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Entangled Worlds

600–1350

by Akira Iriye, Jürgen Osterhammel, Naomi Standen, André Wink, Michael Borgolte, François-Xavier Fauvelle, Christopher S. Beekman, Justin Jennings, Michael D. Mathiowetz ...

Series Book 2 - A History of the World
Leading historians and archaeologists offer a comprehensive introduction to the increasingly entangled worlds that spanned the globe between 600 and 1350 CE.The period between the seventh and fourteenth centuries is hardly thought of as an era of globalization. Entire societies in the Americas, Australia, and Oceania developed in relative isolation from other parts of the world. Even on the ... Read more

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Leading historians and archaeologists offer a comprehensive introduction to the increasingly entangled worlds that spanned the globe between 600 and 1350 CE.The period between the seventh and fourteenth centuries is hardly thought of as an era of globalization. Entire societies in the Americas, Australia, and Oceania developed in relative isolation from other parts of the world. Even on the
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The Making of Medieval History

by Graham Loud, Joep Leerssen, Martial Staub, Michael Borgolte, Patrick Geary, Professor Peter Biller, Richard Hitchcock, Bastian Schlütter, Bernhard Jussen0, Christian Lübke1, Christine Ames2, Professor Ian Nicholas Wood3, Janet L Nelson4 ...

A hugely interesting set of essays, reflecting on a variety of ways in which medieval history has developed to the present time. Scholarship of the highest standard, deeply thought-provoking and deeply engaged with the inheritances and future tasks of medieval academic history. The collection will be essential reading for all medievalists. John Arnold, Professor of Medieval History, University of ... Read more

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A hugely interesting set of essays, reflecting on a variety of ways in which medieval history has developed to the present time. Scholarship of the highest standard, deeply thought-provoking and deeply engaged with the inheritances and future tasks of medieval academic history. The collection will be essential reading for all medievalists. John Arnold, Professor of Medieval History, University of
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New Jersey Fan Club

Artists and Writers Celebrate the Garden State

by Kerri Sullivan, Matthew Taub, Frankie Huang, Erinn Salge, Brandon Harrison, Mike Dawson, Michael C. Gabriele, Wills Kinsley, Pooja Makhijani, Kat Schneider0, Chris Gethard1, Stacey Mei Yan Fong2, Kamelia Ani3, Kate Morgan4, Brittany Coppla5, Scott Neumyer6, Jacquinn Sinclair7, Carlos Dengler8, Miko Beach9, Caren Lissner0, Team 1:1 New Jersey1, Raakhee Mirchandani2, Brandon Stosuy3, Whit Taylor4, Alicia Cook5, Brittany Ingersoll6, Caiti Borruso7, Sarah Prager8, Elise Sacco9, lucy dean stockton0, Alexandra Beguez1, Bob Varettoni2, Jen A. Miller3, Erica Commisso4, Hallel Yadin5, Kae Lani Palmisano6, Lisa Rosalie Eisenberg7, Linda J. Barth8, Donnie Martino9, Hassan Ghanny0, Lorraine Goodman1 ...

Despite the many jokes and stereotypes about New Jersey and its residents, in reality the state is a wildly diverse place, home to a vast variety of landscapes, cultures, and people. There is no singular New Jersey experience, and the stories that its residents have to share about the state will surprise you.New Jersey Fan Club: Artists and Writers Celebrate the Garden State is an eclectic ... Read more

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Despite the many jokes and stereotypes about New Jersey and its residents, in reality the state is a wildly diverse place, home to a vast variety of landscapes, cultures, and people. There is no singular New Jersey experience, and the stories that its residents have to share about the state will surprise you.New Jersey Fan Club: Artists and Writers Celebrate the Garden State is an eclectic
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New Jersey Fan Club

Artists and Writers Celebrate the Garden State

by Kerri Sullivan, Matthew Taub, Frankie Huang, Erinn Salge, Brandon Harrison, Mike Dawson, Michael C. Gabriele, Wills Kinsley, Pooja Makhijani, Kat Schneider0, Chris Gethard1, Stacey Mei Yan Fong2, Kamelia Ani3, Kate Morgan4, Brittany Coppla5, Scott Neumyer6, Jacquinn Sinclair7, Carlos Dengler8, Miko Beach9, Caren Lissner0, Team 1:1 New Team 1:1 New Jersey1, Raakhee Mirchandani2, Brandon Stosuy3, Whit Taylor4, Alicia Cook5, Brittany Ingersoll6, Caiti Borruso7, Sarah Prager8, Elise Sacco9, lucy dean stockton0, Alexandra Beguez1, Bob Varettoni2, Jen A. Miller3, Erica Commisso4, Hallel Yadin5, Kae Lani Palmisano6, Lisa Rosalie Eisenberg7, Linda J. Barth8, Donnie Martino9, Hassan Ghanny0, Lorraine Goodman1 ...

NJSAA Edited Works Award Winner (2023)Despite the many jokes and stereotypes about New Jersey and its residents, in reality the state is a wildly diverse place, home to a vast variety of landscapes, cultures, and people. There is no singular New Jersey experience, and the stories that its residents have to share about the state will surprise you.New Jersey Fan Club: Artists and Writers Celebrate ... Read more

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NJSAA Edited Works Award Winner (2023)Despite the many jokes and stereotypes about New Jersey and its residents, in reality the state is a wildly diverse place, home to a vast variety of landscapes, cultures, and people. There is no singular New Jersey experience, and the stories that its residents have to share about the state will surprise you.New Jersey Fan Club: Artists and Writers Celebrate
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Empires of the Word

A Language History of the World

by Nicholas Ostler ...

