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 18
... continued . It is difficult , any- where in history , to find a set of circumstances as convoluted as the ones that started the sec- ond Peloponnesian War . Continued Athenian domination over the northern Greek poleis kept them ...
... continued . It is difficult , any- where in history , to find a set of circumstances as convoluted as the ones that started the sec- ond Peloponnesian War . Continued Athenian domination over the northern Greek poleis kept them ...
Page 74
... continued his " pacification " cam- paign , designed to intimidate the populations both en route to Jerusalem and in his rear so that they would neither aid nor harbor the ex- pected Jewish resistance . The latter largely con- sisted of ...
... continued his " pacification " cam- paign , designed to intimidate the populations both en route to Jerusalem and in his rear so that they would neither aid nor harbor the ex- pected Jewish resistance . The latter largely con- sisted of ...
Page 172
... continued his war with the Christians , but upon getting sick was succeeded by his brother Muhammad ibn Sa'ad , known as al - Zagal . Al - Zagal rallied the faithful and continued the conflict , to which Ferdinand re- plied by ...
... continued his war with the Christians , but upon getting sick was succeeded by his brother Muhammad ibn Sa'ad , known as al - Zagal . Al - Zagal rallied the faithful and continued the conflict , to which Ferdinand re- plied by ...
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Megiddo 1479 B C | 1 |
Syracuse 415413 B C | 18 |
Gaugamela Arbela 331 B C | 31 |
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