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An introductory history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with a fictional story involving children to depict the era.

Entre la leyenda negra de una «edad de las tinieblas» y la leyenda áurea de una belle époque medieval, se encuentra la realidad de un mundo de monjes, guerreros, campesinos, artesanos y mercaderes sacudidos por la violencia circundante, el ansia de paz, la fe en la revolución y la sed de expansión. Una sociedad atormentada por la obsesión de sobrevivir que logra dominar el espacio y el tiempo; roturar los bosques; agruparse en torno a los poblados, los castillos y las ciudades; e inventar ciertas máquinas, el reloj, la universidad y el concepto de nación. Este universo recio e...

Seventeen Egyptologists and archaeologists probe the most compelling mysteries of ancient Egypt in this illustrated collection of 70 brief essays. Answers to age-old questions about Egyptian burial rituals, architecture, and royalty are provided, and recent discoveries are discussed—evidence that Tutankhamen was murdered, boats buried intact deep in the desert beside the tombs of the earliest kings, unexplained shafts inside the Great Pyramids aligned with the stars, and a massive mausoleum built for the many sons of Ramses II. The essays are supplemented with evocative photographs,...