Early Aegean Warrior 5000-1450 BC
Written by Raffaele DiAmato
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $18.95
The civilisations of the Greece in the Ancient World have inspired and fascinated throughout European history. The stories of Homer, later reinforced by the pioneering archaeological work carried out by men such as Heinrich Schliemann at Mycenae and Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos, have enabled modern researchers and historians to piece...
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Early Aegean Warrior 5000-1450 BC
Written by Raffaele D'Amato
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $14.95
The civilisations of the Greece in the Ancient World have inspired and fascinated throughout European history. The stories of Homer, later reinforced by the pioneering archaeological work carried out by men such as Heinrich Schliemann at Mycenae and Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos, have enabled modern researchers and historians to piece...
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Crusader Castles in Cyprus, Greece and the Aegean 1191-1571
Written by David Nicolle
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.95
Crusader castles and other fortifications in Cyprus, the south-western coast of Turkey, and Greece are among the best examples of late medieval military architecture to be seen in Europe. These important fortifications, erected by the Hospitallers during the 15th century to face the growing Ottoman Turkish threat, vary considerably from those...
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The Fortress of Rhodes 1309-1522
Written by Konstantin Nossov
Illustrated by Brian Delf
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 19, 2012
Price: $13.95
First besieged in 305 BC, the island of Rhodes became part of the Roman Empire and was later fortified in the Byzantine style. Due to its strategic position in the Mediterranean, Rhodes was also attacked and besieged for over a century by Islamic forces. This title details the development of these...
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Imagining Atlantis
Written by Richard Ellis
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2012
Price: $9.99
Ever since Plato created the legend of the lost island of Atlantis, it has maintained a uniquely strong grip on the human imagination. For two and a half millennia, the story of the city and its catastrophic downfall has inspired people--from Francis Bacon to Jules Verne to Jacques Cousteau--to speculate on...
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Salonica, City of Ghosts
Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430-1950
Written by Mark Mazower
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.99
Salonica, located in northern Greece, was long a fascinating crossroads metropolis of different religions and ethnicities, where Egyptian merchants, Spanish Jews, Orthodox Greeks, Sufi dervishes, and Albanian brigands all rubbed shoulders. Tensions sometimes flared, but tolerance largely prevailed until the twentieth century when the Greek army marched in, Muslims were forced...
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Salonica, City of Ghosts
Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430-1950
Written by Mark Mazower
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: May 9, 2006
Price: $18.00
Salonica, located in northern Greece, was long a fascinating crossroads metropolis of different religions and ethnicities, where Egyptian merchants, Spanish Jews, Orthodox Greeks, Sufi dervishes, and Albanian brigands all rubbed shoulders. Tensions sometimes flared, but tolerance largely prevailed until the twentieth century when the Greek army marched in, Muslims were forced...
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The Fall of Constantinople
Written by Nanami Shiono
Translated by Kerim Yasar
Format: Hardcover, 236 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2005
Price: $19.95
The Roman Empire did not meet its end when barbarians sacked the City of Seven Hills, but rather a thousand years later with the fall of Constantinople, capital of the surviving Eastern Empire. The Ottoman Turks who conquered the city aslo known to us as Byzantium would force a tense centruy...
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