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The Sahara

a cultural history

A cultural history of the largest desert in the world from its prehistoric origins as an ocean, via millennia of foreign invaders,  artists, poets, authors,  and film-makers, to the contemporary social and political scene, including the Sudanese referendum and the activities of al-Qaeda ...

Empires of the Silk Road

a history of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the present

The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, "Empires of the Silk Road" represents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. Christopher Beckwith describes the rise and fall of the great Central ...

The new A-Z of Empire

a concise handbook of british imperial history

The British Empire, especially in its late-Victorian heyday, spanned the world and linked a quarter of world's population to Britain through a shared, official, allegiance to the Crown. In the long history of empires the British imperial state was among the most powerful ever ...

Bronze Age textiles

men, women and wealth

In the ancient civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean, textiles were generally much more costly than foodstuffs, animals or bronzes; it is very likely that the same was the case throughout prehistoric Europe. In this study, the first for over seventy years, Klavs Randsborg examines completely ...

Submerged Prehistory

Major events of human prehistory such as the post-glacial recolonisation of Northern Europe and the spread of agriculture through the Mediterranean took place on landscapes that are now, at least partially, underwater. Large parts of this submerged terrain are accessible to divers and can be ...

Temas actuales de investigación en Ciencias Penales

Memorias del I Congreso Internacional de Jóvenes Investigadores en Ciencias Penales 26,27 y 28 de octubre de 2009.