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Hey, I'm looking for a good book that covers any sort of African medieval history, preferably a more general sort. I realize that this is an exceedingly general way of looking into African history, but any book that covers one of the empires, peoples, eras, etc. from that time period (750ish CE to 1500 CE) would be very much appreciated.
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rasser posted:Agreed. But wanting to know about Europe from reading about "one of the empires, peoples, eras, etc. from that time period (750ish CE to 1500 CE)" brings too many different subjects up. Are we talking vikings? Charlemagne? Byzantium? The popes of Avignon? The reconquista? Etc. etc. Well I suppose to narrow it down a bit, how about some books on the civilizations of Western Africa (like the Songhai, Mali, an earlier power, or one of the major peoples from the area) or on Ethiopia around the same time? I'm sorry for the general query earlier, it's just that I really had no idea where to start.
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Jul 3, 2014 22:04
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Any good books on Cardinal Mazarin? I've been doing some reading into the old regime, and the old dude seems like he lead a pretty interesting life. Preferably one that can give some insight into the inner workings of the Church at the time, because one description had him as a kind of womanizing adventurer of a clergymen, which strikes me as a bit odd.
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Sep 25, 2014 05:07
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Roark posted:Lecherous, power-hungry clergymen? Somebody tell the pope! Haha, thanks very much for the recommendation. Trust me, I know all about the poo poo-show that is the Catholic Church, what with the lovely bribery, lechery, corruption, and general crappiness. It's just that I always felt that they tried to keep the lechery more underwraps at the higher levels, like being one of the major influences on the French monarchy. Everything else was par for the course - nothing says man of God more than having a personal army or more money than most states at the time - and all the lechery was 'under wraps' aka totally known by everybody but acceptable, within certain limits.
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Sep 28, 2014 21:43
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Any good books on Georges Clemenceau?
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Jul 18, 2015 23:31
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Can anyone recommend a good history of nineteenth century Central Asia? I know this is super open-ended, but any overview of that area, preferably focusing on its inhabitants rather than the Russians or the English, would be much appreciated. If there aren't any major overviews, then any travelogues or works that have to deal with the native perspective of the Crimean War would do as well. If it's any help, I just finished Hopkirk's Great Game book, which is a lovely overview of the conflict between Russia and England in Central Asia.
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Aug 14, 2015 21:11
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Any recommendations on the Civil Rights Movement that cover all of the bases, i.e. MLK, Malcolm X, the Black Panthers, etc.? My knowledge on the subject is limited to the sanitized version that a lot of Americans learn in high school and I want to get a better grasp on it.
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Jan 31, 2017 06:15
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Does anyone have any recommendations on books about the Janissaries?
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Dec 9, 2017 17:29
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Anyone know any good books on the treatment of Koreans in Japan in the first half of the 20th century and/or the effects of the Great Kanto Earthquake on the Japanese treatment of non-Japanese?
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Aug 8, 2018 04:36
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Any good histories on the Dreyfus affair?
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Jan 5, 2019 19:14
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MeatwadIsGod posted:Barbara Tuchman's The Proud Tower devotes at least a chapter to it. The whole book is great though. A bit late, but thank you for the spectacular recommendation. Great overview of the Dreyfus affair on top of everything else.
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Feb 8, 2019 03:16
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Are there any solid texts about the lead up to the Cuban Revolution or post-Revolutionary Cuba?
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Feb 24, 2020 03:00
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Does anyone have any recommendations about the Exposition Universelle of 1867? It's such an interesting cross section that I would love to see an in-depth look or exploration of what went on there.
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May 7, 2021 00:30
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Any recommendations on a general history of Puerto Rico?
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Jun 30, 2021 15:55
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