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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Hundred Years' War in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Hundred Years' War. One of the longest direct conflicts between two countries, the Hundred Years' War marked the culmination of tensions between the French and English over territory and the claim to the throne in France. The war, which saw the appearance of...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Marathon in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Marathon. In 490 BC, King Darius I of Persia launched an offensive against the Greeks with the aim of further expanding his territory. However, in Marathon a much smaller Greek army inflicted a decisive defeat on the Persians. This feat marked a turning...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of The Battle of Thermopylae in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of The Battle of Thermopylae. In 480 BC, the Persian Empire was preparing to attempt another invasion of Greece. Determined to fight against them, Leonidas I raised an army of several thousand men. Both forces headed to the narrow pass of Thermopylae, where the...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Tours in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Tours. In the year 732, Christian Frankish and Burgundian troops under Charles Martel clashed with soldiers from the Muslim Umayyad Caliphate. The Frankish victory turned back the Muslim advance into Europe and ensured that Christianity remained the major...
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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre la batalla de Marignano, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá:
• Comprender las reclamaciones territoriales de la época, basadas en los linajes familiares, que permiten que Francisco I reclame el Milanesado y se ponga en camino hacia Italia con sus tropas
• Seguir el rudo avance por los Alpes de Francisco...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Actium in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Actium. For 13 years after the assassination of Julius Caesar, Rome faced a series of destructive internal conflicts. These conflicts came to a head in 31 BC, when Caesar's son Octavius and Mark Antony clashed at Actium. This battle played a decisive...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the final months of World War I in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of final months of World War I. At the start of 1918, war had been raging in Europe for four long years, and both sides were exhausted by the conflict. The German military leadership, believing that the Allies were weaker than the Kaiser's army, launched a...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of the Bulge in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of the Bulge. After the Normandy landings in June 1944, the German army was under increasing pressure from the Allied forces. In December of that year Hitler saw an opportunity to launch a counter-attack on the Western Front. The Battle of the Bulge...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the eruption of Vesuvius in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the eruption of Vesuvius. In the year 79, Pompeii was a lively resort town located on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Little did its residents know, the city was about to be struck by a natural disaster that would erase the city from the map forever. Remembered...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Austerlitz in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Austerlitz. On the night of 1st December 1805, the armies of the French Emperor Napoleon I, the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Francis II, and the Russian Tsar Alexander I, positioned themselves on the plains of Austerlitz, ready to fight in what...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Joan of Arc in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Joan of Arc. As the Hundred Years' War raged on, and the possibility of the French reclaiming their territory from the English occupation seemed ever slimmer, one unlikely young woman would set out on a divine mission to restore the French monarchy and free the population from...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Verdun in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Verdun. By 1916, the First World War had turned into a bloody stalemate, leaving both sides desperate for a decisive breakthrough. That year, the Germans launched a major offensive in France, which the French soldiers were able to repel at an enormous...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the history of the Protestant Reformation in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Protestant Reformation, which began in 1517 with the publication of Martin Luther's 95 Theses. The rest of the 16th century was defined by the resulting religious schism, which pitted the Catholic Church against an ever-growing movement that demanded far-reaching...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the history of the Crusades in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Crusades. In the 11th century, tensions peaked between the Christian West and the Muslim East over control of the Holy Land. At the pope's call to Crusade, a series of conflicts broke out that would endure for nearly two centuries. The cultural and political shockwaves...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Waterloo in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Waterloo. At the start of the 19th century, the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte won a series of stunning military victories and ruled over a vast empire. This all changed at the Battle of Waterloo, where a coalition including Britain and the Netherlands...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the philosophy of John Locke in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of John Locke. Inspired by great philosophers such as Hobbes and Descartes, Locke sought to respond to the problems of his era through his philosophy. Outraged at the persecution of Protestants by the monarchy in England, he advocated religious tolerance, and believed that...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the history of the Industrial Revolution in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Industrial Revolution. In the second half of the 18th century, industrial production in Britain skyrocketed, resulting in profound economic and social changes. The technical developments responsible for this dizzying progress soon spread across Europe and...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Marie-Antoinette in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life and reign of Marie-Antoinette. In 1789, a bloody revolution broke out in France, and four years later the king and queen were executed. A range of factors led to this shocking outcome, from Marie-Antoinette's perceived frivolity and disloyalty to France to the...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of John Paul II in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Pope John Paul II. In 1978, to widespread surprise, the Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyła was elected pope of the Roman Catholic Church. In the course of over 26 years as pope, he would modernize the Church and the papacy, making them more visible and accessible, and would play...
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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Roald Amundsen, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá:
• Descubrir la biografía de Roald Amundsen, desde su infancia en Noruega hasta su muerte en un accidente aéreo en el mar de Barents para rescatar a un amigo, recorriendo toda su trayectoria vital y haciendo especial hincapié en sus hazañas de exploración...
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