Aequora, pontos, jam, mare... Mare, uomini e merci nel Mediterraneo antico. Atti del Convegno internazionale (Genova, 9-10 dicembre 2004)

Extractos de la introducción hecha por el autor de la obra: En nuestra consagración al servicio de la Institución de la Armada de la República, bajo la experta dirección del Benemérito General Don Juan Vicente Gómez, creador del moderno Ejército Venezolano, hemos recibido el mayor estímulo para orientar nuestro criterio y espíritu militar, por medio del estudio de las campañas preconcebidas y desarrolladas por el genio incomparable de Bolívar donde actuaron de manera brillante Antonio José de Sucre, Rafael Urdaneta, Anzoátegui, Soublette, Salom, Córdova, Girardot y tantos otros ...

This study looks at the concepts of society, space, urbanism, expansion and organisation in the transition from Late Antiquity to the medieval period in Castile, Spain. Escalona reviews the evidence for the Iron Age and Roman antecedents in this area and details the history of fragmentation of the different territories within it, especially under the Visigoths and prior to the medieval period. Escalona discusses the development of a series of territories including Juarros, Carazo, Barbadillo and Salas, and focuses in particular on Lara which, by the middle of the 11th century, had become the...

El presente libro de Jeremy Black es un estudio temático (las ciudades, los conflictos bélicos, la política institucional, las artes, etc.) del siglo XVIII, desde el 1700 hasta la Revolución francesa. Una exploración de los elementos fundamentales que configuran las sociedades europeas en esos casi cien años. Un compendio así trata de sintetizar las formas de vida, el desarrollo económico y los conflictos dinásticos confrontando distintos países y culturas.

This book captures some of the key moments in the life of the WTO since it came into being on 1 January 1995. Over 150 photos provide insights into the work of the organization over the past quarter of a century, reflecting 25 years of challenges, successes and perseverance. The photos are presented in chronological order, starting in 1995 with the birth of the WTO and the appointment of its first director-general. All major events over the past 25 years are depicted, ranging from the WTO's 11 ministerial conferences to activities held at the WTO's headquarters in Geneva. The book concludes...