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History (from Greek ἱστορία - historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians. It is a field of research which uses a narrative to examine and analyse the sequence of events, and it sometimes attempts to investigate objectively the patterns of cause and effect that determine events. Historians debate the nature of history and its usefulness. This includes discu
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The Best Seller
by Dina Rae (Goodreads Author)
by Dina Rae (Goodreads Author)
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Watersheds of World History
by John L. Taylor (Goodreads Author)
by John L. Taylor (Goodreads Author)
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date: Jun 10, 2012
Our fantastic human story in 186 pages. Amazon reviews call the book "honest, entertaining and illuminating, a reader-friendly book for everyone!"
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Pax Americana: How and Why Us Elites Turned Global Primacy Into a Silent Empire
by Manuel Lopez-Linares
by Manuel Lopez-Linares
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date: Apr 29, 2016
Ten (10) copies of Manuel Lopez-Linares’s book, Pax Americana, will be given away to lucky contestants!
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History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, 'What is history, but a fable agreed upon?
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