Empire of the Black Sea: The Rise and Fall of the Mithridatic World
By: Duane W. Roller
3.63
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
What is commonly called the kingdom of Pontos flourished for over two hundred years in the coastal …
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3.91
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
Civilization was born eight thousand years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates… read more
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4.16
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3. The Punic Wars
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.19
Format: 412 pages, Hardcover
An impressive new historian of Roman warfare--highly praised by John Keegan--has written a thorough… read more
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4. The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy
By: Adrienne Mayor
3.84
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Machiavelli praised his military genius. European royalty sought out his secret elixir against pois… read more
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5. The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
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3.67
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The inspiration for the NBC series Crossbones. In the early eighteenth century a number of the grea… read more
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6. The Horse, the Wheel and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
By: None
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Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known … read more
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By: James Romm
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By: Dan Jones
4.41
Format: 636 pages, Hardcover
An epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the ri… read more
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9. Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 AD to the First Crusade
By: Anthony Kaldellis
4.23
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10. Persians: The Age of the Great Kings
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4.06
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11. The Eagle and The Lion: Rome, Persia, and an Unwinnable Conflict
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3.95
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12. The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History
By: Alexander Mikaberidze
4.34
Format: 936 pages, Hardcover
Austerlitz, Wagram, Borodino, Trafalgar, Leipzig, Waterloo: these are the places most closely assoc… read more
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13. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
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4.11
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14. The Habsburgs: To Rule the World
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3.85
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The definitive history of the dynasty that dominated Europe for centuries In The Habsburgs, Mart… read more
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4.14
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The ancient world of the Mediterranean and the Near East saw the birth and collapse of great civili… read more
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4.22
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17. Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire
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18. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
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4.10
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19. Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny
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4.05
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20. Empire of the Black Sea: The Rise and Fall of the Mithridatic World
By: Duane W. Roller
3.63
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
What is commonly called the kingdom of Pontos flourished for over two hundred years in the coastal … read more
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