Soldados de Fortuna

A vision of the main empires that have occurred in history, from Egypt to the United States of America. A multitude of maps and illustrations that will help us understand Byzantium, the Chinese and Mongolian empires, the different caliphates, the pre-Columbian empires of America, the Spanish Empire, and more.

La conquista de América provocó una catástrofe demográfica de las poblaciones indígenas de enorme gravedad y trascendencia. Tras las atribuciones de la historia (y la propaganda) tradicional europea a la “crueldad” y “rapiña” de los conquistadores españoles, estudios más objetivos apuntaron a la responsabilidad en el proceso de las patologías exportadas al Nuevo Mundo por los europeos. Sin embargo, ninguna de las dos explicaciones daba cuenta, satisfactoriamente, del enorme quebranto y declive poblacional de los indios de América. Como que para indagar las causas y los...

OBRA DECLARADA DE INTERÉS SOCIAL Y CULTURAL POR LA LEGISLATURA PORTEÑA. (Declaración 779/2017) A 200 años del Cruce de los Andes, el propósito principal de esta obra es el de valorar, en su verdadera dimensión, esa ardua travesía llevada a cabo por San Martín y el ejército patriota. Un episodio crucial de nuestra historia. El libro se inicia con una reseña de la historia argentina desde el siglo XVIII hasta 1816 y algunos datos biográficos relevantes de San Martín. La estrategia que despliega el Libertador, con su proverbial destreza militar y su coraje, recibe aquí un...

This book captures the most stunning studies, the difficulties, the dangers, and the experiences during a 10-year period of travel and expeditions. Author Juan Jesus Vallejo journeys across five continents, giving us a glimpse into the pyramids in Peru that are older than the Egyptian pyramids; the first human temples with more than 10,000 years of history, discovered in the dusty fields of Kurdistan; and the largest and most puzzling painted rocks on the planet, in nearly unexplored areas of the Sahara. An endless stream of riddles, anecdotes, and facts, this book demonstrates that the world ...

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