Toledo y Bizancio

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From the beginning of the Second World War the sea became a vitally important scene of conflict. Great Britain relied on receiving supplies by sea and, therefore, a total blockade of the United Kingdom was one the main objectives of Hitler’s Germany. The British government was forced to maintain a strategy of antisubmarine warfare throughout the conflict, while the Royal Navy sought to interrupt the Third Reich’s maritime traffic. In these circumstances the submarine became an important weapon of war. Headed by Karl Dönitz, who would later succeed Hitler as Head of State, the German...

Completa y rigurosa visión de conjunto de la civilización egipcia, que, basada en la cronología más fiable hasta la fecha, incorpora los datos aportados por los últimos descubrimientos arqueológicos. El texto se completa con un abundante material gráfico, así como con numerosos textos egipcios.

En su relación con la dimensión institucionalizada de la nación, la cultura nacional española surgió a lo largo del siglo XIX de la adecuación entre la entidad política del Estado y el sistema político liberal, la convivencia entre las ideologías y las culturas políticas, las realidades cotidianas de la vida social y el conjunto de producciones intelectuales, artísticas o técnicas que a ella se referían. Sin ser única, ni uniforme, sino plural y diversa, la noción abarcaba e incluía desde la historia nacional y su equivalencia con la historia de la literatura, la lengua...