In this richly illustrated guide, author Konstantin Nossov masterfully analyzes and recreates the...
Gladiatorial games at first served as a solemn funeral rite to honor noble citizens. At the heigh...
In 1462 the throne of the Principality of Moscow passed to Ivan III (1462-1505), who succeeded in...
An illustrated history of the headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller, repeatedly besieged during...
According to Russian legend, in the year AD 862 the Slav tribes of what is now European Russia in...
In the second half of the third millennium BC the Indo-European tribe known as the Hittites migra...
A detailed examination of the elephant in war, exploring both the technical details of armament a...
From the beginning of the 2nd millennium AD northern India began to fall under the sway of a numb...