Harasta, Jesse , Charles River Editors
A História da Separação entre Sunitas e Xiitas: Compreender as Divisões no seio do Islão.
Diferentes ramificações da mesma religião constituem mais uma exceção do que uma regra e tiveram um impacto profundo na história. O cisma entre as Igrejas Ortodoxa e Católica influenciou as relações entre nações por toda a Europa e, a intolerância...
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Athena: The Origins and History of the Greek Goddess
*Includes pictures of important places and historic art depicting Athena and other Greek gods and goddesses.*Explains the historical origins of the goddess and the mythological tales about her.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.“I begin to sing of Pallas Athene, the...
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Chichen Itza & Mayapan: The Most Famous Mayan Capitals of the Postclassic Period
*Includes pictures.*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.Many ancient civilizations have influenced and inspired people in the 21st century, like the Greeks and the Romans, but of all the world’s civilizations, none have intrigued people...
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Chichen Itza, Machu Picchu, and Tenochtitlan: The Most Famous Cities of the Maya, Inca, and Aztec
*Includes pictures of the sites and depictions of important people and events.*Explains the history of the sites and the theories about their purpose.*Describes the layout of the ancient cities, their important structures, and the theories about the buildings' uses.*Includes footnotes...
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El Dorado: The Search for the Fabled City of Gold
*Includes pictures. *Includes historic accounts about the myth of El Dorado. *Includes a bibliography and footnotes for further reading. *Includes a table of contents. Alongside the famous Lost City of Atlantis, perhaps no mythological city has captured the imaginations of...
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Machu Picchu: La historia y misterio de la ciudad inca
En 1911, el historiador estadounidense Hiram Bingham publicó el hallazgo de lo que en aquel momento era considerado una "ciudad perdida" inca. Aunque los habitantes locales ya la conocían desde hacía un siglo, Bingham documentó y fotografió las ruinas de...
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Mayapan: The History of the Mayan Capital
*Includes pictures.*Includes footnotes for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.Many ancient civilizations have influenced and inspired people in the 21st century, like the Greeks and the Romans, but of all the world’s civilizations, none have intrigued people more than the...
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Mesa Verde: The History of the Ancient Pueblo Settlement
*Includes pictures.*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.When the Spanish came into contact with different tribes in the Southwest, they were so intrigued by the structure of the communities that they gave the natives the...
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Native American Tribes: The History and Culture of the Pawnee
"All things in the world are two. In our minds we are two, good and evil. With our eyes we see two things, things that are fair and things that are ugly. We have the right hand that strikes and...
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The Most Famous Cities of the Maya: The History of Chichén Itzá, Tikal, Mayapán, and Uxmal
*Includes pictures *Describes the history and archaeology at each site *Includes a bibliography for further reading Many ancient civilizations have influenced and inspired people in the 21st century, like the Greeks and the Romans, but of all the world’s civilizations,...
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The Mythology and Religion of the Aztec
*Includes pictures*Includes Spanish accounts of the Aztec's human sacrifices*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading "They strike open the wretched Indian's chest with flint knives and hastily tear out the palpitating heart which, with the blood, they present to...
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