Historia de Mexico Vol. II

One of the main purposes behind this book is to reveal which images have come down to us concerning Arabic culture in general and al-Andalus in particular, through translations by Spanish Arabists. This book analyzes the paratexts of a wide-ranging corpus of translations published during the last two centuries by the foremost figures in traditional Spanish Arabism.

This historical work offers an alternative interpretation for how Colombia lost Panama in 1903. It argues that the concession of Panama was first initiated in 1788, when Thomas Jefferson decided that the construction of a canal through the isthmus of Panama was imperative in accordance with the principles of the manifest destiny. Information about the the first designs for the construction of the canal is included. Esta obra historica plantea una interpretacion alternativa de como Colombia perdió Panama. El argumento central sostiene que la pérdida se venía cocinando desde 1788, cuando...

Given P. Naster's numismatic, art historical, and archaeological background, and his expertise in Classical and Ancient Near Eastern subjects, the presentations to his 'Festschrift' cover a broad thematic and temporal span. The papers of volume II may be divided into the following general categories: philology (including general, Greek/Latin, Egyptian, South Arabian, Hebrew, Persian), Assyriology, Art History, Egyptology, and Anthropology, History, Hittite/Anatolian studies, Persian religion, and historical geography. Obviously, some studies will cover more than one definitive area.

Publicada en 1942, pero concebida en 1938, Qué sucedió en la historia es una obra inseparable del contexto de la época en que fue escrita: una época en que el nacionalsocialismo alemán y el fascismo italiano aparecían dispuestos a destruir los fundamentos de la civilización europea, y en que amenazaban, por lo mismo, la idea de continuidad del orden histórico. Frente a ese ámbito general, sin embargo, Childe reafirmó su confianza en el progreso de las civilizaciones. Había que partir de una visión general del desarrollo histórico y resaltar la naturaleza dialéctica del progreso, ...