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La paranoia y las recriminaciones desatadas por las inquisiciones religiosas son extraordinarias.
Este libro explora la Inquisición en profundidad, sin dejar piedra sin remover para encontrar la raíz de lo que impulsó estas persecuciones religiosas.
La mayoría de la gente conoce la Inquisición española, pero hubo otras inquisiciones, como las llevadas a cabo por los romanos y los portugueses. ¿Qué fue lo que motivó a estos fervientes fanáticos...
2) The Underground Railroad: A Captivating Guide to the Network of Routes, Places, and People in the Un
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If you want to discover the captivating history of the Underground Railroad, then keep reading...The Underground Railroad wasn't underground. Nor was it a railroad. It was, however, an awe-inspiring piece of history, and one that speaks of hope even today.Two hundred years ago, slavery had the Southern United States firmly in its evil grip. Around four million African Americans languished in the most appalling of living conditions, their lives controlled...
3) The Vandals: A Captivating Guide to the Barbarians That Conquered the Roman Empire During the Tradit
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If you want to discover the captivating history of the Vandals, then keep reading...In the modern world, when one imagines a vandal, it's often a youth with a covered face drawing graffiti on a wall of a public building. And the act of deliberate defacement, destruction, or damage to public or private property is known as vandalism.This idea became an integral part of world culture with most people using it without knowing that this word is linked...
4) Las siete maravillas del mundo moderno: Una guía fascinante sobre la Gran Muralla China, el Colis
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¿Sabía que Sha Jahan planeó una vez construir otro Taj Mahal en su imperio?El Taj Mahal es famoso por su excepcional arquitectura, en la que se mezclan elementos de diversas influencias de todo el mundo, como la magnificencia de los estilos arquitectónicos mogol, persa e islámico.Sha Jahan, emperador reinante del Imperio mogol, estaba sumido en la tristeza tras la muerte de su amada esposa, Mumtaz Mahal. Como regalo de despedida, el emperador...
5) Los caballeros hospitalarios: Una guía fascinante sobre una orden militar católica medieval y de pri
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Guerra, virtud, corrupción, aventura: la historia de la Orden de los Caballeros Hospitalarios lo tiene todo.
Los hospitalarios comenzaron como cuidadores de los peregrinos cristianos en Jerusalén, pero pronto salieron de sus hospicios y adoptaron un nuevo papel militar que marcó para siempre la historia de la Europa medieval. Este libro trata de explorar el curioso ascenso de los hospitalarios desde sus humildes orígenes hasta convertirse en una...
6) Marie Antoinette: A Captivating Guide to the Last Queen of France Before and During the French Revol
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Explore the Captivating Life of Marie AntoinetteMarie Antoinette is one of history's most celebrated queens thanks to her style and confidence, yet generally she is perceived as a greedy and selfish mistress of France.Born into a life of pure luxury as a Princess of Austria, Marie was very young when she was shipped abroad to await her turn as the Queen of France. She was forced all at once to come to terms with a foreign language, a different culture,...
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¡Descubra la fascinante historia de las primeras guerras estadounidenses en África!A través de este libro conocerá las guerras berberiscas de 1801 a 1805 y de 1815, las primeras guerras estadounidenses fuera de Norteamérica. Los enemigos eran los piratas berberiscos musulmanes de la costa norteafricana.Descubra cómo los marineros estadounidenses fueron capturados y convertidos en esclavos en Marruecos, Argel, Túnez y Trípoli. ¿Por qué ocurrió...
8) The Gallic Wars: A Captivating Guide to the Military Campaigns that Expanded the Roman Republic and
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If you want to discover the captivating history of the Gallic Wars, then keep reading...As Rome swelled with tradespeople, artisans, slaves, and wealthy merchant families, its politicians struggled to maintain the fundamental democratic properties of the republican government. Rules were bent and broken, politicians and voters were bribed and lied to, and eventually, the power of Rome fell to the one man who could muster the respect and loyalty of...
9) Classical Antiquity: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome and How These Civilizations Infl
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If you want to discover the captivating history of Classical Antiquity, then keep reading...From about the 9th to 5th centuries BCE, the population of Greece grew unprecedently large, expanding from about 800,000 people to as many as 13 million. About a quarter million of these lived in Athens. The average size of urban households during this period grew considerably, a fact that suggests that food was suddenly available in excesses sufficient to...
10) Fidel Castro: A Captivating Guide to a Cuban Communist Revolutionary Who Served as the President of
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Explore the Captivating History of Fidel CastroFidel Castro. Depending on whom you ask, the name can inspire revulsion, hatred, admiration, incredulity, awe, fear, or even love. His story is one that has changed the course of the history of the world and the face of the island of Cuba.Castro was more than just a politician. His is a story that involves heroic voyages through turbulent oceans, affairs with young women from all over the world, spies,...
