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Author: Jorge Guillermo Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 236 Sibyls--from the Greek word for prophetess--commanded a remarkable amount of respect and devotion in the ancient world for their ability to...
Author: Helen C. Evans Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 In 2012 the Metropolitan Museum of Art presented Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition, a groundbreaking exhibition that...
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Author: William Dalrymple Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 576 THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF...
Author: Dr Caroline Sharples (Caroline Sharples, University of Leicester, UK) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 248 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2016 Focussing on German responses to the Holocaust...
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Author: Catherine Rider Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 From today's perspective it is hard to comprehend just how complex the relationship was between religion and magic in the Middle...
Author: Clarissa de Waal (University of Cambridge) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Albania is one of the youngest European states and the last country to emerge from the collapse...
Author: Michael Aung-Thwin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 In A History of Myanmar since Ancient Times, Michael Aung-Thwin and Maitrii Aung-Thwin take us from the sacred stupas...
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