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"An illuminating work of environmental history that chronicles the great climate crisis of the 1600s, which transformed the social and political fabric of Europe. Although hints of a crisis appeared as early as the 1570s, the temperature by the end of the sixteenth century plummeted so drastically that Mediterranean harbors were covered with ice, birds literally dropped out of the sky, and "frost fairs" were erected on a frozen Thames--with kiosks,...
23) Empires of the weak: the real story of European expansion and the creation of the new world order
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"What accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of the West? The conventional answer asserts that superior technology, tactics, and institutions forged by Darwinian military competition gave Europeans a decisive advantage in war over other civilizations from 1500 onward. In contrast, Empires of the Weak argues that Europeans actually had no general military superiority in the early modern era. J.C....
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Hinges of history volume 6
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Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
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2013.
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English
25) The sixties: cultural revolution in Britain, France, Italy, and the United States, c. 1958-c. 1974
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Oxford University Press
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1998
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English
31) The City
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Describes the social and economic structure of city life during the Renaissance, from about 1400 to 1600, explaining how cities varied in government, commerce, population, and culture, and how they influenced the shaping of European civilization.