11) History of Cuba: A Captivating Guide to Cuban History, Starting From Christopher Columbus' Arrival
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If you want to discover the remarkable history of Cuba then keep reading...The themes of the history of Cuba are as vast as they are inspiring. Cuba has stared death in the face throughout its rocky history, and most of the time it has gazed into the eyes of death and smiled.Over and over, oppressors have attempted to seize this island and its riches for their own selfish purposes. And over and over, revolutions have risen up to conquer in an attempt...
12) The Cuban Revolution: A Captivating Guide to the Armed Revolt That Changed the Course of Cuba, Inclu
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If you want to discover the remarkable history of an effort that should never have succeeded, then keep reading...Cuba had only just gained its independence when the country found itself in a brutal tug-of-war between dictator after dictator.The Americans that had been so intensely involved in liberating it from the grasp of the Spanish quickly began to exploit it using the Platt Amendment; even after the amendment was abrogated, Cuban presidents...
13) Harriet Tubman: A Captivating Guide to an American Abolitionist Who Became the Most Famous Conductor
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If you want to discover the captivating life of Harriet Tubman, then keep reading...Harriet Tubman was known as a "conductor" on the "Underground Railroad." But this wasn't a railroad that carried trains and freight but rather human lives that were desperately seeking freedom. It was a clandestine group of individuals (hence the name "underground") scattered across the United States and Canada who helped facilitate the migration of those ensnared...
14) The French Revolution: A Captivating Guide to the Ten-Year Revolution in France and the Impact Made
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Explore the Captivating History of the French RevolutionFew historical events are as greatly revered and entirely misunderstood as the French Revolution that began in 1789. The memory of this complicated and lengthy political, violent uprising has been generally painted in broad-and oversimplified-strokes.While the French Revolution was certainly centered around two lavish monarchs and an enlightened common class, there was so much more going on behind...
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Erkunden Sie die fesselnde Geschichte des Königs Gilgamesch und des Epos von GilgameschNur selten überlebt ein Name so viele Jahrtausende wie der von Gilgamesch. Weltberühmte Literaten wie Carl Gustav Jung und Rainer Maria Rilke lobten das altbabylonische Epos über den populären und vielgeliebten sumerischen König.
Zahlreiche literarische Werke wurden von diesem Epos entweder inspiriert oder von Autoren, die nichts als den größten Respekt...
16) Los caballeros templarios: Una guía fascinante sobre una poderosa orden militar católica y su impact
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A todo el mundo le gustan las historias de aventuras y valor. Y eso es precisamente lo que encontrará en este libro.La gente se emociona leyendo sobre caballeros de brillante armadura que corren por el campo de batalla y hacen todo tipo de obras caballerescas. Este es un libro sobre una de las órdenes de caballeros más conocidas de la Edad Media. Lo mejor de todo es que no se trata de ficción; los templarios fueron muy reales y su historia es...
17) The Salem Witch Hunt: A Captivating Guide to the Hunt and Trials of People Accused of Witchcraft in
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If you want to discover the captivating history of the Salem Witch Hunt, then keep reading...Decades after witch-hunting had begun to die down in Europe, North America was about to witness its bloodiest witch hunt in history. The Massachusetts of 1692 was a very different one to the state we know today. Populated by colonists, many of them a generation or less from life in an England bathed in religious turmoil, Massachusetts was not the safe haven...
18) The Cold War: A Captivating Guide to the Tense Conflict between the United States of America and
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If you want to discover the captivating history of the Cold War, then keep reading...The seeds of the Cold War were sown toward the end of World War II. During the war, the United States and the Soviet Union were reluctant partners. The communist doctrine of the Soviets was decidedly at odds with the US notion of capitalism, free enterprise, and rugged individualism. But as is often the case in history, despite their differences, America and Soviet...
19) History of Havana: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Capital of Cuba, Starting From Christop
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Explore the Captivating History of HavanaThe story of Havana has all the elements of a great epic. It has tragic heroes and cunning villains, dramatic battles and fine culture, explosions, killings, horrible murders, rousing speeches, and courageous displays of determination. The history of Cuba's capital is about more than just one city. It's about the astounding resilience of the Cuban people, a people that has been through so much and yet continues...
20) The Space Race: A Captivating Guide to the Cold War Competition Between the United States and Soviet
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If you want to discover the captivating history of the Space Race, then keep reading...The Cold War is usually thought of in terms of fear, potential nuclear war, and espionage. While these were elements of the years between the end of World War II and the 1990s, the competition between the US and the USSR had some real benefits. Perhaps the best and most impressive accomplishments during this time resulted from the Space Race. The Space Race was...