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  • Egypt vs. Greece and the American Academy: The Debate Over the Birth of Civilization by Asante, Molefi Kete
    Molefi Kete Asante

    Egypt vs. Greece and the American Academy: The Debate Over the Birth of Civilization

    Debating the development of civilization in Egypt and Greece, this collection of essays explores European misconceptions of African history. Featuring contributions from some of the top scholars in African American studies, this book analyzes the inconsistencies erupting from academic and Eurocentric reports on ancient...
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  • Anunnaki: Gods No More by Lessin, Janet Kira
    Janet Kira Lessin

    Anunnaki: Gods No More

    Dr. Sasha Alex Lessin and Janet Kira Lessin explain the Anunnaki's involvement in human history. The giant olden gods, folks with high tech & their heirs chain us to short, hard lives. The "gods" rocketed here from the planet Nibiru & bred with Homo...
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  • The Black Chaldeans: And The Cushite Seed People Of The Tigris And Euphrates Valleys by Brinson Abu Amen-Ra, John
    John Brinson Abu Amen-Ra

    The Black Chaldeans: And The Cushite Seed People Of The Tigris And Euphrates Valleys

    I consider myself well-read and knowledgeable. And much of the data Brother John Brinson publishes is known to me. But I must admit that until reading this magnum opus, I had never put the pieces of the puzzle together so it made sense to...
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  • Built on Bones: 15,000 Years of Urban Life and Death by Hassett, Brenna
    Brenna Hassett

    Built on Bones: 15,000 Years of Urban Life and Death

    Humans and their immediate ancestors were successful hunter-gatherers for hundreds of thousands of years, but in the last fifteen thousand years humans have gone from finding food to farming it, from seasonal camps to sprawling cities, from a few people to hordes. Drawing on...
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  • National Geographic History at a Glance: Illustrated Time Lines from Prehistory to the Present Day by National Geographic
    National Geographic

    National Geographic History at a Glance: Illustrated Time Lines from Prehistory to the Present Day

    Beautifully illustrated, this penetrating book offers a sweeping view of humanity from prehistory to the modern day, presented in a unique time-line format. Sweeping but succinct, this comprehensive reference presents all of world history in a browsable format featuring more than three dozen maps,...
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  • America: The Last Best Hope by Bennett, William J.
    William J. Bennett

    America: The Last Best Hope

    A single-volume edition of William J. Bennett's bestselling series, thoroughly revised and updated."The role of history is to inform, inspire, and sometimes provoke us, which is why Bill Bennett's wonderfully readable book is so important." --Walter IsaacsonA decade ago, William J. Bennett published a...
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  • Understanding Collapse: Ancient History and Modern Myths by Middleton, Guy D.
    Guy D. Middleton

    Understanding Collapse

    Understanding Collapse explores the collapse of ancient civilisations, such as the Roman Empire, the Maya, and Easter Island. In this lively survey, Guy D. Middleton critically examines our ideas about collapse - how we explain it and how we have constructed potentially misleading myths...
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  • Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries: The Archaeological Evidence by Moorey, P. R. S.
    P. R. S. Moorey

    Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries: The Archaeological Evidence

    This is the first systematic attempt to survey in detail the archaeological evidence for the crafts and craftsmanship of the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia, covering the period ca. 8000-300 B.C.E. As creators of some of the earliest farming and urban communities...
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  • The World's Greatest Civilizations: The History and Culture of the Minoans (Illustrated) by Charles River Editors
    Charles River

    The World's Greatest Civilizations: The History and Culture of the Minoans (Illustrated)

    *Includes 30 pictures of Minoan art, ruins, and more. *Explains the links between Minoan culture and religion with the Ancient Greeks. *Details how the Minoans looked and dressed, and what a day in the life of a Minoan may have been like. *Explains the...
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  • Chichen Itza: The History and Mystery of the Maya's Most Famous City by Charles River Editors
    Charles River

