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Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, 2nd Ed / Edition 2
PaperbackOriginal price $28.00 - Original price $28.00Original price $28.00$29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /This updated version of a fantastic account of Chinese culture and civilization provides analysis of notable historical documents, social records...
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Lost Cities of Africa
PaperbackOriginal price $24.99Original price $24.99 - Original price $24.99Original price $24.99Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /Combining archeological evidence and scholarly research, Davidson traces the exciting development of the rich kingdoms of the lost cities of Afri...
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Advanced Civilizations of Prehistoric America: The Lost Kingdoms of the Adena, Hopewell, Mississippians, and Anasazi
PaperbackOriginal price $24.99Original price $24.99 - Original price $24.99Original price $24.99Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /The examination of four great civilizations that existed before Columbus’s arrival in North America offers evidence of sustained contact between ...
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China: A History
PaperbackOriginal price $24.99Original price $24.99 - Original price $24.99Original price $24.99Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /An authoritative account of five thousand years of Chinese history Many nations define themselves in terms of territory or people; China defines ...
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Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
PaperbackOriginal price $20.99Original price $20.99 - Original price $20.99Original price $20.99Current price $19.99$19.99 - $19.99Current price $19.99| /Civilization was born eight thousand years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, when migrants from the surrounding mo...
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Understanding Collapse: Ancient History and Modern Myths
PaperbackOriginal price $45.99 - Original price $45.99Original price $45.99$54.99$54.99 - $54.99Current price $54.99| /Understanding Collapse explores the collapse of ancient civilisations, such as the Roman Empire, the Maya, and Easter Island. In this lively surv...
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Keen's Latin American Civilization, Volume 2: A Primary Source Reader, Volume Two: The Modern Era / Edition 10
PaperbackOriginal price $48.95 - Original price $48.95Original price $48.95$65.99$65.99 - $65.99Current price $65.99| /The tenth edition of Keen's Latin American Civilization inaugurates a new era in the history of this classic anthology by dividing it into two vo...
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Keen's Latin American Civilization, Volume 1: A Primary Source Reader, Volume One: The Colonial Era / Edition 10
PaperbackOriginal price $48.95 - Original price $48.95Original price $48.95$65.99$65.99 - $65.99Current price $65.99| /The tenth edition of Keen's Latin American Civilization inaugurates a new era in the history of this classic anthology by dividing it into two vo...
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The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World
PaperbackOriginal price $18.95 - Original price $18.95Original price $18.95$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Cundill Prize FinalistA Financial Times Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the YearA Five Books Book of the Year The Mongols are known for one thi...
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Aztec Civilization: The Culture and Mythology of the Aztecs
PaperbackOriginal price $9.99 - Original price $9.99Original price $9.99$14.99$14.99 - $14.99Current price $14.99| /The Aztec people are a fascinating race who've left so much in their time behind. From their battle tactics to the impressive architecture that the...
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Indian Nations of North America
HardcoverOriginal price $45.00Original price $45.00 - Original price $45.00Original price $45.00Current price $40.99$40.99 - $40.99Current price $40.99| /Walk with the indigenous people who settled North America --and with their descendants, whose more than 500 tribes range from the Arctic Circle acr...
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Assyrian Mythology: Gods and Religion of Ancient Mesopotamia
PaperbackOriginal price $9.99 - Original price $9.99Original price $9.99$14.99$14.99 - $14.99Current price $14.99| /Like many other belief systems hailing from this region, Assyrian mythology had an incredibly long-standing effect on other cultures and religions....
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La civilización sumeria: Una apasionante visión general de Sumeria y los antiguos sumerios
HardcoverOriginal price $27.99Original price $27.99 - Original price $27.99Original price $27.99Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /Cuánto sabe sobre la cuna de la civilización? Explore el legado de los brillantes antiguos mesopotámicos que transformaron el mundo.El legado d...
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Petra: The History of Jordan's Rose City
HardcoverOriginal price $19.99Original price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /While Petra's fame might often come second to things like the Egyptian pyramids at Giza, ancient Greece, or the Great Wall of China, you can now se...
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Xerxes
HardcoverOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$36.99$36.99 - $36.99Current price $36.99| /Abbott makes reading history easy. Xerxes the Great is the Ahaseurus of the Book of Esther in the Bible. He was also the one whose army was drastic...
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The Persian Empire from Cyrus II to Artaxerxes I
PaperbackOriginal price $20.99 - Original price $20.99Original price $20.99$25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /This volume in the LACTOR Sourcebooks in Ancient History series offers a generous selection of texts on the Persian Empire from Cyrus II to Artaxer...
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Through the Lens: Latif Al Ani's Visions of Ancient Iraq
PaperbackOriginal price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price $40.00$45.99$45.99 - $45.99Current price $45.99| /A beautifully illustrated exploration of how Latif Al Ani's photographs and contemporary Iraqi artists continue to challenge the colonial appropria...
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Civilization begins in East Asia
PaperbackOriginal price $15.95 - Original price $15.95Original price $15.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Before the birth of China, Baekje's ancestors began the Yellow River civilization, the Indus civilization, the Mesopotamian Sumer civilization, and...
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Introspection and Insight: South Indian Minds in the Early Modern Era
PaperbackOriginal price $19.95 - Original price $19.95Original price $19.95$23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /This is the first book of the New Ecology of Expressive Modes in Early-Modern South India (NEEM Series), edited by David Shulman.Introspection and ...
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The Turkic Peoples in World History
PaperbackOriginal price $48.95 - Original price $48.95Original price $48.95$65.99$65.99 - $65.99Current price $65.99| /The Turkic Peoples in World History is a thorough and rare introduction to the Turkic world and its role in world history, providing a concise hist...
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Japanese Ancient Origins: Stories of People & Civilization
HardcoverOriginal price $14.99 - Original price $14.99Original price $14.99$15.99$15.99 - $15.99Current price $15.99| /Beautiful edition, and companion to Japanese Myths & Legends, exploring the ancient origins of Japanese state, society and culture. A gorgeous ...
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Chinese History: 500 Interesting Facts About Chinese History
HardcoverOriginal price $25.99Original price $25.99 - Original price $25.99Original price $25.99Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /Discover the mysteries of Chinese history with 500 fascinating facts!Unlock the secrets of Chinese history with these five hundred interesting fact...
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The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth
HardcoverOriginal price $28.95Original price $28.95 - Original price $28.95Original price $28.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /"A deft combination of adventure, history, reportage and elegy."--Washington Post A journey to the coast of North Sentinel Island, home to a tribe...
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The New Jerusalem
PaperbackOriginal price $13.99 - Original price $13.99Original price $13.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /The New Jerusalem is a philosophical travelog by G. K. Chesterton, a British author. This collection of essays is about Chesterton's visits to Jeru...
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