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The end of everything : how wars descend into annihilation / by Hanson, Victor Davis,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In 'The End of Everything', military historian Victor Davis Hanson charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the modern era chose to utterly destroy their foes, and warns that similar wars of obliteration are possible in our time.
Subjects: Civilization; Military history.;

Fall of civilizations : stories of greatness and decline / by Cooper, Paul M. M.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Based on the podcast with over one hundred million downloads, Fall of Civilizations explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse. Across the centuries, we journey from the great empires of Mesopotamia to those of Khmer and Vijayanagara in Asia and Songhai in West Africa; from Byzantium to the Maya, Inca, and Aztecs of Central America; from Roman Britain to Rapa Nui. With research, insight, and empathic storytelling, historian and novelist Paul Cooper evokes the majesty and jeopardy of these ancient civilizations, and asks what it might have felt like for a person alive at the time to witness the end of their world"--
Subjects: Civilization, Ancient.; Civilization, Ancient; History, Ancient.;

The story of the Jews, by Schama, Simon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Subjects: Jews; Jews;

The Breath of the Gods : The History and Future of the Wind. by Winchester, Simon.;
In 'The Breath of the Gods', Sam Whicnhester explains how wind plays a part in our everyday lives, from airplane or car travel to the natural disasters that are becoming more frequent and regular.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: HISTORY / Civilization; HISTORY / World; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History;

Origin story : a big history of everything / by Christian, David,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: World history.; Civilization; Civilization; Cosmology.;

A short history of progress / by Wright, Ronald,1948-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-199) and index.
Subjects: Progress; Civilization; Environmental degradation;
© 2004., Anansi,

The Oxford illustrated history of the Roman world / by Boardman, John,1927-; Griffin, Jasper.; Murray, Oswyn;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
© 2001, c1988., Oxford University Press,

Ancient Chinese / by Binns, Tristan Boyer,1968-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 31), Internet address and index.Presents an overview of ancient Chinese civilization, including its geography, government, religion, social classes, recreation, art, and architecture.
© 2007, c2005., Compass Point Books,

Sea people / by Thompson, Christina,1959-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Polynesians;

The Celts : search for a civilization / by Roberts, Alice M.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.LSC
Subjects: Civilization, Celtic.; Celts;

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