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The corrupt Romans knew how to live... From the savage Nero to other disgusting emperors, from brave legionaries to poor farmers, the diversity and beauty of the terrible Roman era are amazing.
The first title in the cult series Horrors of History. The book humorously and vividly depicts the life of people in the Stone Age – from hunting and toolmaking to art, beliefs, and the struggle for survival.
A historical study of the transformations of the Russian Empire from Peter the Great to the early USSR, focusing on imperial geopolitics, ideological patterns, and relations with peoples within the empire.
The book is the most readable and complete overview of the evidence that human civilization has already been nearly wiped out of the universe once – and that such cycles may repeat themselves every few tens of thousands of years.
The article presents a classic analysis of archaeological findings from the Hellenistic period (3rd-2nd century BC) in the necropolis north of ancient Budva (today's Montenegro), discovered in the 1950s.
Michael A. Cook, Princeton professor of Islamic history, provides an overview of human history from the Neolithic to the fall of the Twin Towers in 2001 in this witty and intelligent synthesis, asking the key question: why did everything happen exactly th