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The Mongol Empire was the mightiest land empire the world has ever seen. At its height it was twice the size of its Roman equivalent. For a remarkable century and a half it commanded a population of 100 million people, while the rule of Chinggis (Genghis) Khan marched undefeated from the Pacific Ocean to the Caspian Sea. George Lane argues that the Mongols were not only subjugators who swept all before them but one of the great organising forces of world history. His book traces the rise of the Great Khan in 1206 to the dissolution of the empire in 1368 by the Ming Dynasty. He discusses the unification of the Turko-Mongol tribes under Chinggis' leadership; the establishment of a vigorous imperium whose Pax Mongolica held mastery over the Central Asian steppes; imaginative policies of religious pluralism; and the rich legacy of the Toluid Empire of Yuan China and Ilkhanate Iran. Offering a bold and sympathetic understanding of Mongol history, the author shows that commercial expansion, cultural assimilation and dynamic political growth were as crucial to Mongol success as desire for conquest.

Mongolen. --- Mongols --- Mongols. --- History. --- S04/0660 --- S23/0515 --- History --- China: History--Yuan: .... - 1368 --- Mongolia and the Mongols (including Tannu Tuva, Buriats)--Genghis Khan and his family

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This book introduces the Martian simulations, one installed on Devon Island, an uninhabited island in the Canadian Arctic, well within the polar circle, and two in the desert of Utah, several hundreds of kilometers South of Salt Lake City. The book is based on the diaries during the simulations, held by Vladimir Pletser, a physicist-engineer, who was selected to attend these simulations. It relates the details of everyday life in these Martian habitats and of the scientific and exploratory work conducted in these extreme environments in preparation for future manned missions to Mars. Through the real experiences described in the book, readers will find space explorations and living on Mars more tangible. .

Popular works. --- Astronomy. --- Popular Science. --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Mars (Planet) --- Red Planet --- Astrophysics. --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Space sciences. --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science

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Internet + and Electronic Business in Chinais a comprehensive resource that provides insights and analysis into how E-commerce has revolutionized and continues to revolutionize business and society in China.

S10/0835 --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--Postal service and telecommunications: since 1949 (including E-commerce) --- Electronic commerce --- Cybercommerce --- E-business --- E-commerce --- E-tailing --- eBusiness --- eCommerce --- Electronic business --- Internet commerce --- Internet retailing --- Online commerce --- Web retailing --- Commerce --- Information superhighway

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The first comprehensive study on the history of calendar reform and calendrical astronomy in medieval Europe, this volume draws on a range of sources over a period of more than 1600 years, from the Julian calendar of 46/45 BC to the Gregorian calendar reform of 1582, to shed new light on the place of astronomy in medieval intellectual culture.

History of civilization --- History of Europe --- Chronology --- anno 1200-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Calendar reform --- Calendar --- History --- Reform --- 15.70 history of Europe. --- Calendar reform. --- Calendar. --- History. --- 529 --- 501 --- 501 Generalities about the exact sciences. Mathematical sciences in the broad sense, including astronomy, mechanics, mathematical physics --- Generalities about the exact sciences. Mathematical sciences in the broad sense, including astronomy, mechanics, mathematical physics --- 529 Chronology. Calendar. Determination of time --- Chronology. Calendar. Determination of time

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Histories of Technology, the Environment and Modern Britain brings together historians with a wide range of interests to take a uniquely wide-lens view of how technology and the environment have been intimately and irreversibly entangled in Britain over the last 300 years. It combines, for the first time, two perspectives with much to say about Britain since the industrial revolution: the history of technology and environmental history. Technologies are modified environments, just as nature is to varying extents engineered. Furthermore, technologies and our living and non-living environment are both predominant material forms of organisation – and self-organisation – that surround and make us. Both have changed over time, in intersecting ways. Technologies discussed in the collection include bulldozers, submarine cables, automobiles, flood barriers, medical devices, museum displays and biotechnologies. Environments investigated include bogs, cities, farms, places of natural beauty and pollution, land and sea. The book explores this diversity but also offers an integrated framework for understanding these intersections.

United Kingdom, Great Britain --- c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period) --- c 1945 to c 1960 --- c 1960 to c 1970 --- c 1970 to c 1980 --- c 1980 to c 1990 --- c 1990 to c 2000 --- 21st century --- European history --- History of ideas --- History of science --- English --- History of engineering & technology --- c 1700 to c 1800 --- c 1800 to c 1900 --- 20th century --- c 1900 - c 1914 --- c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1) --- c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period) --- c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) --- United Kingdom, Great Britain. --- british history --- technology --- environmental history --- environment --- Asbestos --- Bulldozer