General History

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A Historical Geography of the Eastern Lands of the Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia from the Rise of the Arab Empire to the Time of Timur cover
A Historical Geography of the Eastern Lands of the Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia from the Rise of the Arab Empire to the Time of Timur G. Le Strange Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2018 This book is one of the representative works of the British Orientalist G. Le Strange (1854–1933), originally titled The Lands of the Eastern Caliphat…
General History of China (12 Volumes in 22 Books) cover
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General History of China (12 Volumes in 22 Books) Bai Shouyi Shanghai People's Publishing House · 1999 General History of China is a large multi-volume history of China edited under the general editorship of historian Bai Shouyi, comprising 12 volumes i…
Unforgettable History (14-Volume Set) cover
Unforgettable History (14-Volume Set) Lü Simian / Zhang Yinlin / Xu Dishan / Hu Shi / Ma Yong / Feng Xuerong / View History Magazine / 海斯 / 穆恩 / 韦兰 Jiangxi Education Publishing House · 2015 Unforgettable History (14-Volume Set) is a collection of historical works by renowned Chinese and Western authors, published in 2015 by Jiangxi Educat…
Fairbank's History of China (Illustrated Collector's Edition) cover
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Fairbank's History of China (Illustrated Collector's Edition) John King Fairbank Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2015 Originally published as China: Tradition and Transformation, this is one of John King Fairbank's most important works. The Chinese edition, translated…
Records of the Grand Historian (Revised Edition of the Revised Twenty-Four Histories with Modern Punctuation and Collation, Ten Volumes) cover
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Records of the Grand Historian (Revised Edition of the Revised Twenty-Four Histories with Modern Punctuation and Collation, Ten Volumes) Sima Qian / 裴骃 / Sima Zhen / Zhang Shoujie Zhonghua Book Company · 2014 The Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji) is China's first comprehensive chronological history in the biographical style, written by the Western Han …
A General History of Germany (World Historical and Cultural Series) cover
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A General History of Germany (World Historical and Cultural Series) 丁建弘 Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press · 2012 This book is a general history of Germany by the Chinese scholar of German history Ding Jianhong. Throughout the book the author pursues the question …
The Penguin History of Europe: Ancient and Medieval Volume (3-Volume Set) cover
The Penguin History of Europe: Ancient and Medieval Volume (3-Volume Set) Simon Price / Peter Thorneman / Chris Wickham / William Jordan CITIC Press · 2019 The Ancient and Medieval volume of The Penguin History of Europe collects the first three books of the series, covering European history from the mid-…
The Anglo-Saxons: A Short History — 410–1066, The Making and Birth of England cover
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The Anglo-Saxons: A Short History — 410–1066, The Making and Birth of England Henrietta Leyser Chemical Industry Press · 2019 This book is a concise general history written for general readers by the British medieval historian Henrietta Leyser, focusing on the formation of En…
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A History of Buddhism Du Jiwen Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2006 A History of Buddhism is a general world history of Buddhism edited by the Buddhist historian Du Jiwen. Taking time as the warp and region and country…
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 (4-Volume Set) cover
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Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 (4-Volume Set) Tony Judt CITIC Press · 2014 Postwar is the most important work of the American historian Tony Judt (1948–2010), originally published in English as Postwar: A History of Europe Si…
A History of the Beiyang Warlords (Revised Edition) cover
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A History of the Beiyang Warlords (Revised Edition) Lai Xinxia Orient Publishing Center · 2019 A History of the Beiyang Warlords is a thematic general history written under the direction of historian Lai Xinxia (1923–2014) and one of the few sys…
A History of England cover
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A History of England Qian Chengdan / 许洁明 Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press · 2021 Co-authored by Qian Chengdan and Xu Jieming, two scholars of British history, A History of England is one of the most widely circulated and frequently…
History of Wars in China, Volume 8: Tang Dynasty (Part One) cover
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History of Wars in China, Volume 8: Tang Dynasty (Part One) Taiwan Three Armed Forces University CITIC Press · 2013 This is Volume 8 of the CITIC Press edition of History of Wars in China, corresponding to Volume XII of the complete work, "Tang Dynasty (Part One)." …
Records of the Grand Historian (Annotated and Fully Translated, 6 Volumes) cover
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Records of the Grand Historian (Annotated and Fully Translated, 6 Volumes) Sima Qian / Li Hanwen Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2016 Records of the Grand Historian is the first comprehensive chronological history of China written in the biographical style, composed by the Western Ha…
A History of Ancient Chinese Dress cover
A History of Ancient Chinese Dress Zhou Xibao China Theatre Press · 1984 A History of Ancient Chinese Dress is the posthumous work of Zhou Xibao (1910–1984), professor at the Shanghai Theatre Academy, and the first systemat…
From Bread to Cake: An Economic and Social History of Europe cover
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From Bread to Cake: An Economic and Social History of Europe 何萍 Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2023 This is a general economic and social history of Europe that begins with agriculture and the need to survive and spans from the Neolithic Age about te…
Queen of the Sea: A History of Lisbon cover
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Queen of the Sea: A History of Lisbon Barry Hatton Guangdong People's Publishing House · 2024 Lisbon is the capital of Portugal and one of Europe's oldest cities, with a history of settlement dating back two thousand years. It sits at the mouth…
A History of Chinese Linguistics cover
A History of Chinese Linguistics Wang Li Fudan University Press · 2006 A History of Chinese Linguistics is a general history of Chinese linguistics written by Wang Li and the first monograph in China to bear the name "his…
The Winds and Clouds of the Great Qing cover
The Winds and Clouds of the Great Qing 鹿鼎公子 China Legal Publishing House · 2016 The Winds and Clouds of the Great Qing is a popular general history of the Qing dynasty written by Lu Ding Gongzi, in eight volumes, published by Chin…
A Century of Turmoil in the Middle East (Complete Illustrated Edition) cover
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A Century of Turmoil in the Middle East (Complete Illustrated Edition) Guo Jianlong CITIC Press · 2016 The origins of the modern Middle East's many crises lie in the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. Before the war, most of the region wa…