Enthralling History

Egypt is a vibrant and diverse country with some of the most impressive sights in the world. Its history was dominated by powerful figures who changed the course of world history....

With unimaginable wealth, palace intrigues, birthday parties featuring fine wine and endless desserts, lavish architecture and gardens, an underground water system, and a 1,500-mile Royal Road, the ancient Persian Empire captures the imagination....

It is well known that World War I was kicked off by the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The world superpowers engaged in the bloodiest conflict in history at that time, with millions of casualties on either side....

Movies and shows might depict Romans wearing togas and sandals everywhere they went, but that was actually not the case. In fact, togas were considered formal wear and a status symbol, as those in the higher social classes typically wore them....

Central and South America were full of great civilizations. This book discusses five of the most famous: the Olmecs, Toltecs, Aztecs, Incas, and Maya....

Are the Mayans still around? What is the importance of Chichen Itza’s discovery? How did this mighty civilization fall? If you want answers to these intriguing questions, then pay attention....

Precursors to the Aztecs (amazing in their own right), the Toltec people were the pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilization honored for their artisanship and tactile warfare - considered so fierce and respectable that the Aztecs claimed descendancy from them....

The history of ancient Japan is filled with interesting events that involved many influential and legendary figures. However, some of the accounts were also infused with Japanese myths, which might make it difficult for curious readers to distinguish between facts and legends....

Gods, goddesses, fairies, and supernatural creatures are the lead characters in Celtic stories and tales from long ago. Often used to explain natural phenomena, life and death, and our existence, myths informed ancient people about their lives....

Everyone has heard of the bloody conflict that cost the lives of over one million people. When people think of the Civil War, they think of Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the North-South divide between the American states....

However, there is much more to World War I than Franz Ferdinand’s assassination and the clash of the Entente and Central Powers. And it would change the course of history forever....

Los caballeros templarios se han consolidado como la organización militar más popular de la época medieval. Todo el mundo ha oído hablar de la orden, y todo el mundo está familiarizado con la imagen de un caballero cruzado medieval con una cruz roja en su uniforme blanco.

Con Ciro el Grande, la antigua Persia se convirtió en el primer megaimperio del mundo, abarcando tres continentes y más del 40% de la población mundial en su apogeo....

The world’s first republic, an incredible military machine, bridges and roads that are still used today, and political philosophy that shaped modern democracies: the Roman Republic had all this, and much more....

Regardless of how much has been written about it, new information continues to be discovered about the thousands of events that make up the six years that shaped the world we live in today....

En la antigüedad, los japoneses dependían de los caracteres chinos (kanji) para escribir todo tipo de documentos y manuscritos, desde cartas oficiales hasta registros de censos y poesía....

Los historiadores y los estudiosos aún se debaten sobre los orígenes—y las razones—del declive de algunas de las civilizaciones formativas de Mesoamérica....

Los mayas crearon una sociedad asombrosa, llena de sorpresas que nos mantienen adivinando cómo llegó a ser este pueblo y por qué - exactamente - cayó su civilización. Acompáñenos a profundizar en la historia de los mayas....

¿Desea explorar la enérgica y asombrosa historia de la antigua Grecia? Este libro de historia le permitirá conocer a las brillantes personas, las asombrosas guerras y el encantador legado de los antiguos griegos, desde la época arcaica hasta el período helenístico....

Alrededor del año 1.200 a. C., la guerra se desató entre los antiguos griegos y sus rivales en Troya. Es la historia más antigua del mundo, y su relato fue recogido por el poeta griego Homero....