Cities, States, and Living in Ancient Mesopotamia
Tides of History
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The Verge, Reformation, Renaissance and Fourty Years That Shook the World
The decades around the year 15 hundred were an incredibly tumultuous time. Evermore destructive conflicts rocked western europe. New world empires fell at the hands of the conquistidors. The religious consensus of christendom was forever shattered. My new book explores these processes through the lives of real people, from famous figures like christopher columbus and the ottoman sultan lemon to lesser known people like a one armed german mercenary and a ruthless english merchant.
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