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The war chronicles, from chariots to flintlocks : new perspectives on the two thousand years of bloodshed that shaped the modern world

Title
The war chronicles, from chariots to flintlocks : new perspectives on the two thousand years of bloodshed that shaped the modern world / Joseph Cummins.
ISBN
9781592332960 (hbk.)
159233296X (hbk.)
Published
Beverly, MA : Fair Winds Press, 2008.
Physical Description
399 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 26, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 380-381) and index.
Contents
The Greco-Persian Wars, 500-448 BC
The Wars of Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC
The Punic Wars, 264-146 BC
The Gallic Wars, 58-50 BC
The First Jewish-Roman War, 66-73 AD
The barbarian invasions, 376-553 AD
The Muslim conquests, 632-732 AD
The Reconquista, 722-1492
The Norman Conquest, 1066-1071
The Crusades, 1095-1291
The Mongol conquests, 1206-79
The Hundred Years' War, 1566-1646
The Spanish conquest of Mexico, 1519-21
The Eighty Years' War, 1566-1648
The Anglo-Spanish War, 1585-1604
The Imjin War, 1592-98
The Thirty Years' War, 1618-48
The Manchu conquest of China, 1618-50
The Ottoman-Hapsburg War, 1700-21
The Seven Years' War, 1756-63
The American revolution. 1775-83.
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