    Chichen Itza: The History and Mystery of the Maya's Most Famous City

    *Includes pictures of Chichen Itza's ruins and art. *Explains the history of the site and the theories about its purpose and abandonment. *Describes the layout of Chichen Itza, its important structures, and the theories about the buildings' uses. *Includes a bibliography for further reading....
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  • Atomic Accidents And Disasters: A Stunning Look At The Worlds Most Famous Nuclear Disasters And Atomic Accidents In History by Dovenhire, Teena
    Teena Dovenhire

    Atomic Accidents And Disasters: A Stunning Look At The Worlds Most Famous Nuclear Disasters And Atomic Accidents In History

    A Stunning Look At The Worlds Most Famous Nuclear Disasters And Atomic Accidents In History An Atomic Accident is defined as any event that brought damage to people, properties and environment as a result of a glitch in a power plant, nuclear weapon testing,...
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  • Sparta: The Ultimate Greek Warriors: Everything You Need To Know About the Spartan Civilization by Beckett, Thomas
    Thomas Beckett

    Sparta: The Ultimate Greek Warriors: Everything You Need To Know About the Spartan Civilization

    This is Sparta Are you ready to enter the fascinating world of Ancient Greece? Do you want to understand the unique warrior culture of the famous Spartans? Would you like to live like a Spartan? If so, you must read Sparta: The Ultimate Greek...
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  • An Appeal to Heaven by Diamond, John D.
    John D. Diamond

    An Appeal to Heaven

    The longer I live the more that I am convinced that God governs in the affairs of man, and that if the American nation could not start without His assistance, its restoration and salvation will fail also. Dr. John D. Diamond History is full...
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  • The Fall by Taylor, Steve
    Steve Taylor

    The Fall

    A new edition of Steve Taylor's bestselling classic, in which the author provides an Afterword, including research developments that have occurred since the book was first published in 2005. "An important and fascinating book about the origin, history and impending demise of the ego...
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  • Babylon: Legend, History and the Ancient City by Seymour, Michael
    Michael Seymour

    Babylon: Legend, History and the Ancient City

    For two thousand years the real, physical metropolis lay buried while another, ghostly city lived on through ideas as varied as the legendary Hanging Gardens, the career of the biblical Daniel, and even the Apocalypse. More recently, the site of Babylon has been the...
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  • Homo erectus: The History of the Archaic Humans Who Left Africa and Formed the First Hunter-Gatherer Societies by Charles River Editors
    Charles River

    Homo erectus: The History of the Archaic Humans Who Left Africa and Formed the First Hunter-Gatherer Societies

    *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Most scientists believe the evolution of humans has a history as long as life itself. Anatomically modern humans and all other life that has existed on the planet first came about from the...
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  • The Pharaoh's Treasure: The Origin of Paper and the Rise of Western Civilization by Gaudet, John
    John Gaudet

    The Pharaoh's Treasure: The Origin of Paper and the Rise of Western Civilization

    For our entire history, humans have always searched for new ways to share information. This innate compulsion led to the origin of writing on the rock walls of caves and coffin lids or carving on tablets. But it was with the advent of papyrus...
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  • Europa by MacLennan, Julio
    Julio MacLennan

    Europa

    European history is deeply embedded in the global civilization that has emerged in the twenty-first century. More than two thirds of today's nations were once European colonies or protectorates. Europe's legacy is evident in the trajectory of the United States and has influenced aspiring...
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  • The Rebirth of African Civilization by Williams, Chancellor
    Chancellor Williams

    The Rebirth of African Civilization

    2015 Reprint of 1961 Edition. Full Facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The book is an affirmation of education and an espousal of cooperative democracy as a way of life for the new Africa. It contains as well a...
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  • Civilization and Its Discontents by Freud, Sigmund
    Sigmund Freud

    Civilization and Its Discontents

    Civilization and Its Discontents' is one of the last of Freud's books, written in the decade before his death and first published in German in 1929. It is considered his most brilliant work. In it he states his views on the broad question of...
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  • Sumer: The History of the Cities and Culture that Established Ancient Mesopotamia's First Civilization by Charles River Editors
    Charles River

    Sumer: The History of the Cities and Culture that Established Ancient Mesopotamia's First Civilization

