war chronicles
Subtitle: from chariots to flintlocks : new perspectives on the two thousand years of bloodshed that shaped the modern world
By: Joseph Cummins.
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Beverly, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781592332960
Subjects: Military history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: The Greco-Persian Wars, 500-448 BC; value: The Wars of Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC; value: The Punic Wars, 264-146 BC; value: The Gallic Wars, 58-50 BC; value: The First Jewish-Roman War, 66-73 AD; value: The barbarian invasions, 376-553 AD; value: The Muslim conquests, 632-732 AD; value: The Reconquista, 722-1492; value: The Norman Conquest, 1066-1071; value: The Crusades, 1095-1291; value: The Mongol conquests, 1206-79; value: The Spanish conquest of Mexico, 1519-21; value: The Eighty Years' War, 1566-1648; value: The Anglo-Spanish War, 1585-1604; value: The Imjin War, 1592-98; value: The Thirty Years' War, 1618-48; value: The Manchu conquest of China, 1618-50.