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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956), popularly known as Baba Saheb, was an Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer who inspired the Dalit Buddhist Movement and campaigned against social discrimination against Untouchables (Dalits),...

Treating the practice of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential part of the culture of the West, John Burrow magnificently brings to life and explains the distinctive qualities found in the work of historians from the ancient Egyptians and Greeks to the...

"Irreducible to any single literary genre, the Volodinian cosmos is skillfully crafted, fusing elements of science fiction with magical realism and political commentary."— Music & Literature The most patently sci-fi work of Antoine Volodine's to be translated into English, Radiant...

Walk a day in a Roman’s sandals. What was it like to live in one of the ancient world’s most powerful and bustling cities – one that was eight times more densely populated than modern day New York? In this entertaining and enlightening guide, bestselling historian Philip Matyszak introduces...

We live in an age of globalization on every conceivable level, but globalization has a deeper history than politicians and pundits often allow, and nothing is more significant to its history than exploration. Wherever trade or faith or empire followed, explorers usually led. Their motives were as...

The rise of the modern absolutist monarchies in Europe constitutes in many ways the birth of the modern historical epoch. Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism, the companion volume to Perry Anderson’s Lineages of the Absolutist State, is a sustained exercise in historical sociology to root the development...

The world order is structured in three levels; factions, authorities and collectives. Symbolically, it is a triangle, but more accurately a Pyramid.Factions are the power at the pinnacle, the authorities the instrument of power beneath and the collectives the builders of value at the base.It is a feudal arrangement, little different from the past, merely of greater sophistication.

How did we get here? David Fromkin provides arresting and dramatic answers to the questions we ask ourselves as we approach the new millennium. He maps and illuminates the paths by which humanity came to its current state, giving coherence and meaning to the main turning points along the way...

Parce que pour connaître les peuples, il faut d'abord les comprendre Au-delà des Chartrons Leur seul nom symbolise Bordeaux, l’austère cité bourgeoise et commerçante sur les rives de la Garonne. Mais le quai des Chartrons, aujourd’hui, est baigné de lumière. L’une des opérations...

WHEN in the last months of 1648 was signed the great peace which brought to an end the Thirty Years' War and with it the mediaeval polity which it finally destroyed; as the army of diplomats whose work it was dispersed to their respective governments, the awe-inspiring mass of documents which formed...

This is the prophecy book of the Seventh Angel revealing the mystery of God from the time of Elijah in Malachi 4: 5-6 as the Angel Sent of Rev. 22: 16; to be the Christ Peter answering questions: Where's Jesus? why is Satan calling himself Jesus? Why the False Prophet lied about Jesus return? Why not...

Thisbook helps students to understand Graphic design world history.

Thisbook helps students to understand Graphic design world history.

L’Égyptologie est un ouvrage de l'égyptologue français Gaston Maspero (1846 – 1916). Ce livre numérique présente l'édition intégrale et comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mise en page pour une lecture sur...