In the Shadow of the Sword - The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World (Holland Tom)(Paperback)

In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two great empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished for ever, while the other was a dismembered, bleeding trunk. In their place, a new superpower had arisen: the empire of the Arabs. So profound was this upheaval that it spelled, in effect, the end of the ancient world. But the changes that marked the period were more than merely political or even cultural: there was also a transformation of human society with incalculable consequences for the future. Today, over half the world's population su In the Shadow of the Sword - Tom Holland od authora Tom Holland a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus.cz
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