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Updated May 4, 2025
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A History of Europe : From 1494 To 1610
Grant, A. J.
Ebook
Hannibal and Scipio : Parallel Lives
Hornblower, Simon.
Ebook
The Second Punic War between Carthage and Rome began in 218 BCE and ended in 202 with the dramatic defeat at the Battle of Zama of Carthage's commander Hannibal by his adversary, the Roman Scipio. The two men were born about a decade apart but died in the same year, 183, following brilliant but...
Polis : A New History of the Ancient Greek City-State from the Early Iron Age to the End of Antiquity
Ma, John.
Ebook
A definitive new history of the origins, evolution, and scope of the ancient Greek city-state The Greek polis, or city-state, was a resilient and adaptable political institution founded on the principles of citizenship, freedom, and equality. Emerging around 650 BCE and...
The Muse of History : The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the Present
Murray, Oswyn.
Ebook
A Times Literary Supplement Best Book of the Year How the modern world understood the ancient Greeks and why they matter today. "This majestic book by Oswyn Murray has been long and eagerly awaited...and its quality and scope exceed expectations." -...
Homosexuality in the German Armed Forces
Storkmann
Ebook
Until 1979, homosexual men were systematically exempt from military service in the Bundeswehr. Although homosexuality alone was no longer a cause for being unfit for service, the principle applied to homosexual soldiers was: compulsory military service yes, career no. In most cases, same-sex...
Women Who Ruled China: Buddhism, Multiculturalism, and Governance in the Sixth Century
Stephanie Balkwill
Ebook
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In the late fifth century, a girl whose name...
The Hidden Victims : Civilian Casualties of the Two World Wars
Ó Gráda, Cormac.
Ebook
A staggering new account of the civilian death toll of the world wars--and what it reveals about the true nature and cost of modern war Soldiers have never been the only casualties of wars. But the armies that fought World Wars I and II killed far more civilians than soldiers...
Serbia : A Modern History
Hoare, Marko Attila.
Ebook
To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause : The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement
Nathans, Benjamin.
Ebook
Winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize A "riveting history" (Wall Street Journal) of the Soviet dissident movement, which hastened the end of the USSR and still provides a model of opposition in Putin's Russia--and beyond Beginning in the 1960s, the...
How the West Became Antisemitic : Jews and the Formation of Europe, 800-1500
Marcus, Ivan G.
Ebook
An examination of how the Jews--real and imagined--so challenged the Christian majority in medieval Europe that it became a society that was religiously and culturally antisemitic in new ways In medieval Europe, Jews were not passive victims of the Christian community, as is...
In the Land of Ninkasi : A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia
Paulette, Tate
Ebook
From Tudor to Stuart: The Regime Change from Elizabeth I to James I
Susan
Ebook
Entangled Worlds : 600-1350
König, Daniel G.
Ebook
Leading historians and archaeologists offer a comprehensive introduction to the increasingly entangled worlds that spanned the globe between 600 and 1350 CE. The period between the seventh and fourteenth centuries is hardly thought of as an era of globalization. Entire societies in the...
Reading Herzl in Beirut : the PLO's research on Judaism and Israel
Gribetz, Jonathan Marc
Ebook
How the Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center informed the PLO's relationship to Zionism and Israel In September 1982, the Israeli military invaded West Beirut and Israel-allied Lebanese militiamen massacred Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps....

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