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 83
... East was as turbulent as ever , with Byzantine forces trying to keep down the Persians under Sapor II . Paying more at- tention to the east than to his own backyard , Valens was unready for the war that broke out with the Goths . The ...
... East was as turbulent as ever , with Byzantine forces trying to keep down the Persians under Sapor II . Paying more at- tention to the east than to his own backyard , Valens was unready for the war that broke out with the Goths . The ...
Page 102
... east , prob- ably would have become the center of Islam . The Eastern Orthodox Church could well have disappeared , with untold consequences in east- ern Europe and Russia . Sea power would have been completely in Moslem hands , for no ...
... east , prob- ably would have become the center of Islam . The Eastern Orthodox Church could well have disappeared , with untold consequences in east- ern Europe and Russia . Sea power would have been completely in Moslem hands , for no ...
Page 170
... East . The major cities of eastern Eu- rope began to fear the Turkish armies approach- ing their gates , and for the next 450 years Aus- tria in particular carried on a constant struggle with the Ottoman Empire . The Ottoman Turks , who ...
... East . The major cities of eastern Eu- rope began to fear the Turkish armies approach- ing their gates , and for the next 450 years Aus- tria in particular carried on a constant struggle with the Ottoman Empire . The Ottoman Turks , who ...
Contents
Megiddo 1479 B C | 1 |
Syracuse 415413 B C | 18 |
Gaugamela Arbela 331 B C | 31 |
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