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The decline and fall of the Roman Empire / Edward Gibbon / ed. and intro.J. B. Bury / ill. Gian Battista Piranesi

By:

Gibbon, Edward, , 1737-1794

Contributor(s):

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, , 1720-1778

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : The Heritage Press , c1946.Description: 3 Vols. : illus. ; 24 cmSubject(s):

Rome -- - History

DDC classification:

937 GIB

Summary: Gibbon's monumental work traces the history of more than thirteen centuries, covering the great events as well as the general historical progression. This first volume covers A.D. 180 to A.D. 395, which includes the establishment of Christianity and the Crusades.Summary: Volume II - a continuation of the gradual collapse of the Roman rule looking East, to the weakness of the Byzantine state, the spread of Islam, and the crusades.Summary: Volume III - This third volume of Gibbon's masterpiece covers the years A.D. 1185 to A.D. 1453 and explores the rise of Islam, the Crusades, the invention of gunpowder, Genghis Khan and the Mongol invasions, the Turkish conquests, and the beginning of the Renaissance.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	937 GIB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		023065

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Gibbon's monumental work traces the history of more than thirteen centuries, covering the great events as well as the general historical progression. This first volume covers A.D. 180 to A.D. 395, which includes the establishment of Christianity and the Crusades.

Volume II - a continuation of the gradual collapse of the Roman rule looking East, to the weakness of the Byzantine state, the spread of Islam, and the crusades.

Volume III - This third volume of Gibbon's masterpiece covers the years A.D. 1185 to A.D. 1453 and explores the rise of Islam, the Crusades, the invention of gunpowder, Genghis Khan and the Mongol invasions, the Turkish conquests, and the beginning of the Renaissance.

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