The Poppy: a Cultural History from Ancient Egypt to Flanders Fields to Afghanistan 9781780741857

In the aftermath of the horrific trench warfare of the First World War, the poppy – sprouting across the killing fields

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The Poppy: a Cultural History from Ancient Egypt to Flanders Fields to Afghanistan
9781780741857

Assassins have been killing the powerful and famous for at least 3,000 years. Personal ambition, revenge and anger have

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If you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome then keep reading...

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Ancient Egypt, based on articles Kees wrote for the great German classical dictionary, is nothing less than an all-embra

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When it invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the United States sought to do something previous foreign powers had never attempte

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Have you ever wondered what Japan was like long ago? The Japanese people have had a long and interesting history, filled

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In this cultural, literary, and intellectual history, Gayle Rogers traces the debates over speculation from antiquity to

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This book is a comprehensive reference on ancient Egyptian astronomy, one of the most important topics in historical ast

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At first sight, it seems that ancient Egyptian history and culture have no meaningful ties with present-day Croatia. How

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