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A "fascinating" journey to little-known and contested lands around the globe, from Tibet to the Isle of Man to Elgaland-Vargaland (Geographical Magazine).
What is a country? Acclaimed travel writer and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton brings to life the origins and histories of fifty states that, lacking international recognition and United Nations membership, exist on the margins of legitimacy in the global order. From long-contested...
What is a country? Acclaimed travel writer and Oxford geography don Nick Middleton brings to life the origins and histories of fifty states that, lacking international recognition and United Nations membership, exist on the margins of legitimacy in the global order. From long-contested...
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"On November 8, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital city of Tenochtitlan. This introduction--the prelude to the Spanish seizure of Mexico City and to European colonization of the mainland of the Americas--has long been the symbol of Cortés's bold and brilliant military genius. Montezuma, on the other hand, is remembered as a coward who gave away a vast empire and touched...
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"I put down the pen and set aside the paper. I have served my time."
The Spanish Empire's conquest is marked by blood and gold. Alvar Núñez, soldier-turned-administrator, knows little else, and finds himself dissatisfied by the trappings of an ordinary life. When the opportunity comes to seek gold and glory in the New World, he jumps at the chance to revive his old passions.
It's a shame, then, that his eight-year journey through the Gulf Region...
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Two years before T E Lawrence received orders to travel to the Hejaz to liaise with the leader of the Arab Revolt, other British officers had already roamed the Arabian Peninsula's unforgiving Nejdi desert, to rally tribal support for the British war effort. The first was Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, a political agent from the Government of India's Political Department. Born in October 1878 in India, Shakespear spent much of his childhood...
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The Periplus Maris Erythraei, "Circumnavigation of the Red Sea," is the single most important source of information for ancient Rome's maritime trade in these waters (i.e., the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and western Indian Ocean). Written in the first century A.D. by a Greek merchant or skipper, it is a short manual for the traders who sailed from the Red Sea ports of Roman Egypt to buy and sell in the various ports along the coast of eastern Africa,...
6) Empires of the Weak: The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World Order
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J. C. Sharman is the Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of King's College. His books include The Despot's Guide to Wealth Management and International Order in Diversity. He lives in London.
How the rise of the West was a temporary exception to the predominant world order
What accounts for the rise of the state, the creation...
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In rediscovering these stories about our shared history, we learn who we were, who we are, and who we can be.
Adventure can be uncovered in the most unexpected of places. In 1521: Rediscovering the History of the Philippines, author Judy Robinson takes a deep dive into the forgotten stories of Filipinos in the advent of Spanish colonization, beginning with Ferdinand Magellan's arrival in the archipelago.
Robinson goes on a journey to discover the...
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Nobody knows his real name. Apart from the church, nobody knows what his job is and nobody knows where he comes from. We're talking about Björn, the last inquisitor. He was, raised by Pastor Alfred Feder and trained as, an inquisitor. Björn does his community credit, because even when the Inquisition is, forbidden, he hunts the ungodly people. Not as bad as it was in the Middle Ages, if someone is not a believer, it is not so bad, but if someone...
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An analysis of the builders of the British Empire, how they were represented in popular culture of the day, and how that vision has changed over time.
From the sixteenth until the twentieth century, British power and influence gradually expanded to cover one quarter of the world's surface. The common saying was that "the sun never sets on the British Empire." What began as a largely entrepreneurial enterprise in the early modern period, with privately...
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Geoffrey Chaucer said, "It is nought good a slepyng hound to wake." Henry Sullivan, bookhound, is ready to be that sleeping dog: to settle down in his new apartment and enjoy life with his new girlfriend. But the underside of the literary world won't let him go. A bookscout sells Henry a book-and is murdered later that night. An old friend asks him to investigate a case of possible plagiarism involving a local best-selling author. To make matters...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Francisco Pizarro in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Francisco Pizarro. In the 16th century, much of the Americas was as of yet undiscovered by European explorers. After two expensive failed attempts and an agreement signed with the Spanish monarchy, Pizarro finally set out on a successful conquest to found new towns and...
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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Vasco de Gama, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos, usted podrá:
• Descubrir más detalles sobre la vida de Vasco de Gama y sus hazañas al servicio de la corona portuguesa en una época en la que Europa abre nuevas rutas hacia territorios inexplorados
• Identificar las expediciones que el explorador llevó a cabo...
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Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Vasco de Gama et l'ouverture de la route des Indes en moins d'une heure!
En 1497, cinq ans seulement après la découverte de l'Amérique par Christophe Colomb, Vasco de Gama s'embarque pour l'Inde. S'il part en quête d'épices et des mille autres richesses que recèlent ces lointaines contrées, il s'agit aussi, et surtout, de fonder en Asie un comptoir portugais, afin de jeter les bases d'un empire...
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