    *Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading When American archaeologists discovered a collection of cuneiform tablets in Iraq in the late 19th century, they were confronted with a language and a people who were at the time...
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  • The Myth of Man: Hidden History and the Ancient Origins of Humankind by Robinson, J. P.
    J. P. Robinson

    The Myth of Man: Hidden History and the Ancient Origins of Humankind

    A compelling and controversial nonfiction in the tradition of Graham Hancock, Fingerprints of the Gods, Magicians of the Gods and Forbidden Archaeology. The Myth of Man challenges modern perceptions of the origins of mankind and the rise of civilization - bringing Atlantis, giants, Bigfoot,...
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  • The Decline and Fall of Civilisations by Bolton, Kerry
    Kerry Bolton

    The Decline and Fall of Civilisations

    One of the greatest fallacies of the 'modern world' is the notion of 'progress'. We imagine the entirety of history as culminating in a Darwinian march toward Western Civilisation. We think of our 'progressive values' of liberalism, self-indulgence, materialism, universal human rights, multiculturalism... to...
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  • Greek Ways: How the Greeks Created Western Civilization by Thornton, Bruce S.
    Bruce S. Thornton

    Greek Ways: How the Greeks Created Western Civilization

    In the classics departments of today's universities, Bruce Thornton says, the Greeks are accused of stealing their achievements from black Egyptians, of oppressing their wives and daughters, and of hypocritically speculating about freedom while holding slaves. Most of all, classic Greek culture has come...
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  • Marijuana & Hemp: History, Uses, Laws, and Controversy by McCabe, John
    John McCabe

    Marijuana & Hemp: History, Uses, Laws, and Controversy

    In "Marijuana & Hemp: History, Uses, Laws, and Controversy," John McCabe details the history of the human relationship with the cannabis plant, including as a crop grown for its fiber, oil, and seed, and as a plant bred for use as a recreational drug....
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  • Giza: The Truth: the people, politics and history behind the world's most famous archaeological site by Lawton, Ian
    Ian Lawton

    Giza: The Truth: the people, politics and history behind the world's most famous archaeological site

    What secrets does the Giza Plateau really hold? Who is trying to unlock them... and what are their motives?The multitude of popular works that have been published about the Giza Plateau - home of the three most famous pyramids and the Sphinx - have...
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  • Humankind: A Hopeful History by Bregman, Rutger
    Rutger Bregman

    Humankind: A Hopeful History

    From the author of the New York Times bestseller Utopia for Realists, a "bold" (Daniel H. Pink), "provocative" (Adam Grant) argument that our innate goodness and cooperation have been the greatest factors in humanity's success.If there is one belief that has united the left...
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  • The Tulsa Massacre of 1921: The Controversial History and Legacy of America's Worst Race Riot by Charles River Editors
    Charles River

    The Tulsa Massacre of 1921: The Controversial History and Legacy of America's Worst Race Riot

    *Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading"Lurid flames roared and belched and licked their forked tongues into the air. Smoke ascended the sky in thick, black volumes and amid it all, the planes - now a dozen or more in...
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  • Olmecs: A Captivating Guide to the Earliest Known Major Ancient Civilization in Mexico by History, Captivating
    Captivating History

    Olmecs: A Captivating Guide to the Earliest Known Major Ancient Civilization in Mexico

    Did you know that the Olmecs might have been the first people to introduce writing?The first people that managed to elevate themselves to civilized life were the Olmecs. But why do they remain relatively unknown, hidden in the long and dark corridors of forgotten...
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  • Ancient Rome: A Captivating Introduction to the Roman Republic, The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, and The Byzantine Empire by History, Captivating
    Captivating History

    Ancient Rome: A Captivating Introduction to the Roman Republic, The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, and The Byzantine Empire

    If you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of ancient Rome then keep reading...The Roman civilization is probably the single most important civilization in the history of the planet. Its expansion defined Europe. Its constitution shaped societies from Russia in the...
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  • The Greco-Persian Wars: A Captivating Guide to the Conflicts Between the Achaemenid Empire and the Greek City-States, Including the Battle of by History, Captivating
    Captivating History

