100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the PresentBloomsbury Academic, 2000 M01 1 - 474 pages Key battles have shaped history since time immemorial. This handy reference work spotlights 100 of the world's most important military confrontations, from 1469 B.C.–A.D. 1991. |
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... setting in motion centuries of pogroms . The depth of Constantine's conversion has been debated since his own day . The primary source for his statements of faith come from the contemporary Christian historian Eusebius , who was more ...
... setting in motion centuries of pogroms . The depth of Constantine's conversion has been debated since his own day . The primary source for his statements of faith come from the contemporary Christian historian Eusebius , who was more ...
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... setting up the collapse of Attila's empire 2 years later . Historical Setting The population called Huns by Europeans emigrated from Asia , where they were probably called the Hsung - nu of modern China . Their origins are impossible to ...
... setting up the collapse of Attila's empire 2 years later . Historical Setting The population called Huns by Europeans emigrated from Asia , where they were probably called the Hsung - nu of modern China . Their origins are impossible to ...
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... Setting During 1894-1895 , Japan had made the world sit up and take notice when it easily defeated the nation of China in a war over Korea and the Liaotung Peninsula , which juts southward into the Sea of Japan west of Korea . Because ...
... Setting During 1894-1895 , Japan had made the world sit up and take notice when it easily defeated the nation of China in a war over Korea and the Liaotung Peninsula , which juts southward into the Sea of Japan west of Korea . Because ...
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Megiddo 1479 B C | 1 |
Syracuse 415413 B C | 18 |
Gaugamela Arbela 331 B C | 31 |
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