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Publisher
Lonely Planet Publications
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Unearth our ancient world, continent by continent, with this amazing kids atlas. Explore over 40 historical cultures, societies and civilizations from across the planet. Mind-blowing maps bring history to life and show the rise and fall of mighty empires over time. Plus discover where the remains of our planet's ancient history can be found today! From the Persian Empire to Ancient China, the Stone Age to Ancient Egypt, this definitive guide to our...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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A New York Times-bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the modern era chose to utterly destroy their foes, and warns that similar wars of obliteration are possible in our time. War can settle disputes, topple tyrants, and bend the trajectory of civilization--sometimes to the breaking point. From Troy to Hiroshima, moments when war has ended in utter annihilation have reverberated through the centuries, signaling...
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