    The Greco-Persian Wars: A Captivating Guide to the Conflicts Between the Achaemenid Empire and the Greek City-States, Including the Battle of

    If you want to discover the captivating history of the Greco-Persian Wars, then keep reading...This cultural prominence was on full display during these wars, for the Greco-Persian Wars were documented by Herodotus, who is often said to be the father of modern history. His...
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  • The Ancient Indus Valley Civilization's Biggest Cities: The History and Legacy of Mohenjo-daro, Harappa, and Kalibangan by Charles River Editors
    Charles River

    The Ancient Indus Valley Civilization's Biggest Cities: The History and Legacy of Mohenjo-daro, Harappa, and Kalibangan

    *Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of ancient accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingWhen one thinks of the world's first cities, Sumer, Memphis, and Babylon are some of the first to come to mind, but if the focus then shifts to India, then Harappa and Mohenjo-daro will...
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  • Chinese History and Civilisation: An Urban Perspective by Sit, Victor F. S.
    Victor F. S. Sit

    Chinese History and Civilisation: An Urban Perspective

    The emergence of the city marks the beginning of a civilisation. The city, especially the leading cities of a country, is also where the major features of a country are contained and where historical events play out. This book introduces readers to the progress...
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  • Sicily: Island of Beauty and Conflict by Dummett, Jeremy
    Jeremy Dummett

    Sicily: Island of Beauty and Conflict

    This book delves into the fascinating and diverse history and culture of Sicily. With settlers from early tribes to the Greeks and Romans, through the Arabs, Normans, French, Spanish and finally Italians, the island's culture has been changed dramatically by each of the foreign...
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  • The Lost Cities Of Africa by Davidson, Basil
    Basil Davidson

    The Lost Cities Of Africa

    The Lost Cities of Africa is a non-fiction book written by Basil Davidson. The book explores the history and culture of various ancient African civilizations that have been lost to time. Davidson takes readers on a journey through the continent, uncovering the mysteries of...
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  • The Age of Agade: Inventing Empire in Ancient Mesopotamia by Foster, Benjamin R.
    Benjamin R. Foster

    The Age of Agade: Inventing Empire in Ancient Mesopotamia

    The Age of Agade is the first book-length study of the Akkadian period of Mesopotamian history, which saw the rise and fall of the world's first empire during more than a century of extraordinary political, social, and cultural innovation. It draws together more than...
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  • Assyria: From the Earliest Times to the Fall of Nineveh by Smith, George
    George Smith

    Assyria: From the Earliest Times to the Fall of Nineveh

    The Assyriologist George Smith (1840-76) was trained originally as an engraver, but was enthralled by the discoveries of Layard and Rawlinson. He taught himself cuneiform script, and joined the British Museum as a 'repairer' of broken cuneiform tablets. Promotion followed, and after one of...
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  • The History of Babylonia by Smith, George
    George F. Smith

    The History of Babylonia

    The Assyriologist George Smith (1840-76) was trained originally as an engraver, but was enthralled by the discoveries of Layard and Rawlinson. He taught himself cuneiform script, and joined the British Museum as a 'repairer' of broken cuneiform tablets. Promotion followed, and after one of...
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  • Xenophon: Anabasis Book III by Huitink, Luuk
    Luuk Huitink

    Xenophon: Anabasis Book III

    This is the first comprehensive commentary on a section of Xenophon's Anabasis in English for almost a century. It provides up-to-date guidance on literary, historical and cultural aspects of the Anabasis and will help undergraduate students to read Greek better. It also incorporates recent...
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  • Indus Valley Civilization: A History from Beginning to End by History, Hourly
    Hourly History

    Indus Valley Civilization: A History from Beginning to End

    Indus Valley CivilizationIn the late 1800s, British engineers building some of the first railways in the Dominion of India discovered large numbers of bricks buried in the dusty plains of the Punjab. This was odd because historians were not aware of any cities or...
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  • The Lalibela Churches: The History and Legacy of the Medieval Cave Churches in Ethiopia by Charles River Editors
    Charles River

