The Weird Middle Ages: A Collection of Mysterious Stories, Odd Customs, and Strange Superstitions from Medieval Times

Mysterious Egypt: A Collection of Ancient Egyptian Mysteries, Strange Stories, and Archaeological Oddities

*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Africa may have given ris

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Medieval Life: Manners, Customs & Dress During the Middle Ages 9781848585188

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The Museum of Hoaxes : A Collection of Pranks, Stunts, Deceptions, and Other Wonderful Stories Contrived for the Public from the Middle Ages to the New Millennium 0525946780, 9780525946786

Based on the author's popular website, Alex Boese's The Museum of Hoaxes takes readers on a tour of hundreds o

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The Evolution of Interest and Debt: From Middle Ages to Modern Times 1003041248, 9781003041245

"It would be difficult to examine interest-free alternative financial systems without reviewing the evolution of de

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Music and culture in Italy from the Middle Ages to the Baroque: a collection of essays 9780674591080, 9780674863620

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The Mysterious Origin and Strange Descent of Chess

The author explores a fascinating and provocative thesis he calls the mancala hypothesis: While early Chinese chess (Liu

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Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period

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The Salmiya Collection : Stories of the Life and Times of Modern Kuwait 9780815652106, 9780815610144

In The Salmiya Collection, Loomis celebrates the essence of everyday life in a little-known part of the world. With luci

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Strange Things In The Woods: A Collection of Terrifying Tales

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The Iberian Qur’an: From the Middle Ages to Modern Times 9783110778847, 9783110778595

Due to the long presence of Muslims in Islamic territories (Al-Andalus and Granada) and of Muslims minorities in the Chr

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