La conquista de la Antequera musulmana

El campesino que cultivaba en las orillas del Nilo recibía la visita regular del recaudador de impuestos, quien necesitaba del escriba para que nada se le escapara y todos pagaran lo que debían, de lo cual rendía cuentas al visir. Éste era el responsable de hacerse cargo de todo en nombre de su señor, el soberano de la Dos Tierras, el faraón, a quien informaba en profundidad y a diario de lo que sucedía en el país… Soldados, esclavos, sacerdotes, reinas, madres, estudiantes, embalsamadores, criminales… la sociedad egipcia era un mosaico complejo de hombres, mujeres y niños. El...

Jorge Garcia Montes was born in New York, United States, on october 19, 1898. His father, Jose Maria Garcia Montes, was exiled during the war of Cuba's independence against the Spaniards. Later, he became the first Secretary of Finance in 1902 with the first President of the Republic of Cuba, Tomas Estrada Palma. He studied at the University of Havana, where he graduated with a Law degree in 1917. An eminent student, he recieved several awards, among them the Lanuza prize. Elected to the House of Representatives from the Province of Santa Clara, Garcia Montes was a member of the Liberal...

El propósito principal del libro consiste en el diseño de un esquema de inteligibilidad del mundo contemporáneo, debido al convencimiento a que he llegado del escaso nivel de reflexión sobre la mundialidad en curso, en condiciones en que todo deja entrever que el siglo XXI se va a diferenciar del inmediatamente anterior por el hecho de que los fenómenos mundiales y/o globales se entrecruzarán de manera mucho más intensa, contradictoria y compleja con los locales y nacionales.

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