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Vanished Ocean How Tethys Reshaped the World


Free Download Dorrik Stow, "Vanished Ocean: How Tethys Reshaped the World"
English | 2010 | pages: 320 | ISBN: 019921428X, 0199214298 | EPUB | 7,8 mb
Six million years ago, a vast ocean-which scientists have named Tethys-vanished from the face of the earth. How could such a huge body of water simply disappear? More interesting, how is it possible for scientists to know with certainty that Tethys existed for a quarter of a billion years, a period that includes the entire "Age of Dinosaurs" and almost all of the "Age of Mammals," right up to the point when our distant ancestors began to walk upright.

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The Burgundians A Vanished Empire A History of 1111 Years and One Day [Audiobook]


Free Download The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire: A History of 1111 Years and One Day (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CCW7PMMV | 2023 | 21 hours and 12 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 601 MB
Author: Bart van Loo
Narrator: Nigel Patterson

At the end of the fifteenth century, Burgundy was extinguished as an independent state. It had been a fabulously wealthy, turbulent region situated between France and Germany, with close links to the English kingdom. Torn apart by the dynastic struggles of early modern Europe, this extraordinary realm vanished from the map. But it became the cradle of what we now know as the Low Countries, modern Belgium and the Netherlands.

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