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Akkadian, comprising the Babylonian, Assyrian and Old Akkadian dialects, is the earliest known Se...

An engaging, accessible introduction to war, from ancient times to the present and into the future

The British monarchy is at a turning point. Concise and engaging, this book charts the very begin...

A concise history of Paris and the great events and personalities, from prehistory to the present...

A global account of military strategy, which examines the practices, rather than the theories, of...

A History of the Modern World

A beautifully illustrated, first-of-its-kind chronicle of road maps through the ages.

The major form of travel throughout history has been roadways. And while humanity has traversed t...

In a climate of global instability and domestic uncertainty, the question of what constitutes Bri...

Originally published as a collection in 2006, this volume looks at the eighteenth century, which ...

Originally published as a collection in 2006, the essays in this volume discuss the reasons for t...