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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Page 94
... called out of retirement to reconquer southern Spain for Byzantines ; retired again . 559 : called out of retirement to defend Constantinople with less than 1,000 men against 7,000 invading Bulgars , was victo- rious , and retired for ...
... called out of retirement to reconquer southern Spain for Byzantines ; retired again . 559 : called out of retirement to defend Constantinople with less than 1,000 men against 7,000 invading Bulgars , was victo- rious , and retired for ...
Page 97
... called a council on the evening of 14 March 624. He received the ready support of his Meccan followers , called the Emigrants , but wanted to know the strength of the faith of his Medina followers , called the Helpers . When they too ...
... called a council on the evening of 14 March 624. He received the ready support of his Meccan followers , called the Emigrants , but wanted to know the strength of the faith of his Medina followers , called the Helpers . When they too ...
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... called ohka ( cherry blossom ) with a warhead in the nose . The pilots trained to fly these rocket bombs were called Thunder Gods . The ohka were not mass - produced ( only a few hundred were made ) , so the vast ma- jority of airborne ...
... called ohka ( cherry blossom ) with a warhead in the nose . The pilots trained to fly these rocket bombs were called Thunder Gods . The ohka were not mass - produced ( only a few hundred were made ) , so the vast ma- jority of airborne ...
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Megiddo 1479 B C | 1 |
Syracuse 415413 B C | 18 |
Gaugamela Arbela 331 B C | 31 |
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