Ciudades e Imperios. Una historia universal de la difusión del hecho urbano.

Present-day medievalists regard it as an undisputed fact that Arabic culture - especially science - influenced the Latin Middle Ages in a multitude of ways. However, more detailed research is needed into the conditions, background and context of this 'cultural exchange', a task undertaken by the present volume in 44 papers from a variety of disciplines.

Presents a history of Classical antiquity and features illustrations, maps, diagrams, and statistical tables.

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“LaRosa y Mejía han hecho algo muy útil: ofrecerle al interesado un estudio completo, actualizado, bien investigado y de lectura fluida sobre Colombia, un país que, a pesar de su tamaño, su riqueza y su importancia geopolítica, sigue siendo uno de los países menos conocidos y peor comprendidos de América Latina. Aunque ambos autores son historiadores profesionales, su libro no es un trabajo académico tradicional. Es abiertamente “presentista”, como a veces dicen los historiadores con cierto desdén. Sus diez capítulos apuntan menos a diseccionar los misterios del pasado, el...