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Многие думают, будто бы история, которую мы изучаем в школе, и наше действительное прошлое — примерно одно и то же. Но это не так. Ученые, полагающие, что изучают древнюю и средневековую историю, на самом деле изучают не реальность, а искусственный мир, мираж, созданный их предшественниками в XVII–XVIII веках. Ведь они пользуются — зная это или нет — исключительно отредактированными в XVII–XVIII веках текстами, ошибочно считая их «подлинными древними первоисточниками».

Die lustigsten Irrwege der Menschheitsgeschichte Die Menschheit – was für eine Erfolgsstory. Wir wären nicht da, wo wir sind, wenn nicht über die Jahrtausende hinweg viele kluge Köpfe viele geniale Ideen gehabt hätten. Charles Darwin, Vater der Evolutionstheorie, wäre stolz auf den...

Jean-Pierre Filiu, acclaimed historian of Gaza, is intimately familiar with the land's people and places; he speaks the local dialect. But nothing prepared him for what he encountered there in December 2024. This is his unforgettable, unbearably intimate account of one month in a place shattered by Israel's all-out war.

Willkommen im Regency, dem Übergang vom 18. ins 19. Jahrhundert! Ian Mortimer nimmt uns mit in diese kuriose Zeit, die für viele schlichtweg für Übermaß steht. Zwischen der leicht langweilig anmutenden Eleganz des 18. Jahrhunderts und der prüden moralischen Überlegenheit der...

Remembering Anne Beach pulls back the veil on the challenges of research, the problems of gaps in archives, and the long process involved in constructing historical narratives. Through the tragic tale of an ill-fated couple and their disapproving families, this microhistory explores not only forbidden love but also marriage, illness, death, disability, and scandal in eighteenth-century society.

The author, one of the foremost scholars on Africa, fought to legitimize African history for more than 60 years. This book finally uncovers the tumultuous life of this great figure. Through a series of autobiographical essays, Clarke looks back on his lifelong struggle to restore African history...

For nearly a decade and a half, Fort Stoddert stood as a physical manifestation of American efforts to establish control of a pivotal frontier region. Located on the banks of the Mobile River some thirty miles north of the city of Mobile near what was at the time the boundary between the United States and Spanish West Florida, the outpost was constructed in 1799 but abandoned shortly after the Creek War of 1813-14.

"A fascinating detective story told with humor and joy that unravels the threads of history and legend to reveal the strange stories of Britain's hill figures." – Fiona Roberston, author of Stone LandsA journey through Britain’s chalklands, uncovering the stories, symbolism, and shifting...