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Free Download Neil Christie, "The Fall of the Western Roman Empire: Archaeology, History and the Decline of Rome"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 0340759666, 1849663378 | PDF | pages: 320 | 19.8 mb
The decline of the Roman Empire has been a subject of fascination and debate for centuries. In this original new work, Neil Christie draws on numerous sources, interweaving the latest archaeological evidence, to reconstruct the period’s landscape and events. In the process, he rethinks some of historians’ most widely held and long-established views: Was the Empire’s disintegration caused primarily by external or internal factors? Why did the Eternal City of Old Rome collapse in the West, while the ‘New Rome’ of Constantinople endured in the East? What was destroyed and what remained of Roman culture after successive invasions by Vandals, Goths, Huns and other ‘barbarians’, and what was the impact of the new Christian religion? As Christie expertly demonstrates, the archaeology of the late Roman period reveals intriguing answers to these and other questions. Taking an innovative, interdisciplinary approach that combines traditional historical methods and a unique familiarity with the Empire’s physical remnants, he uncovers new aspects of Rome’s military struggles, its shifting geography, and the everyday lives of its subjects.

Free Download George G. M. James, Karen Chilton (narrator), "Stolen Legacy: The Egyptian Origins of Western Philosophy"
English | ISBN: 9798868646034 | 2024 | M4B@64 kbps | ~05:50:00 | 169 MB
In this bold and uncompromising book, George G. M. James argues that the "Greek philosophy" in which nearly all of Western culture has its roots actually originated in ancient Egypt.
Drawing on careful historical research and a radical rethinking of the conventional narrative of Greek history, James asserts that our celebration of the ancient Greeks as the creators of Western civilization and philosophy is misattributed. In fact, he argues, our praise rightfully belongs to the people of Africa. Furthermore, this massive intellectual and cultural theft has helped lend credence to the damaging notion that the entire continent of Africa has contributed nothing to world civilization.
James explorers documented connections between celebrated Greek philosophers and the influence of Egyptian thought, proposing other possible links between northern Africa and Greece as well. An important book for understanding the history of philosophy, culture, and race in the modern world, Stolen Legacy is not to be missed. This definitive audio edition of Stolen Legacy is skillfully read by Karen Chilton, award-winning narrator of The New Jim Crow.

Free Download Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862 (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CKK32CVY | 2023 | 13 hours and 7 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 354 MB
Author: O. Edward Cunningham
Narrator: Brian P. Craig
The bloody two-day battle of Shiloh changed the course of the American Civil War. The conflagration at Shiloh had its roots in the strong Union advance that resulted in the capture of Forts Henry and Donelson in Tennessee. The offensive collapsed General Albert S. Johnston’s advanced line in Kentucky and forced him to withdraw to northern Mississippi. Anxious to attack the enemy, Johnston began concentrating Southern forces at Corinth, a major railroad center just below the Tennessee border. His bold plan called for his Army of the Mississippi to march north and destroy General Grant’s Army of the Tennessee before it could link up with another Union army on the way to join him.

Free Download The Struggle For Arab Independence: Western Diplomacy And The Rise And Fall Of Faisal’s Kingdom In Syria By Zeine N. Zeine
2010 | 804 Pages | ISBN: 0882060023 | PDF | 7 MB
The Middle East, as we know it today, was shaped in the violent and tumultuous years of the first half of the 20th century. The roots of many of the conflicts and crises which afflict the region today can be traced back to this period of wars, high drama and the cavalier re-drawing of maps. Patrick Seale, a leading historian of the region, tells the story of the making of the modern Middle East through the life of Riad el-Solh, a Lebanese politician who grew into the outstanding Arab statesman of his time. Based on British and French archives, and on numerous interviews, the book pieces together the history of the Arab struggle for independence through the lives of those most directly involved. It is an invaluable resource for students and researchers, and of compelling interest to anyone who wants to know more about the Middle East.

Free Download Sustainable Water Solutions in the Western Desert, Egypt: Dakhla Oasis by Erina Iwasaki
English | EPUB | 2021 | 295 Pages | ISBN : 3030640043 | 156.7 MB
This book is a multidisciplinary manuscript bringing together contributions on water issues from natural and social scientists focused on water management and structures in a challenging environmental situation such as Dakhla Oasis in Egypt’s western desert. The authors of this book are relevant scientists in hydrology, geology, remote sensing, agriculture, history, and sociology.

Free Download Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front by Richard Holmes
English | 2005 | ISBN: 0007137524 | 752 Pages | EPUB | 2.2 MB
The first history of World War I to place centre-stage the British soldier who fought in the trenches, this superb and important book tells the story of an epic and terrible war through the letters, diaries and memories of those who fought it.

Free Download Stolen Legacy: The Egyptian Origins of Western Philosophy by George J.M. James
English | 2017 | ISBN: 1635610575 | 202 Pages | PDF | 1.7 MB
In this bold and uncompromising book, George G. M. James argues that the "Greek philosophy" in which nearly all of Western culture has its roots actually originated in ancient Egypt Drawing on careful historical research and a radical rethinking of the conventional narrative of Greek history, James asserts that our celebration of the ancient Greeks as the creators of Western civilization and philosophy is misattributed.

Free Download Rod Giblett, "Wetlands and Western Cultures: Denigration to Conservation "
English | ISBN: 1793643458 | 2021 | 238 pages | EPUB | 65 MB
In Wetlands and Western Cultures: Denigration to Conservation, Rod Giblett examines the portrayal of wetlands in Western culture and argues for their conservation. Giblett’s analysis of the wetland motif in literature and the arts, including in Beowulf and the writings of Tolkien and Thoreau, demonstrates two approaches to wetlands-their denigration as dead waters or their commendation as living waters with a potent cultural history.

Free Download Nella van den Brandt, "Religion, Gender and Race in Western European Arts and Culture "
English | ISBN: 1032459220 | 2024 | 286 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 2 MB
This book examines narratives of individual religious transformation in Western European literature and culture. Religious individuals, themes, experiences and communities are widely represented in diverse literature and culture, including literary texts and visual arts and media. Taking the subject of religious transformation as an angle from which to study constructions of religion, gender and race, this book reveals through various case studies what authors, documentary makers, film makers and playwrights consider to be important (possible) shifts between the old and the new, continuities and discontinuities, and the formation of the self. The chapters demonstrate how individual religious transformations are understood to be shaped by various intersections of difference, and point at the need to consider gender as always related to and co-constructing religion and race. This transdisciplinary and intimate study provides a fresh lens through which to examine pressing questions regarding the place and future of religion, gender and race in contemporary Western Europe.

Free Download A Post-Western Account of Critical Cosmopolitan Social Theory: Being and Acting in a Democratic World
by Michael Murphy
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1786615525 | 222 Pages | True ePUB | 0.35 MB