In the SMITHSONIAN GUIDES TO HISTORIC AMERICA series. Includes up-to-date site information, maps and colour illustrations of the region. The revised edition includes new sites and museums as well as being expanded to include other historic and cultural attractions.
Henry Wiencek Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)
Henry Wiencek is een vooraanstaand Amerikaans historicus en redacteur wiens werk zich heeft gericht op historisch significante architectuur, de Founding Fathers en diverse thema's met betrekking tot slavernij. Hij staat vooral bekend om zijn inzichtelijke onderzoeken naar George Washington en de instelling van de slavernij, waarbij hij de ingewikkelde verbanden blootlegt tussen historische figuren en de door hen gevormde maatschappelijke structuren. Wienceks schrijfstijl kenmerkt zich door nauwgezet onderzoek en een meeslepende verteltrant die de genuanceerde realiteiten van het verleden tot leven brengt.
In the SMITHSONIAN GUIDES TO HISTORIC AMERICA series. Includes up-to-date site information, maps and colour illustrations of the region. The revised edition includes new sites and museums as well as being expanded to include other historic and cultural attractions.
Covers Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
Die Könige von El Dorado
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- 7 uur lezen
Die Gottkönige von Mexiko
- 176bladzijden
- 7 uur lezen
The Kings of El Dorado
- 176bladzijden
- 7 uur lezen
Die Herrscher von Japan
- 176bladzijden
- 7 uur lezen
The Rise and Fall of Empires: Storm Across Asia
Genghis Khan and the Mongols, The Mogul Expansion
- 168bladzijden
- 6 uur lezen
From its earliest beginnings thousands of years ago, the course of man’s progress has been measured by his empires. Large, dynamic flows of power, people, and culture that merge, thrive, then break apart - the pieces only to merge again in a new configuration, the process to be repeated. Through pictures and words, " Their Rise and Fall" brings the reader face to face with many of the world’s greatest empires. Full-color photographs are combined with an absorbing narrative in a lively historical account of each empire and an examination of the period’s most enduring cultural achievements. This volume in the series focuses on Genghis Khan and the Mongols, and on The Mogul Expansion. In the first half of the 13th Century, mention of the Mongol hordes - "the scourge of God" - struck fear in the hearts of all who knew them. They were considered the instrument of God's punishment for the sins of mankind; yet the legacy the Mongols bequeathed to India in literature, music, architecture and painting, remains one of the most notable accomplishments of any civilization.
