M; Twomey Peel
Category: Australian History | Series: Macmillan Essential Histories Ser.
This vivid, multi-dimensional history considers the key cultural, social, political and economic events of Australia's history. Deftly weaving these issues into the wider global context, Mark Peel and Christina Twomey provide an engaging overview of the country's past, from its first Indigenous people, ...Show more
A History of Australia by Mark Peel
Category: Australian Studies | Series: Palgrave Essential Histories Series
For tens of thousands of years, humans have imagined, visited and inhabited Australia as a place in which to make a future. From the first explorers, who sailed and eventually settled into the inlets and river mouths of the northern coast some sixty or eighty thousand years ago via the transportations o ...Show more
A History of Byzantium (2nd ed.) by Timothy E. Gregory
Category: No Category | Series: Blackwell History of the Ancient World
This introduction to the Byzantine civilisation provides a guide for those who know nothing or little about the history of Byzantium. Spanning a vast period from the Emperor Constantine in AD 306 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the book is structured around a chronological political history altho ...Show more
A History of China by Morris Rossabi
Category: History | Series: Blackwell History of the World
This is a comprehensive overview of four thousand years of Chinese history from earliest times up to the present day. China, the third-largest and most populous country in the world, is shown in all its magnitude and diversity through an authoritative and wide-ranging account of the evolution of Chinese ...Show more
A History of China by John A. G. Roberts
Category: MILITARY/HISTORY | Series: Palgrave Essential Histories Ser.
This absorbing history of China from earliest times to the present covers the country's complex political and economic structures and culture in a concise yet nuanced manner. The third edition has been revised and expanded in the light of recent research and brings the story right up to date. Photos, ta ...Show more
A History of Denmark by Knud J.V. Jespersen
Category: History | Series: Palgrave Essential Histories Series
The history of modern Denmark is essentially the story of how a once extensive and diverse empire slowly disintegrated under the changing circumstances of the times. Eventually, the dissolution of the component parts resulted in one small core area remaining which is today called Denmark. In this intr ...Show more
A History of Eighteenth-Century British Literature by John Richetti
Category: Reference | Series: Blackwell Histories of Literature
A History of Europe - From Prehistory to the 21st Century by Jeremy Black
Category: History | Series: Arcturus Science and History Collection
Written by one of Britain's leading historians, Professor Jeremy Black is an accomplished author.Beautifully illustrated with more than 200 colour images and maps.Covers the whole history of Europe from prehistoric times to the modern day, from Ireland to Russia.Contains approximately 60,000 words.
A History of Korea by Kyung Moon Hwang
Category: Australian Studies | Series: Bloomsbury Essential Histories Ser.
This accessible and engaging new edition continues to be one of the leading introductory textbooks on Korean history. Fully revised throughout, the author takes a thematic and chronological approach to guide readers from early state formation and the dynastic eras to the modern experience. Episodic acco ...Show more