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 87
... Eastern Roman Empire as well as against the Goths and other populations in- habiting the Balkan region . After losing an army to the Huns , the Eastern Roman Emperor , Theodosius II ( 408-450 ) , paid them tribute . amounting to 350 ...
... Eastern Roman Empire as well as against the Goths and other populations in- habiting the Balkan region . After losing an army to the Huns , the Eastern Roman Emperor , Theodosius II ( 408-450 ) , paid them tribute . amounting to 350 ...
Page 169
... Eastern Europe- ans kept western Europeans from Islamic rule , just as they stood before Eastern nomadic inva- sions of the Mongols in the thirteenth century . by fresh Janissaries cleared the space between the walls and seized the ...
... Eastern Europe- ans kept western Europeans from Islamic rule , just as they stood before Eastern nomadic inva- sions of the Mongols in the thirteenth century . by fresh Janissaries cleared the space between the walls and seized the ...
Page 170
... Eastern Ortho- dox Church did survive , however , because Mohammed allowed a patriarch , George Scholarius , to preside over the church . It re- mained , therefore , a viable religion , but now far from the reach of the Catholic ...
... Eastern Ortho- dox Church did survive , however , because Mohammed allowed a patriarch , George Scholarius , to preside over the church . It re- mained , therefore , a viable religion , but now far from the reach of the Catholic ...
Contents
Megiddo 1479 B C | 1 |
Syracuse 415413 B C | 18 |
Gaugamela Arbela 331 B C | 31 |
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