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Great empires : an illustrated atlas / [Stephen G. Hyslop, Patricia S. Daniels]

Great empires : an illustrated atlas / [Stephen G. Hysl...

Great empires : an illustrated atlas / [Stephen G. Hyslop, Patricia S. Daniels]

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Great empires : an illustrated atlas / [Stephen G. Hyslop, Patricia S. Daniels]

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Full title

Great empires : an illustrated atlas / [Stephen G. Hyslop, Patricia S. Daniels]

Publisher

Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c2011.

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NQ909/71

Record Identifier

74VKqPrVXbAg

MMS ID

991020162509702626

Language

English

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Physical content

367 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.

Contents

Part I, The Ancient World 2600 B.C.-A.D. 500 -- The Ancient Middle East: Tumultuous cradle of empires -- Egypt on the rise: Lords of the Nile -- Mediterranean conquests: Greece, Carthage, and Rome -- Classical Asia: India and China -- Part II, The Middle Ages 500-1500 -- Byzantium and the Arab worl...

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Publisher

Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c2011.

Place of Publication

District of Columbia

Date Published

c2011.

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Summary

Experience what life was like when pharaohs erected the majestic pyramids; when Hannibal commanded Carthage's 40,000 troops; when Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor; and when the drive to conquer defined the destiny of leaders and the lives of ordinary people. Much of human history is destined to be forgotten--but thousands of years have no...

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Great empires : an illustrated atlas / [Stephen G. Hyslop, Patricia S. Daniels]

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General note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 356) and index.

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Date Copyright

c2011.

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NQ909/71

Record Identifier

74VKqPrVXbAg

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqPrVXbAg

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ISBN

1426208308 (deluxe)

9781426208294 (hbk.)

1426208294 (hbk.)

9781426208300 (deluxe)

DDC

909

MMS ID

991020162509702626

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