Book Description
Maps and text chronicle the history of the Middle Eastern nation located in a region believed to be the birthplace of civilization.
Author : Larissa Phillips
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 20,43 MB
Release : 2002-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780823938650
Maps and text chronicle the history of the Middle Eastern nation located in a region believed to be the birthplace of civilization.
Author : Larissa Phillips
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 32,73 MB
Release : 2003
Category :
ISBN : 9781282220348
Author : Fred Ramen
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 11,95 MB
Release : 2002-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780823938643
Maps and text chronicle the history of this Middle Eastern country formerly called Persia.
Author : W. Frederick Zimmerman
Publisher : Nimble Books LLC
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 35,36 MB
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1934840076
Beautifully printed color maps of Iraq for curious minds aged 7 to 77! A perfect resource for education or simple pleasure reading, this "nimble" atlas illustrates the social, demographic, and military geography of Iraq.
Author : Brenda Lewis
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,5 MB
Release : 2010-01-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780785824862
The Historical Atlas series explores pivotal events and areas of cultural interest in great detail. Most books in this series are available both in hardcover, and in paperback with flaps, and the interior pages are illustrated throughout with full-color maps, diagrams, photographs, and charts. The series offers readers a clear, easy-to-follow narrative of the subjects that have shaped human history ranging from wars to religions, and from ancient cultures to transportation. The Historical Atlas of the World at War details the history of war, from the tribal origins of war to the major world wars of the twentieth century. War has shadowed the whole of human history, featuring its greatest triumphs and greatest tragedies, and underlying all of it, the paramount need of all living things to survive. With thoroughly researched text and illuminating illustrations, this volume the complete spectrum of war, accompanied by highly detailed maps, beautifully designed, charting the key events of the various wars that have shaped the world as we know it today. Over the centuries the methods of war have changed beyond all recognition, but the reasons for war remain the same—desire for territory and resources, ideology and strategic disputes. The Historical Atlas of the World at War analyzes military development from Ancient times to the present. There is emphasis throughout on the weaponry, and the fighters who used them, as well as detailed analysis of military strategy, with accurate charts showing the tactics deployed in the most significant battles and maps charting the movements of troops and armies in major campaigns stretching across continents.
Author : Kurt Ray
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 36,72 MB
Release : 2003-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780823939817
Maps and text chronicle the history of Kuwait, from early Sumerian settlements to the Persian Gulf War.
Author : Derek Hayes
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 27,46 MB
Release : 2006
Category : United States
ISBN : 9781553652052
Using more than five hundred historical maps from collections around the world, this stunning book is the first to tell the story of America's past from a unique geographical perspective. Covering more than half a millennium in U.S. history -- from conception to colonization to Hurricane Katrina -- this atlas documents the discoveries and explorations, the intrigue and negotiations, the technology and the will that led the United States to become what it is today. Richly detailed, visually breathtaking maps are accompanied by extended captions that elucidate the stories and personalities behind their creation. Coasts and mountains, rivers and lakes, and peaks and plains are described by explorers encountering them for the first time. These maps can convey explorers' ideas of what lay over the mountains ahead, their notions about what was discovered, and their explanations of the land's potential for sponsors back home. The maps can also show a promoter's attempt to sell his project to settlers or a general's assessment of a coming battle. They chart the wars that created and molded the country: the French and Indian War and the War for Independence; the Mexican and Civil Wars; the numerous Indian wars; as well as more localized battles of conquest and survival. Readers can follow the progression of map creation and design as more knowledge was gained about the American continent. Distilling an enormous amount of information into one handsome volume, the Historical Atlas of the United States highlights the evolution of geographical knowledge at the same time that it presents a fascinating chronicle of the expansion and development of a nation.
Author : Paul Stephenson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 11,37 MB
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0674269454
A comprehensive new history of the Eastern Roman Empire based on the science of the human past. As modern empires rise and fall, ancient Rome becomes ever more significant. We yearn for Rome’s power but fear Rome’s ruin—will we turn out like the Romans, we wonder, or can we escape their fate? That question has obsessed centuries of historians and leaders, who have explored diverse political, religious, and economic forces to explain Roman decline. Yet the decisive factor remains elusive. In New Rome, Paul Stephenson looks beyond traditional texts and well-known artifacts to offer a novel, scientifically minded interpretation of antiquity’s end. It turns out that the descent of Rome is inscribed not only in parchments but also in ice cores and DNA. From these and other sources, we learn that pollution and pandemics influenced the fate of Constantinople and the Eastern Roman Empire. During its final five centuries, the empire in the east survived devastation by natural disasters, the degradation of the human environment, and pathogens previously unknown to the empire’s densely populated, unsanitary cities. Despite the Plague of Justinian, regular “barbarian” invasions, a war with Persia, and the rise of Islam, the empire endured as a political entity. However, Greco-Roman civilization, a world of interconnected cities that had shared a common material culture for a millennium, did not. Politics, war, and religious strife drove the transformation of Eastern Rome, but they do not tell the whole story. Braiding the political history of the empire together with its urban, material, environmental, and epidemiological history, New Rome offers the most comprehensive explanation to date of the Eastern Empire’s transformation into Byzantium.
Author : Maps.com
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 24,1 MB
Release : 2005
Category :
ISBN : 9781930194168
A comprehensive guide to the history, resources, populations, and current nations of the Middle East, PLUS an invaluable collection of clear and attractive world history maps. Handy references for any student of world history and current events, at school or home.
Author : Stuart Murray
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 33,95 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Military history
ISBN : 1438130252
From the Battle of Bunker Hill to the Battle of Midway