    The Lalibela Churches: The History and Legacy of the Medieval Cave Churches in Ethiopia

    *Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"I weary of writing more about these buildings, because it seems to me that I shall not be believed if I write more...I swear by God, in Whose power I am, that all I have written is the...
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  • The Lalibela Churches: The History and Legacy of the Medieval Cave Churches in Ethiopia by Charles River Editors
    Charles River

    The Lalibela Churches: The History and Legacy of the Medieval Cave Churches in Ethiopia

    *Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading"I weary of writing more about these buildings, because it seems to me that I shall not be believed if I write more...I swear by God, in Whose power I am, that all I have written is the...
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  • Afrikan Family Legacy Millenniums Before Slavery: Tracing Tinsley Family Mtdna 140,000 Bce to 1800 Ce by Borishade, Adetokunbo Knowes
    Adetokunbo Knowes Borishade

    Afrikan Family Legacy Millenniums Before Slavery: Tracing Tinsley Family Mtdna 140,000 Bce to 1800 Ce

    This book presents a fresh perspective on African history for persons of African descent worldwide as well as to others. It coordinates the MtDNA laboratory results of Dr. Borishade's maternal grandmother's genetic group and their worldwide migration paths with historical, cultural, and archaeological evidence...
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  • French Ways and Their Meaning by Wharton, Edith
    Edith Wharton

    French Ways and Their Meaning

    Essays about the French and their culture, written during World War I.Author: Edith WhartonISBN-10: 0936399872ISBN-13: 9780936399874Publisher: Countryman PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/1997Pages: 176Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 7.52h x 5.01w x 0.60dReview Citation(s): Library Journal 05/15/1997 pg. 107New York Times 08/03/1997 pg. 24
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  • The Roots of Lo Mexicano: Self and Society in Mexican Thought, 1900-1934 by Schmidt, Henry C.
    Henry C. Schmidt

    The Roots of Lo Mexicano: Self and Society in Mexican Thought, 1900-1934

    With the publication of Profile of Man and Culture in Mexico (1934) Samuel Ramos launched the modern search for Mexican national identity, shifting examination of that country's problems from a physical to a psychological plane. But Ramos' work crystallized a long inquiry into the...
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  • Political Memory in and after the Persian Empire by Silverman, Jason M.
    Jason M. Silverman

    Political Memory in and after the Persian Empire

    Various disciplines that deal with Achaemenid rule offer starkly different assessments of Persian kingship. While Assyriologists treat Cyrus's heirs as legitimate successors of the Babylonian kings, biblical scholars often speak of a "kingless era" in which the priesthood took over the function of the...
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  • Inventing Western Civilization by Patterson, Thomas C.
    Thomas C. Patterson

    Inventing Western Civilization

    "In this wonderful book, Thomas Patterson effectively dethrones the concept of 'civilization' as an abstract good, transcending human society."--Martin Bernal Drawing on his extensive knowledge of early societies, Thomas C. Patterson shows how class, sexism, and racism have been integral to the appearance of...
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  • Do Museums Still Need Objects? by Conn, Steven
    Steven Conn

    Do Museums Still Need Objects?

    "We live in a museum age," writes Steven Conn in Do Museums Still Need Objects? And indeed, at the turn of the twenty-first century, more people are visiting museums than ever before. There are now over 17,500 accredited museums in the United States, averaging...
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  • Maya Conquistador by Restall, Matthew
    Matthew Restall

    Maya Conquistador

    Exploring firsthand accounts written by Maya nobles from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries-many of them previously untranslated-Restall offers the first Maya account of the conquest. The story holds surprising twists: The conquistadors were not only Spaniards but also Mayas, reconstructing their own governance...
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  • Guide to Documentary Sources for Andean Studies, 1530-1900: Volume 2volume 2 by Pillsbury, Joanne
    Joanne Pillsbury

    Guide to Documentary Sources for Andean Studies, 1530-1900: Volume 2volume 2

    Published in Collaboration with the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art A definitive resource for early works on indigenous Andean cultures Prior to the arrival of Europeans in the first half of the sixteenth century, Andean peoples had...
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