A "monumental" account of the rise and fall of languages, with "many fresh insights, useful historical anecdotes, and charming linguistic oddities" ( Chicago Tribune).Nicholas Ostler's Empires of the Word is the first history of the world's great tongues, gloriously celebrating the wonder of words that bind communities together and make possible both the living of a common history and the telling ... Read more

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A "monumental" account of the rise and fall of languages, with "many fresh insights, useful historical anecdotes, and charming linguistic oddities" ( Chicago Tribune).Nicholas Ostler's Empires of the Word is the first history of the world's great tongues, gloriously celebrating the wonder of words that bind communities together and make possible both the living of a common history and the telling
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A Most Dangerous Book

Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich

by Christopher B. B. Krebs ...

The riveting story of the Germania and its incarnations and exploitations through the ages.The pope wanted it, Montesquieu used it, and the Nazis pilfered an Italian noble's villa to get it: the Germania, by the Roman historian Tacitus, took on a life of its own as both an object and an ideology. When Tacitus wrote a not-very-flattering little book about the ancient Germans in 98 CE, at the height ... Read more

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The riveting story of the Germania and its incarnations and exploitations through the ages.The pope wanted it, Montesquieu used it, and the Nazis pilfered an Italian noble's villa to get it: the Germania, by the Roman historian Tacitus, took on a life of its own as both an object and an ideology. When Tacitus wrote a not-very-flattering little book about the ancient Germans in 98 CE, at the height
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The Year 1000

When Explorers Connected the World—and Globalization Began

by Valerie Hansen ...

*A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice*From celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen, a “vivid” and “astonishingly comprehensive account [that] casts world history in a brilliant new light” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) and shows how bold explorations and daring trade missions first connected all of the world’s societies at the end of the first millennium.People often... ... Read more

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*A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice*From celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen, a “vivid” and “astonishingly comprehensive account [that] casts world history in a brilliant new light” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) and shows how bold explorations and daring trade missions first connected all of the world’s societies at the end of the first millennium.People often...
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When Asia Was the World

Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the ""Riches of the ""East""

by Stewart Gordon ...

"New insights, especially into the remarkable developments of Asian worlds in a millennium of Asian predominance. . . . [A] thoughtful, innovative history." —David Landes, Professor of Economics and History, emeritus, Harvard UniversityWhile European civilization stagnated in the "Dark Ages," Asia flourished as the wellspring of science, philosophy, and religion. Linked together by a web of ... Read more

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"New insights, especially into the remarkable developments of Asian worlds in a millennium of Asian predominance. . . . [A] thoughtful, innovative history." —David Landes, Professor of Economics and History, emeritus, Harvard UniversityWhile European civilization stagnated in the "Dark Ages," Asia flourished as the wellspring of science, philosophy, and religion. Linked together by a web of
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The Rise of the West

A History of the Human Community

by William H. McNeill ...

"The most stimulating and fascinating book that has ever set out to recount and explain the whole history of mankind." —H. R. Trevor-Roper, The New York Times Book ReviewThe Rise of the West, winner of the National Book Award for history in 1964, is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In it, McNeill challenges the Spengler-Toynbee view that a number of separate civilizations ... Read more

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"The most stimulating and fascinating book that has ever set out to recount and explain the whole history of mankind." —H. R. Trevor-Roper, The New York Times Book ReviewThe Rise of the West, winner of the National Book Award for history in 1964, is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In it, McNeill challenges the Spengler-Toynbee view that a number of separate civilizations
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The Book in the Renaissance

by Andrew Pettegree ...

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In Search Of The First Civilizations

by Michael Wood ...

Five thousand years ago there began the most momentous revolution in human history. Starting in Mesopotamia, city civilization emerged for the first time on earth, to be followed in Egypt, India, China and the Americas. The ideals of these ancient civilizations still shape the lives of the majority of mankind. In Search of the First Civilizations (previously published as Legacy) asks the ... Read more

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Five thousand years ago there began the most momentous revolution in human history. Starting in Mesopotamia, city civilization emerged for the first time on earth, to be followed in Egypt, India, China and the Americas. The ideals of these ancient civilizations still shape the lives of the majority of mankind. In Search of the First Civilizations (previously published as Legacy) asks the
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German : Biography of a Language

Biography of a Language

by Ruth H. Sanders ...

Thousands of years ago seafront clans in Denmark began speaking the earliest form of Germanic language--the first of six "signal events" that Ruth Sanders highlights in this marvelous history of the German language. Blending linguistic anthropological and historical research Sanders presents a brilliant biography of the language as it evolved across the millennia. She sheds light on the influence ... Read more

$28.79 USD

Thousands of years ago seafront clans in Denmark began speaking the earliest form of Germanic language--the first of six "signal events" that Ruth Sanders highlights in this marvelous history of the German language. Blending linguistic anthropological and historical research Sanders presents a brilliant biography of the language as it evolved across the millennia. She sheds light on the influence
... Read more

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