A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own. This is the first volume in a bold series that te

A chronicle of the years between 1100 and 1453 describes the Crusades, the Inquisition, the emergence of the Ottomans, the rise of the Mongols, and the inventio

This richly illustrated book chronicles the rise and fall of the ancient Greek and Roman empires, accompanied by full-color images of artifacts, artwork, maps a

A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own. This is the first volume in a bold series that te

"As panoramic as it is learned, this is ancient history for our globalized world." -- Tom Holland, author of Dynasty and Rubicon Twenty-five-hundred years ago,