Cultural Literature
The Ancient Nubians: The History of One of the Oldest Civilizations in Africa
During the several centuries that ancient Egypt stood as one of the greatest civilizations of the ancient world, conflicts with its neighbors often played a central role in hieroglyphic texts and art from temples and tombs. The three primary enemies...
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The Ancient Olympic Games: The History and Legacy of Ancient Greece's Most Famous Sports Event
*Includes pictures.*Includes ancient accounts about the Games.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.”-...
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The Ancient Roman Sieges of Jerusalem and Masada: The History of the First Jewish-Roman War's Most Famous Battles
*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts of the battles *Includes a bibliography for further reading The Siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE is arguably the most important event in Jewish history. First, it was the central battle in the First Jewish-Roman...
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The Ancient World's Most Influential Philosophers: The Lives and Works of Confucius, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero
*Includes pictures*Includes a table of contentsMany people argue that Confucius is the most influential person of all time, and if having a significant effect on the greatest number of people is the criterion, he may very well be. China is...
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The Ancient World's Most Mysterious Religious Cults: The History of the Cult of the Apis Bull, the Eleusinian Mysteries, and the Mysteries of Mithras
Africa may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe nearly 5,000 years later. From the Library and Lighthouse of Alexandria...
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The Anglo-Zulu War: The History and Legacy of the British Empire's Conflict with the Zulu Kingdom in South Africa
“He is Shaka the unshakeable, Thunderer-while-sitting, son of Menzi He is the bird that preys on other birds, The battle-axe that excels over other battle-axes in sharpness, He is the long-strided pursuer, son of Ndaba, Who pursued the sun and...
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The Antikythera Mechanism: The History and Mystery of the Ancient World's Most Famous Astronomical Device
*Includes pictures*Chronicles the discovery and theories over the mechanism's origins and capabilities*Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents"It multiplies, divides and subtracts, but you can't program it." - Michael EdmundsDiscovering ancient shipwrecks hasn’t...
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The Antonine Plague: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Roman Empire's Worst Pandemic
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of ancient accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“[A]s the reign of Marcus Aurelius forms a turning point in so many things, and above all in literature and art, I have no doubt that...
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The ANZAC: The History and Legacy of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during the 20th Century
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingA land of almost 3 million square miles has lain since time immemorial on the southern flank of the planet, so isolated that it remained almost entirely outside of European knowledge...
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The Apache and Comanche: The History and Legacy of the Southwest's Most Famous Warrior Tribes
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the tribes written by whites and tribesmen *Includes a bibliography for further reading From the “Trail of Tears” to Wounded Knee and Little Bighorn, the narrative of American history is incomplete without the inclusion of...
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The Apache Scouts: The History and Legacy of the Native Scouts Used During the Indian Wars
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of Apache scouts written by other soldiers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “Even if we should be able to dislodge them from the rough mountain ridges and...
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The Apache Wars: The History and Legacy of the U.S. Army's Campaigns against the Apaches
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the fighting described by American soldiers*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Even if we should be able to dislodge them from the rough mountain ridges and impenetrable woods which cover...
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The Apocrypha of the Bible: The History of the Ancient Apocryphal Texts Left Out of the Old Testament and New Testament
The study of the apocryphal gospels, documents about the life or sayings of Jesus that did not become part of the New Testament, is a popular discipline among scholars that now fills several shelves of any respectable library. Despite the...
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The Apollo 1 Disaster: The Controversial History and Legacy of the Fire that Caused One of NASA's Greatest Tragedies
"There's always a possibility that you can have a catastrophic failure, of course; this can happen on any flight; it can happen on the last one as well as the first one. So, you just plan as best you can...
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The Apollo Program: The History and Legacy of America's Most Famous Space Missions
*Includes pictures*Chronicles the Apollo program from beginning to end, profiling Apollo 1, Apollo 11, and Apollo 13*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsThe Apollo space program is the most famous and celebrated in American...
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The Army of Northern Virginia: The History of the Most Famous Confederate Army during the American Civil War
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the fighting*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsAmericans have long been fascinated by the Civil War, marveling at the size of the battles, the leadership of the generals, and the...
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The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand: The History and Legacy of the Event That Triggered World War I
Although a couple of wars were fought on the European continent during the 19th century, an uneasy peace was mostly maintained across the continent for most of the 19th century after Napoleon. Despite this ostensible peace, the Europeans were steadily...
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The Assassination of President James Garfield: The History and Legacy of the President's Death
In 1880, Civil War veteran James Garfield was running as a Republican for president, and one of his supporters was a man named Charles Guiteau, who wrote and circulated a speech called "Garfield vs. Hancock" that aimed to rally support...
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The Assassination of President William McKinley: The History and Legacy of the President's Death
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the assassination*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“It was in my heart, there was no escape for me. I could not have conquered it had my life been at stake....
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The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich: The Czech Resistance's Killing of the Top Nazi Official during World War II
"Since it is opportunity which makes not only the thief but also the assassin, such heroic gestures as driving in an open, unarmoured vehicle or walking about the streets unguarded are just damned stupidity, which serves the Fatherland not one...
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