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epub |eng | 2018-04-27 | Author:Charles River Editors & Harasta, Jesse

When the Seljuks solidified their control, Sunni scholars and trade returned to the city, and churches and holy sites for the Christians, destroyed during the time of the Fatimids, were ...
( Category: History February 13,2024 )
epub |eng | 2015-03-04 | Author:Harasta, Jesse & Charles River Editors

The first Umayyad Caliph, Mu'awiyah I, had been Uthman's cousin and the governor of Damascus; additionally, he was a renowned military commander on both land and sea and an important ...
( Category: other February 13,2024 )
epub |eng | 2017-01-01 | Author:Charles River Editors

Indeed, Dalrymple calls the British officer class “increasingly distant, rude, and dismissive” in comparison to the past. As one officer reported, he “never knew what to say” to the sepoys ...
( Category: India February 1,2024 )
epub |eng | 2015-08-01 | Author:Charles River Editors

This year also proved crucial to the future of the East India Company and the British Empire for another reason, the Tea Act. The Tea Act altered the duties on ...
( Category: other February 1,2024 )
azw3, mobi, epub |eng | 2020-05-10 | Author:Charles River Editors

The Innu Canoe Hunting Dog, one of the smaller native canines, was the perfect companion for waterfowl hunters in canoes, hence its name. This obedient hound would sit motionless at ...
( Category: Animals November 30,2023 )
epub |eng | 2013-08-18 | Author:Charles River Editors

At this point the Philistine rulers called in the priests and diviners to decide what to do with the ark. The priests inform the rulers that they must not only ...
( Category: General November 29,2023 )
epub |eng | 2018-12-16 | Author:Charles River Editors

The Ummayad Caliphate's enterprising celebration of unity allowed for the different elements within the mélange of cultures to shine, leading to accelerated growth and progress within the Cordoban community. Some ...
( Category: History November 3,2023 )
epub |eng | 2019-10-27 | Author:Charles River Editors

The floggings were considered the mildest of the torture tactics. If the floggings had not produced the information the inquisitors wanted, a slew of other torture devices, both old and ...
( Category: General November 3,2023 )
epub |eng | 2016-11-10 | Author:Charles River Editors

A depiction of a strappato Weapons and torture devices unearthed centuries later offer evidence of the unimaginable and grisly horrors the prisoners faced, as other tactics that unethical torturers resorted ...
( Category: other November 3,2023 )
epub |eng | 2019-03-15 | Author:Charles River Editors

A depiction of an auto-da-fé in Lisbon By the mid-16th century, the Inquisition was a widespread and ubiquitous institution throughout Europe, and before long, Holy Offices were established in the ...
( Category: Colonialism & Post-Colonialism November 3,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-12-11 | Author:Charles River Editors

At this point, there was one more hurdle to overcome: President Theodore Roosevelt. The progressive Republican had a reputation as a “trustbuster,” and he took a particularly dim view of ...
( Category: Banks & Banking October 29,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-11-25 | Author:Charles River Editors

The attempts to defray the conflict probably exacerbated it. Judging that Cuzco was too far inland to serve as the Spanish capital, Pizarro founded and settled in the new city ...
( Category: Experimental Methods October 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2014-12-23 | Author:Charles River Editors

The Rocky Mountain News railed against news of a congressional committee investigating Chivington and Sand Creek. It editorialized sarcastically, “By all means, let there be an investigation, but we advise ...
( Category: other October 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2014-12-20 | Author:Charles River Editors

Melisande ruled the country as regent until Baldwin III overthrew her government in 1153, but during the following year, Baldwin re-appointed her as his regent and chief adviser. Baldwin III ...
( Category: Medieval October 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-11-10 | Author:Charles River Editors

Warfare in the 15th Century It’s crucial to remember that soldiers in Europe and Anatolia were not members of national armies in the early 15th century, and there was not ...
( Category: other October 2,2023 )

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