"This third edition of Ira M. Lapidus's classic A History of Islamic Societies has been substantially revised to incorporate the insights of new scholarship and updated to include historical developments in the first decade of the twenty ...

Examining a series of El Nino-induced droughts and the famines that they spawned around the globe, Davis shows how the ruling elites helped produce some of the worst tragedies in human history. 15 photos. 8 maps.

A Search for Sovereignty approaches world history by examining the relation of law and geography in European empires between 1400 and 1900.

This new edition of The Civil War is a must-have for anyone interested in the war that divided America.

This book is destined to be a classic in Japan scholarship."—Laura Miller, author of Beauty Up: Exploring Contemporary Japanese Body Aesthetics

From the schism between Rome and Constantinople to the rise of the Song Dynasty, from the mission of Muhammad to the crowning of Charlemagne, from the sacred wars of India to the establishment of the Knights Templar, this erudite book tells ...

"Braudel's Mediterranean is a tour de force, one of the classics of this century's historical writing."—Charles Tilly, author of As Sociology Meets History

This is the first volume in a bold series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting historical events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while still giving weight to the characteristics of each country.

The second edition of Charles Holcombe's acclaimed introduction to East Asian history from the dawn of history to the twenty-first century.

Grimoires are books of spells that were first recorded in the Ancient Middle East and which have developed and spread over the ensuing millennia.