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 122
... never the same . Politically , the Byzantine Empire did not fall , but a huge portion of its remaining terri- tories was lost . The peasants of Anatolia had provided for the bulk of the stolid fighting men of the Byzantine army , but ...
... never the same . Politically , the Byzantine Empire did not fall , but a huge portion of its remaining terri- tories was lost . The peasants of Anatolia had provided for the bulk of the stolid fighting men of the Byzantine army , but ...
Page 312
... never ratified the agreement that Santa Anna signed , the Tex- ans continued to regard the Rio Grande from mouth to source as the southern and western borders of their country . For the following 9 years , Mexico never seriously tried ...
... never ratified the agreement that Santa Anna signed , the Tex- ans continued to regard the Rio Grande from mouth to source as the southern and western borders of their country . For the following 9 years , Mexico never seriously tried ...
Page 385
... never seri- ously reconsidered after the autumn of 1940 . British freedom meant that Hitler would have to fight on two fronts , a situation he should have known from World War I was never to be sought . Indeed , he argued against such a ...
... never seri- ously reconsidered after the autumn of 1940 . British freedom meant that Hitler would have to fight on two fronts , a situation he should have known from World War I was never to be sought . Indeed , he argued against such a ...
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Megiddo 1479 B C | 1 |
Syracuse 415413 B C | 18 |
Gaugamela Arbela 331 B C | 31 |
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