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Imperial conquest and colonisation depended on pervasive raiding, slaving, and plunder. European empires amassed global power by asserting a right to use unilateral force at ...
For 700 years, Rome and Persia clashed as the superpowers of the Ancient World. The final phase of their great war is one of the ...
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For our entire history, humans have always searched for new ways to share information. This innate compulsion led to the origin of writing on the ...
An original study of empire creation and its consequences, from ancient through early modern times.
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A topical and richly entertaining history of food preservation and food waste in Britain from the sixteenth-century kitchen to the present day.
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A ground-breaking exploration of how British empire has shaped the world we live in today from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Empireland
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Thoroughly documented, a worldwide selection of places representing many attempts made by mankind through the ages to re-create a paradise on Earth. "Paradises got off ...
Why did Rome fall - and what can it teach us about the decline of the West today? A historian and a political economist investigate
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